Surrounded


This is another painting from Valley Forge. I never realized it before, but I have a fascination with the place, I'm sure you can see why. I'm really happy with how this painting turned out.

This is 6" x 6" oil on hardboard.

Big Night

Tonight I had the pleasure of attending and exhibiting in the Rehoboth Art League's 72nd Annual Members' Fine Art Exhibition in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  I am very pleased to announce that I won the Faucett Okie Award, which is given to an emerging Delaware artist working in oil or pastel, in a traditional style.  "For Rent," the painting in the exhibition also sold within the first hour to a great couple that I know will give it a good permanent home. This bird house is no longer for rent... it is SOLD.

Up


The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. - Vance Havner

This is 12" x 9" oil on hardboard.

Art Brut


Most of my art history classes dealt with post-impressionism or Italian examples of pietàs. When I looked online for some help with today's post I found out that Art Brut is "a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture" according to Wikipedia.

This is 6 x 12" oil on hardboard. Contact me if you're interested in purchasing this piece.

Trunk


If what I say resonates with you, it is merely because we are both branches on the same tree.
-  W. B. Yeats

This is 7 x 7 oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Separation


Tree dad, without all the complications of a human divorce, is on his way to find a younger tree partner without so many rings around her trunk and possibly without so many nests in her branches. The tree children stay firmly planted behind their mother wondering if the next day will bring rain or sunshine.

This is 8 x 10 oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I've added the dates for some of the art shows I'll be in this summer to the right-hand side of the blog. Mark your calendars!

Diligence


"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent." - Buddha

This is approx. 6 x 11 oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Neighborhood


Estimated number of acres of U.S. farmland lost to development each hour: 114 (Harper's Index Book Volume 3. 146)

I put more planning into this painting than I do with most of my work. I try to create work quickly and if it works, great! If it doesn't then tomorrow is a new day. Every time I sketched this painting out it never seemed wide enough. Going too wide, however, simply resulted in two paintings stuck together. It was also important to me not lose that imitate quality smaller paintings provide.

This is 12" x 48" oil on hardboard. Please contact me if you're interested in this piece.

Shade


From the official Valley Forge website... "Few places evoke the spirit of patriotism and independence, represent individual and collective sacrifice, or demonstrate the resolve, tenacity and determination of the people of the United States to be free as does Valley Forge." Oh, yeah, and it's beautiful.

This is 12" x 6" oil on hardboard. Please contact me if you're interested in this piece.

Beach House


This is one of the mobile homes that surround the Fenwick Island lighthouse. This is 5" x 6" oil on hardboard.

Townhouse Shadows


Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides. - Junichiro Tanizaki

Thift Shop Bike


Somebody must be working early today. This is 6" x 6" oil on hardboard. If you're interested in this piece please contact me.

House By The Road


Let me live in a house by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by;
The men who are good and the men who are bad,
As good and as bad as I.
I would not sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban;
Let me live in a house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
- Sam Walter Foss

This is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel.

Morning Road


"We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own force, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction." - Woodrow Wilson

This is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel.

Diane's Thrift Shop


This is a larger painting of the same shop that I pass on my way to work. I still often wonder how it stays in business as it never seems open.  It is 9 x 12 oil on hardboard.

Green Winged Teals

I'm kidding! Everybody that won definitely deserved it and I certainly wasn't robbed. Wildlife art has its own unique set of challenges and the people that are good at it are incredible. Attention to detail, scientific accuracy, and great storytelling are all important parts of a good piece of wildlife art.

The duck stamp program was designed to raise money for land conservation both here in Delaware and in Canada, where many of the ducks live for half of the year.

These two green-winged teals (along with the winners) will be on display at the Delaware Agricultural Museum until May 8th. This painting is 8.75 x 12" on illustration board.

Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Handy Andy



This is another thrift shop on Route 40 in Maryland. I almost never see them open so I always wonder how they stay in business. For a guy that claims he's handy, I would also think his store would seem a little more finished. It is 6 x 6 oil on hardboard.

Thift Shop Corner


On my drive to work I pass through farmland, a large city, military bases, the Chesapeake Bay, strip malls, a national park... pretty much I pass everything. Today's painting is part of a small thrift store in Northeast, MD. It always seems so out of place in the early morning with colorful flags, orange lighting and empty tables. This is 6 x 6 oil on hardboard. 

Blue Sky


I recently took a trip to Bethany Beach and even though it was still cold there, it was beautiful.  No one would ever know that this picture was taken in late March and not in July.  It was so nice to see the beach with hardly anyone there, because it felt like a private show ready for me to paint. This is 6 x 8 oil on hardboard.
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