Mayflower

"Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844

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

September Light

"If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint." - Edward Hopper

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Highlights

"How strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude." - Emily Dickinson

This painting is 6" x 6" oil on hardboard.

Yield

"Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's well-being." -Alexander Solzhenitsyn


This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Open Space

"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

The Other Side

"Knowledge is knowing that the street is one way, wisdom is looking in both directions anyway." - Anonymous

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Newark Barn

 "If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain?" -Tom Barrett

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas board.  Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Immobile

"No matter where you go... there you are." - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, 1984

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

2011 Rehoboth Show Update

My wife and I came to the conclusion that every outdoor art show is like a roller coaster. You get hot, then chilly, you're excited, nervous, bored, excited again... it goes on and on like this for hours. It's no wonder the shows are so exhausting physically, yet so fun to participate.

We will have more paintings next weekend so if you've already seen us at the show, don't worry, you will have new paintings to enjoy.  We hope to see you again next weekend. 

I want to thank everybody that came out this weekend, and a special thanks to the purchasers of my art. I hope you enjoy it for many years.

Hotel Lobby

"Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day."
- Henry David Thoreau 

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

The Rehoboth Art League Outdoor Show Is This Weekend

The Rehoboth Art League is a quiet escape in the nation's summer capital. Under the pines and away from the beach crowds this show not only features many of Delaware's most well known artists, but embraces you with ample natural beauty. If you've been following the blog you know I've been prepping for the next two weeks since last August. I can't wait!

Tent Location: 76 - This is a different booth number from last year but it will be in the same spot as last year.

1st Weekend: Saturday & Sunday, August 13 & 14
2nd Weekend: Saturday & Sunday, August 20 & 21

Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays, 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. Sundays

Admission: $5 - good towards $5 off of a purchase of $100 or more of art that day.

Parking: Free parking and shuttle bus from the K-Mart shopping center on Highway One, Rehoboth Beach.

The Jolly Trolley will begin departures from K-Mart at 9:45 am. The last shuttle will depart Rehoboth Art League at 5:15 PM. On Sunday, the last departure will be at 3:15 PM.

Hungry? Grab a bite:
Nage restaurant specialties
Kettle Korn and Lemonade
Vitales Ice Creams & Ices
The Point Coffee House & Bake Shoppe treats

Official Website for more info: rehobothartleague.org

The Boardwalk

 “My life is like a stroll on the beach...as near to the edge as I can go.” - Henry David Thoreau

This painting is 12" x 9" oil on hardboard.

Beach Grass

“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.” -Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Relax

“I have always loved the beach. The smell of the salty water, the wind in my face, the gentle roar of the waves all combine to create a sense of peace and calm.” - Anonymous

This painting is 12" x 9" oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I had a lot of people ask me about my painting technique yesterday at the Lititz Art Show. I've written about the process before, but I thought I'd share it with you again, with this most recent painting depicting a hotel in Rehoboth Beach, DE.  I follow the two steps depicted in the pictures each time I paint, even though there is no magical formula.

 

I let the orange wash dry before I start sketching in charcoal.  I find it best to keep my drawing loose at this stage.

 

After I sketch it out, I do a quick underpainting using a mix of burnt sienna, Prussian blue & turpentine that I mix to a watercolor-like consistency. This allows me to really map out the shadows before I start and provides a solid framework for the painting.

Boardwalk Lights

 "Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment." -Morihei Ueshiba

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Cool

"A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope." - Howard Thurman 

This painting is 5" x 7" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I've been getting myself prepared for the show this Saturday. Last year I setup my tent for my first outdoor art show in Lititz, PA and I'm looking forward to returning. Between the swans, the scent of chocolate in the air and small town charm it's no wonder that Litiz is known as Lancaster County's Sweet Spot.

Tent Location: B165

Show Date: Saturday, July 30, 2011 (rain or shine)

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Admission: Free

Parking: There are parking lots in the park for visitors as well as street parking on Broad Street.

Official Website: lititzart.com

Legg Up

"I would never want to live anywhere but Baltimore. You can look far and wide, but you'll never discover a stranger city with such extreme style. It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay." -John Waters

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

Street View

"Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve." - John Oliver Killens

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas on board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I dropped off my painting for the 73rd Members' Show at the Rehoboth Art League yesterday. The exhibition opens on Friday, July 22 @ 5 and runs until August 26th. It was a good show last year and if you're in the area (because the boardwalk IS awesome) the art league should be one of your stops.

Inner Harbor

 

"Everything was an adventure at night, when you were where you shouldn't be, even if it was somewhere you could go perfectly well in daylight, and it was then only ordinary." - Robin McKinley

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Gathering

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while you could miss it. 
- From the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.