Marathon Man

40x30, Oil 

Wabash River Floodwaters, Field to Finish Award, First Brush of Spring, New Harmony, Indiana

A very quick study (30 minutes) on an overcast day. The mosquitos were fierce!

This piece won a Field to Finish Award in New Harmony First Brush of Spring.

Flirtatious Spring

Today I'm 'painting' in words:

Flirtatious spring,
Wearing that bright green dress,
Stretched like velvet over voluptuous hills and valley.

Gaudy scarf of dogwood and redbud,
Brooch of forsythia worn a shade too low.

Rouge of tulips,
Rings of posies.

She wears a sly smile
Playing about her lips.

She winks,
And struts towards summer.

Kitchen Light

12x12, oil

Dreaming of Spring

A Rooster Named Opal Ann

It's a long story. Suffice it to say, he's now called 'Opie'.

12x12, Oil on slate.

Garnet in a Golden Setting

12x16, oil
(iPhone photo of painting) 

Garnet is a lovely greyhound who belongs to an equally lovely couple. 

Garnet, sketch in anticipation of painting.

12x16, charcoal on paper

A jolly little pug--recently commissioned

9x12, oil 

Quiet Contemplation

11x14 oil on panel

More melon mania.....

11x14 oil on panel

I just had such a good time painting this!

Melon and Sunflowers

11x 14 oil on panel

Looking out my kitchen window today

Golden Hillside at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

It was a beautiful day to paint along the art trail at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, one of my favorite places.

Happy to be juried into the Randy Higbee Gallery "Six Inch Squared" exhibition and sale!

 This painting is on page 94 of the DailyBrushwork.com website. 

Plein air painting at the Illinois River Watershed Learning Center

Can you tell I was appreciating the warm afternoon sun after a really cold morning of painting?

Autumn Inspiration

8x10, oil

A small demo I painted at the show reception today. 

A Man with a Mission

16x 20, oil on linen

Sunflower in Shadow

20x16

Company's Coming

30"x30" oil