the barn 20 x 20 oil on stretched canvas

I found a great buy at my local art supply shop of Windsor Newton canvas on sale... so I bought some. This is a new size for me to use and I like it. I have always enjoyed painting large so this is not too big (pain to ship) but large enough when framed to give the feel of a substantial piece of art ... as I told a friend the other day... sometimes bigger IS better!

I am off next week to visit family in TN so will not be posting for a little while. I have a new painting all ready to start when I get home... it is another in my marble series. The canvas is sketched and ready for paint ... check back in a few weeks.

Taking the long road home...

This is 12 x 24 composition and a variation in the cloud formations of an earlier painting I did of the same subject. I like both compositions and really can not say I feel one is better than the other... just different.

Pacifica FINISHED

I was able to complete this one this morning... one thing that I have noticed is I am getting faster with each painting... seems once I get the sketch completed and the palette figured out the actual time I spend laying paint onto canvas is a matter of days instead of weeks... that is encouraging!!

Pacifica WIP (work in progress)

This is a fun one for me ... Pacifica Ca. is just a few miles from me and this painting is being created from several photo's that I combined to get the best part of each one. One photo had great cloud formation.. another good waves were rolling in... one had good light and shadows the other good composition... so hopefully I will capture the best of all and come up with good representation of this beautiful area... this is for my niece Jessica.. I hope she likes it.

This is a good place to stop for the day as the super bowl is about to start.. and I must watch the commercials... lol