February Work - Island Pines

While on St. George Island, FL this February, I took a few photos of interesting-looking pine trees - thinking I might paint one or two. Here's a pair of 6 x 8's. $50 each, $80 for the pair, unframed.

More February work...The Great Oak

This oak was huge when I was born - I played under this tree 70 years ago. I took this early morning photo on a trip to Norway in 2009 with the intent of some day turning it into a nostalgic painting. A swing was hanging from the same branch that our swing used to hang from when my brothers and sister and I were kids.

When I emailed this one to my older brother, he dug up an old photo he had of our mother in front of that same tree, nearly 80 years ago - look how big this tree was even then!

Blueberry Barrens - a triptych

Here it is, properly cropped...

I finally finished the triptych version of my Blueberry Barrens scene. It is made up of three 6" x 12" canvases and will be avaiable next week from the Gray Wolf Gallery in Addison (http://www.graywolf.me/) for $300.

Blueberry Camp

This is a painting I completed recently. It shows a "camp" overlooking a wild Maine bluberry field, off Route 1, South of Machias.

After sketching the scene, I first painted the sky, then underpainted the darks with purple and the light, sunny areas with cadmium yellow light (above).

Then I came back with "real" colors to finish the painting.

This painting has been SOLD.

However, a 12" x 18" triptych of a similar scene now hangs in the gallery, priced at $300.

To visit the gallery, go to:

http://www.graywolf.me/

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