Landscape
Island Imagined
30 x 24 Oil on Canvas
High Tide
Creighton Island
30 x 30 Oil on Canvas2
Where Fireflies Gather
24 x 48 Oil on Canvas
City Park
24 x 48 Oil on Canvas
Trees That Would Not Conform
24 x 36 Oil on Canvas
Palms
30 x 30 Oil on Canvas
Behind The Duck Blind
36 x 48 Oil on Canvas
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About My Landscapes....
I'm not as interested in capturing the reality of a scene as I am in connecting with the emotions that I feel when a scene catches my eye. First I relax and find that part of the scene that speaks to me with color, with contrast, with an excitement that says, "paint me! paint me!" That connection guides the colors and strokes that make up the painting created on location. Back in the studio, the plein air studies become a signal to my memory....opening new avenues of exploration into the subject.
Achieving the abstract is a slower process than working on location. Underpaintings are sometimes achieved with watercolor, with acrylic, or acrylic inks. The color palette is often determined by the plein air study but not limited to an exact representation. I concentrate on every line, each shape, constantly checking for relationships that bring harmony to the entire piece. The paintings are completed in layer after layer of transparent oils.
I often find that the music I listen to finds a way into the painting thru the rhythm of strokes and unintentioned gestures. Lines will combine with shapes forming melodies that only a painting can sing. I suppose you could say that painting is my way of making music that you can see.
