what? It's friday.
Oil on canvas panel 6"X8"
Friday, May 24, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Eckener
This beach access in Kitty Hawk was most likely named for this guy.
Dr. Hugo Eckener (10 August 1868 – 14 August 1954)[1][2][3] was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections,[1][4][5] he was blacklisted by that regime and eventually sidelined.
Maybe this is too much information?
What?
Everybody is wearing them.
Oil on panel 12"X16"
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Bleriot
French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936)
I painted on this for what seemed like a long time. I can hardly remember when I wasn't painting on this beach access at the end of Bleriot Street in Kitty Hawk. Hope I don't go senile.
I think this guy caught a bluefish!
Oil on panel 12"X16"
#2 in my Beach Access Series.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Waiting on Nurishment
I have decided to take on a series. I plan to paint some of the beach accesses along North Carolina Highway 12. I am starting at the north end of Kitty Hawk. This house is just over the dune on the south side of Bieriot Street. I do not think it will be around to see any beach nourishment and the place is not habitable, but it has a lamp in the window on the back side.
Thanks for looking
Oil on panel 12"X16"
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Everybody sees you on your window ledge
"....how long is it going to take,
for you to get off the edge"
"Tell Me Mama" Blind Willie McTell
The girl in Rome.
Oil on panel 12"X16"
$275 plus $15 shipping
Monday, May 13, 2013
Bubbles
Picasso said "inspiration likes to find you working in the studio."
To that end I have been grinding away days and days painting things and drawing things that could not hold my interest and showed it.
I think this one has a bit of drama. Bubbles.
Thanks for looking.
Oil on linen 18"X24"
$425 shipping included.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The Wedding Party
This is something I have been working on for a couple of days. That said, this would be a work in progress if I touched it just one more time.
It has not felt like work..thus far, but it is a big canvas.
Oil on canvas 18"X24"
thank you for looking.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Stinton Ranch Dude, where are the cows?
I must admit to smiling more than once while painting this.
Just don't go there girlfriend.
If you go to the Stinton Ranch looking for cows, well dude, just forget about it. There's no cows in Nag's Head.
Oil on canvas 18"X24"
send me an email, I will sell you this.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Duck Stopper
My grandfather was a duck stopper.
Oil on panel 9"X12"
$275 plus 12 shipping
The man wore a tie hunting!
Saturday, April 20, 2013
A Nag's Head Scenario
This is a commission I am doing for a friend, and a work in progress at that.
Still too much red?
You think?
Not such good news.
My mother died a few days ago. She was 94. Rosemary. For the last 10 months she has been in a care facility in South Dakota. I have been calling her every day for the past year. Needless to say I miss her and our converstions and everything seems so sad.
I am going to South Dakota for a while. There is still 3 feet of snow there. What's that all about?
I have been faithful and do something artistic every day. Mostly, of late, my efforts have not satisfied me enough to post them.
I read somewhere that painting is one thing that gets harder to do the more you know about it. If that be true, then I may be really close to mastering oil painting!
I am still busy working on my remodel/renovation project.
Thank you all.
Oil on canvas 60"X42'
This painting is sold.
a Nag's Head Scenario
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Children at Work
I have been back and forth with this and revised it more than I would care to admit.
I should do more of these.
Oil on canvas 12"X16"
$275 plus $12 shipping
Thanks for looking
Monday, April 8, 2013
Ibis in the Morning
I thought I was being so clever with this title. I did a google search for "ibis in the morning"
and just like everything else, somebody has already done that. I am not detoured. If there is an original thought out there, it should be revealed to me, mui pronto.
Oil on panel 8"X10"
$125 free shipping
Sunday, April 7, 2013
In the Mangroves
I have been working on this for days. I wiped away the green more than once.
Oil on canvas 16"X20"
If you would like to buy this painting send me an email.
thanks for looking
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Balance (SOLD)
Builds strong bodies! Happy Birthday to me.
Oil on panel 11"X14"
this painting is sold.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
I must have had a good time.
This was a fun sketch of a corner of my "studio". It felt good to be at this.
Oil on canvas 24"X24"
$375 shipping included.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Bait on Ole McGregor (SOLD)
Good news.
Another month.? It has been. I have had this work in some stage on my easel for that long.
I am back. Back to a new normal. My marathon construction project drags on. The scope of the work changed, but I back to having a "habitable" space to paint.
Thank you all for following my blog and liking my stuff.
Here I am adding a coat of protective finish to a few paintings in a corner of my mostly completed "studio".
Oil on canvas 24"X24"
this painting is sold.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Waste Deep
I find myself easily distracted and sweeping the floor a lot. I am waist deep in remodeling my "Studio". I make the "in parentheses" sign with my fingers every time I mention it. My "Studio". I am waiting on windows and sheet rock and I am painting in the middle of a construction zone. I have faith and believe that doing this construction project is the right thing, but I must admit, it is a distraction from painting. To tell the truth, selling this painting would go quite a ways in convincing me!
Oil on linen 18"x24"
Monday, March 4, 2013
Reddeemed (SOLD)
Its been a month? Wow. Good news everybody. I had a kidney removed and it was not cancerous. Happens about 3% of the time. I feel fine. My studio is coming along. Its going to be great. I am liking this painting. How better to describe my feelings? Reddemed. The name of the red boat.
I dodged that bullet. Who knew?
I am blessed.
I fished in Florida last week, but the fishing was not good. Red Tide was blamed for a pretty bad fish kill along the beaches. My first experiece with Red Tide. Tough stuff.
Oil on canvas 24"X36"
Detail
This painting is sold.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Works in progress
Unremarkable as it may appear above is a birds eye view of my studio. All the wallboard has been removed and tomorrow I will tear out all of these sloped walls and replace with a standard wall section. I will gain about 200 square feet of floor space. Its gonna be great.
The painting above and in the birds eye of my office is
"Redeemed and For Sale"
Another work in progress.
Oil on canvas 24"X36"
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Shirley at the Gate
My cat got sick. I realized I had better paint her once more anyway. She got better.
So has my painting of her. I splurged on some linen canvases.
Oil on linen 16"X20"
If you would like to buy this painting send me an email.
thanks for looking.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Heart U (SOLD)
Cupcakes and the Telltale Heart
Oil on panel 10"X10"
I liked the reflections of the hearts in the foil.
I liked the reflections of the hearts in the foil.
This painting is sold.
Friday, January 25, 2013
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