Go Skins! (SOLD)

now it looks like this.

This red boat is docked in Pirates Cove Marina. Probably part of the charter fleet that fishes out of Oregon Inlet. The owner is certainly a Red Skins fan. There are spears on the sides. I did not catch the name of the boat. If I do, I will rename the painting. It seems perhaps my last paintings have been perhaps too centered. fatal error. Thanks for looking.

oil on canvas 20"X20" (SOLD)

Morning sun (SOLD)

I keep adding paint to this.

I love painting these little white buildings. I am going to try the grass again. There are some pretty white flowers growing in the foreground. what do I know from pretty white flowers.

oil on canvas 16"X16"
This painting is sold.

I eat my young

I confessed. I have a quite a few canvases like this that have been recycled several times. I will add a new coat of gesso on this one again soon. The more of these I consume the better the new ones seem to be. I try not to judge myself. I think my counselor is out to get me.

oil on canvas 18"X18"

There was something about you I liked

daisies. Real men don't paint flowers.

oil on canvas 20"X20"

Serve Soft (sold)

As an experiment, same painting in full sun and in shade.

the fin

Yesterday was a real bitch. I photographed some soft shelled crabs before I ate them. "Requiem for a blue crab" I stained this canvas with an acrylic crimson and began an oil wash sketch. I thought you might want to see this.

Oil on canvas 18"X24"

This painting is sold.

John's (SOLD)

Oil on canvas paper approx. 9"X9"

John's Drive In is a tiny hole in the wall on the beachroad in Kitty Hawk. Great dolphin boats (not flipper) and milkshakes. No public restrooms.

Open in season.
Closed on Wedensday.

John goes fishing on Wedensday.

(SOLD)

The blues crab (Donation)

I gave this painting to Artrageous. Was it?

oil on canvas 14"X11"

Temporary still life with Softshells

I was right there! I had this one nailed, and then my lovely wife cooked them.

oil on canvas 18"X18

Walkin' the Dog (SOLD)

Sometimes the words that describe the struggle are just that! George Gloss often said, "...honesty is the best policy, unless of course, you are an exceptional liar."

oil on canvas 18"X18"
This painting is sold.

Assurance (On moving on)

What may or may not be evident in this version is that I have decided on moving on with my life!

here is more progress in the form of more paint on the canvas. I will now put more paint on it and take a better picture. I have not had much experience painting waves or water, but I learn a little something with every painting. At first it seems like mindless work, (mix muddy gray paint with other colors and smear on a saturated canvas) ,without rhyme or reason. Then I add more paint and motion seems to appear.

I have spent more time just adding more paint to the paint that was already there, now I plan to add some more paint on top of this.

I spent some time just getting the guy approximately to human proportions. I want this to have a flat graphic sort of quality. Instead it looks like this.

oil on canvas 12"X24"

Rooster Concept Sketch

And now for something completely different.

Odd things.

Surf Dogs(SOLD)

I have painted on this a bit more.

Oil covering canvas 11"X14"
This painting is sold.

A Quickie of Diana

marker sketch

two blue(SOLD)

I did this painting quite a while ago. It was a bit too blue. I added oil paint over the acrylic.

mixed media on canvas 20"X20"
This painting is sold.

Orphans with cell phones

I learn something with every painting.

I liked the sketch from the other day. I liked the way her foot twisted in an "impatient juvenile delinquent with a cell phone" type of look. Now I have painted her as a real tart.

Oil on canvas 8"X10"

marker sketch

I am planning on doing a workshop on drawing this summer, I have been just doing some to warm up. I feel that in order for me to improve the quality of my paintings these are a very good exercise. The problem is..............I can't paint like this!

Man eating peanuts

I have this cool new camera with a little chip that slips into one of those slots. hold like 600 high quality pics. the chip is like $15.00 Remember waiting for prints from the photo shop, was that a life time ago or what?

I think this is about sharing.

Mixed Media

Drawing Invitational at Roanoke Island Festival Park

These are some of my sketches. chick here for info on Roanoke Island

Pretending to be shrimp

That is how I feel sometimes.

Oil on canvas 6"X16"

Sketchy Bluecrab

I do a lot of little doodles like this. It's a habit.

colored pencil, black marker, caulk on envelope

Priceless.

Business Like Posture(SOLD)

I painted a crab again today somewhat blue.

oil on canvas panel 6"X16" (SOLD)

Think Happy Thoughts

"Son, there are a lot of things in this world that you are going to have absolutely no use for." I am having fun with my new bug buddies. I left the doors to my "studio" open and the lights on to welcome them. I wander around my garden searching for subjects. Anyone watching me would surely think "Hehold, a man searching for bugs to paint in his "studio"" . I feel the cheery name helps to compensate for the subject.

Oil on linen 12"X14"
This painting is no longer available

The color of crab (SOLD)

Acrylic on canvas 11"X14" (SOLD)

Cat Fight Dancing(SOLD)

This subject was a fun study, and agreeably a "chancy" subject. This is my cat on my dock. I just practiced painting shapes.

Acrylic on canvas 20"X20" (SOLD)

Crab Encountered (SOLD)

Yesterday this crab looked more like cows pulling a wagon.

If you chick here you will see what I mean.

Acrylic on canvas 24"X24" (SOLD)

Bumble Bee (SOLD)

Oil on canvas 6"X8"
This painting is sold.

Spring Bug

(to let you feel my paint)

Oil on canvas 6"X8"

Yellowfin (SOLD)

I have enjoyed this.

oil on canvas 24"X12"
this painting is sold.

Shrimp Traffic (SOLD)

Wanchese Industrial Seafood Park

on Roanoke Island (named after Chief Wanchese) the Indian Guy. Chick on this if you are interested in The Lost Colony

I think they found it. Name dropper.

oil on canvas 16"X16" (SOLD)

KDH Cooperative Painting Workshop

If you are one of the 8 people taking my painting workshop on April 20 & 21, listen up.

I want you to bring your own photographs to paint. Bring several. When you are making the selection of those photo's, think in terms of 2 dimensional flat design. Use a critical eye and decide if what you want to paint would look like a pleasing design in black and white. If you are using a digital photo, (hopefully) crop the photo to have the same proportions as your canvas before you print it. I think this will make the workshop more rewarding. If you have sketches, please bring them also. I hope this is self explanatory. I am looking forward to meeting you. If you have any questions call me. Bring at least 2 canvases with you.

Sincerely,

Rick

Amphetamines and Rust (SOLD)

With a name such as this, one must not be too flippant with words.

Oil on canvas 12"X24" (SOLD)

Worried Shrimp

Oil on canvas 16"X12"

One Bass

Oil on canvas 24"X12"

One Bourbon One Shrimp One Beer (SOLD)

oil on canvas 12"x20"
This painting is sold.

One Bourbon One Scotch One Crab

Look man. Oil on canvas 14"X14"

Stranded in this needless space

oil on linen 12"X24"

This painting is no longer available.

Breakfast of Champions(private collection)

 Thanks Cora.
I have given this painting to Cora's father.
oil on canvas 12"X12"

Stuck inside a Holstien

oil on canvas 8"X10"