Fortunate Son (on Mud Creek)

If you follow my blog then you know this is Bitter Lake, south of Waubay, SD. If you hope to survive on Bitter Lake, bring your best game. In the lower right corner you can see a house sitting in the lake. This is the case with a lot of farm buildings and farm land in northeastern South Dakota. Great if you are a duck. The sheep painting above is from Dar Peckham's place down by Mud Creek. I spent an afternoon following Mud Creek with my siblings "hunting" for sheep.

Mud Creek flows to the west a few miles south of Bristol, South Dakota. Mud Creek flows into Amsden Dam. I fished and swam there as a child. Amsden Dam flows west to an already swollen James River east of Aberdeen, South Dakota. I believe that the James River drops approximately 6" from Aberdeen to Yankton, a distance of probably 150 "river miles" and thats pretty flat.

washes of oil on canvas stained crimson

oil on canvas 20"X20"

Watersports

Oil on canvas 11"X14"

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Supply Train Final Leg(SOLD)

Oil on canvas 12"X20"
This painting is sold.

325 pounds of tourism

oil on canvas 10"X14"

"Dude...this surf shop tastes great!" (SOLD)

The Cavalier Surf Shop, Nag's Head, On the beachroad.

Thanks to Tyler Nilson for the photo.

Oil on canvas 14"X11"

(SOLD)

Ben makes big plans

I am again on my quest for imperfection. The lifegaurd's name and other vital information about surf conditions are written on the blackboard on the back of the tower.

Oil on canvas 12"X12"

Dogs and Doctors

Commission

Oil on canvas 14"X14"

The Lifeguard (SOLD)

Oil on canvas 16"X22"
This painting is sold.

I'm in the wrong town again

I am going to South Dakota next week. I painted a crab blue.

Oil on canvas 8"X6"

Step into the light (SOLD)

I was painting this and I got a phone call telling me my brother in Arizona had died unexpectedly in his sleep. I prayed for him. I like to think that yes, he "stepped into the light"

Oil on canvas 8"X6"
This painting is sold

"the doctor's" corneas fry in the afternoon sun(SOLD)

oil on canvas 20"X20" (SOLD)

Waiting for Dolphin Boats (SOLD)

John's DriveIn.

I have enjoyed painting this. John's wife started a tradition of photographing people outside of the drive in and putting the photos on the inside of the windows. She took our picture once and in no time at all the sun bleached it out. I've watched myself fade away.

Oil on canvas 24"X24"
(SOLD)

Rhasta Frog (SOLD)

oil on canvas 18"X18"
(SOLD)

RetroCrab (SOLD)

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

Fame!

I keep working on this.

A street musician in Rome.

Oil on canvas 10"X10"

C.S.I. (Crab Scene Investigation)(SOLD)

Oil on canvas 16"X16" (SOLD)

Cindy and the Collossus

This guy looks like me, and my wife sees me like this. Thank you very much.

Inside the Republicca in Rome.

oil on canvas 20"X36"

repo crab (SOLD)

oil on canvas 10"X10"
this painting is sold.

Down along the Cove (SOLD)

More boats in Pirates Cove Marina.

Oil on canvas 24"X16" (SOLD)

Cold Start Chicken

oil on canvas 18"X22"

My Vacation

Had a wonderful vacation in Europe. Spent some francs and a lot of euros. The train through the Alps was a must do. Switzerland needs a lot of money to pay for all the infastructure needed to deal with modern life there. I have a new respect for Hannibal and his getting elephants over those mountains. I have loaded a few pictures of the trip on flickr. Saw a lot more of Bernini's sculpture in the Villa Borghese. (The picture above) Another must see in Rome. Saw some of his paintings and scupture in the Getty in L.A. last year. WOW! Day one. Drove to Norfolk, Va. Flight to Philly. Missed flight to Zurich. Spent 24 needless hours in Philly. Off to Zurich at 6:00 Tonight. The joys of travel!

Pacifics

The "Pacifics" is a commercial fishing boat docked in Wanchese Industrial Seafood Park and fishes in the coastal waters of North Carolina.

I'm tired of this town again.

I am going on a vacation.

Oil on linen 16"X16"

Tuna Towers (SOLD)

this painting kicked my tail.

These boats are part of the charter fishing fleet out of Pirates Cove Marina. Manteo, North Carolina. I thought you might like to see it. Do a search for Pirates Cove. Dare County's first planned unit development. This project brought me to the outer banks in 1987 working on the permits and site development. When I first visited the site there was one building, an old shipstore and bar called Drafty's Tavern. Lots of big fish caught out of this marina. The marina was excavated in 1930 and canals were excavated in 1970 and 1972. Now the project is almost built out with maybe 600+ homes and about as many boat slips if you include the marina.

Oil on canvas 20"X24"
This painting is sold.

Kinnakeeters Yaupon Eaters (on local lore)(SOLD)

A tortured yaupon tree with its afternoon shadow against an ocean front house.

My work on this painting could be described as striving for imperfection. Painting this plant brings to mind a story I heard long ago from a local surveyor.

A fishing village on Hatteras Island had the reputation that the locals would eat yaupon berries (scientific name "Ilex Vomitoria")(eat the berries and you vomit) in an attempt to reach some type of euphoric high. In the early 1980's the village was incorporated. The locals decided to change the name of the village from Kinnakeet to Avon, North Carolina. The locals wanted to shed all remnants of their berry eating past and being jokingly referred to as "Kinnakeeters yaupon eaters".

Oil on canvas 22"X18" (SOLD)

Wanchese Sportfishers

More boats, different marina.

Oil on canvas 14"X16"

All along the bowline (aka) "Pink Boat"(SOLD)

I am enjoying this new subject matter. More of the charter fishing fleet docked in Pirates Cove Marina. World Class Billfishing every summer. Off shore fishing is always an adventure, and just seeing the gulf stream is worth the trip. 35 miles to the gulf stream.

oil on canvas 20"X14.25"(SOLD)

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