Sunday, May 30, 2010

Trunk


If what I say resonates with you, it is merely because we are both branches on the same tree.
-  W. B. Yeats

This is 7 x 7 oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Separation


Tree dad, without all the complications of a human divorce, is on his way to find a younger tree partner without so many rings around her trunk and possibly without so many nests in her branches. The tree children stay firmly planted behind their mother wondering if the next day will bring rain or sunshine.

This is 8 x 10 oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I've added the dates for some of the art shows I'll be in this summer to the right-hand side of the blog. Mark your calendars!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Diligence


"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent." - Buddha

This is approx. 6 x 11 oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Neighborhood


Estimated number of acres of U.S. farmland lost to development each hour: 114 (Harper's Index Book Volume 3. 146)

I put more planning into this painting than I do with most of my work. I try to create work quickly and if it works, great! If it doesn't then tomorrow is a new day. Every time I sketched this painting out it never seemed wide enough. Going too wide, however, simply resulted in two paintings stuck together. It was also important to me not lose that imitate quality smaller paintings provide.

This is 12" x 48" oil on hardboard. Please contact me if you're interested in this piece.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Shade


From the official Valley Forge website... "Few places evoke the spirit of patriotism and independence, represent individual and collective sacrifice, or demonstrate the resolve, tenacity and determination of the people of the United States to be free as does Valley Forge." Oh, yeah, and it's beautiful.

This is 12" x 6" oil on hardboard. Please contact me if you're interested in this piece.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Good Morning Baltimore


I tried to capture the essence of driving in the rain.

It is 9 x 12 oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Beach House


This is one of the mobile homes that surround the Fenwick Island lighthouse. This is 5" x 6" oil on hardboard.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Townhouse Shadows


Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides. - Junichiro Tanizaki

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Thift Shop Bike


Somebody must be working early today. This is 6" x 6" oil on hardboard. If you're interested in this piece please contact me.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

House By The Road


Let me live in a house by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by;
The men who are good and the men who are bad,
As good and as bad as I.
I would not sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban;
Let me live in a house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
- Sam Walter Foss

This is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel.