Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Blue Window

 "Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within."-Claudia Johnson

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

Monday, March 28, 2011

Lazy Afternoon

 “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time” - John Lubbock

This painting is 6 X 8 oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Freight Train

 “Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.” - Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.

This painting is 8 x 6 oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Susquehanna Morning

 "Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it." -Norman Maclean

This painting is 5 X 7 oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Afternoon Delight

Please be waiting for me baby when I come around.
We could make a lot of lovin' 'for the sun goes down.
(Starland Vocal Band, Afternoon Delight, 1976)

If only my neighbor knew that his house had become my very own series of Rouen Cathedral paintings.

This painting is 7 x 5 oil on canvas panel.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Yellow Sun

 
"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun." -Pablo Picasso

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

Sunday, March 13, 2011

The Cottage

 “We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness”

When I was working on this I kept thinking about this painting by Vincent Van Gogh. Naturally, the title was easy to come up with for me.

This painting is 8 x 11 oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Morning Bling

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked" - Bernard Meltzer

This painting is 5 x 7 oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this sunlit cadbury creme egg painting.

Monday, March 7, 2011

15

Give Light and the people will find their own way.
Scripps-Howard newspapers, motto.

This painting is 11 x 8 oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

The Biggs Museum opening on Friday was excellent. We ran into a lot of people we knew, including Jeffrey Todd Moore (or, as we lovingly call him, Jeff # 2) as well as my Uncle John. It was so crowded we had a hard time moving around.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Sun

Break forth o beauteous heavenly Light, and usher in the morning
Come, quickly come, and let Thy glory shine, gilding out darksome heaven with rays divine
(Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Christmas Oratorio, 1734)

This painting is 8 x 6 oil on canvas panel.

Tonight is the Biggs Picture: First Look pARTy opening reception in Dover. The exhibition will be up until June 19th. If you can't make it, a review can be found here.

Biggs Museum of American Art
406 Federal Street
Dover, DE 19901
302.674.2111

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Moon

"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star." -W. Clement Stone

This painting is 7" X 5" oil on hardboard.