Marsh Magic

Looking forward to exhibiting at the upcoming Telfair Museum Art Fair Nov. 12-13, Savannah, GA. Public invited. It will be a great show to visit. A great mix of all kinds of wonderful works of art.

I was inspired by the beautiful coastal marshes in the region when I visited last November. I wanted to paint that inspiration. This painting is oil on gallery wrapped canvas, 36x36.

Southern Crepes

It seems everywhere I look there are crepe myrtles in bloom. We have had much hot weather and several thunderstorms of late and I suppose that has brought about even more blooms than usual. I wanted to try to capture the essence of these plants and came up with this off center composition.

This is painted on a 28x22 canvas wrap.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Well, I wanted to paint one more piece for the upcoming "Tomato Art Festival" in Nashville, August 13. Yes, that's right, there really is one.  A fun, tongue in cheek, piece seemed to be in order. Wow! Does that smell good, or what?
10x20, oil on canvas, gallery wrapped

Tomato Posse

The tomatoes formed a posse and went out to capture the outlaw eggplant. They have hemmed him in and the approaching sheriff will take him into custody. Wow! I feel so much safer.

oil on gallery wrapped canvas-16x16

Sunday Stroll in Paris

Beautiful architecture, narrow streets, quaint shops, the aroma of age. This is Paris. I tried to capture a piece of that in this palette knife painting. How fun.
Oil on 14x11 panel.

Five Tomatoes-16x16

I seem to have more interest in doing still life subjects lately. I saw these tomatoes at the market yesterday and thought it would be fun to set up a still life and paint the subtle light effects and color variations. My wife had a tomato knife that I added to the composition which gave a nice spot of dark to an otherwise relatively high key painting. There are plenty of lost and found edges which I think helps to hold interest in a simple composition. The subject and the style is unusual for me which made it fun!

Hanging Basket

Loved the light/dark patterns here. Happy summer!

Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, 16x16.