photo of set up, for painting below

#78 " empty "

8x10 oil on canvas panel......275.00.......getting ready for still life classes coming up.....there is a real glow about the photo, i think'....did not capture that particular aspect, because i believe it would take more blending and detailed brush strokes....i am striving for a more impressionistic look which i think is fun....haven't quite reached the look i am striving for

#77 " hang on ! "

5x7 oil on canvas panel...150.00....another from photos last summer on west point lake, but changed the skies to stormy...it's just to cold to get out for plein air....plan to start some still life classes with georgia nagle in a few weeks...maybe post some studies to get ready SOLD

#76 "broad street"

8x10 framed oil on canvas panel....595.00.00....different strokes for this plein air painting in town on a cloudy day......would like to add more cityscape

#75 " field and tree"

11x14 oil on canvas panel....535.00 framed....another plein air done in nov. i am just now posting....location is behind an old church and cemetery outside moreland, ga....seems like my painting buddy and i always end up in this area because it is a half way meeting point and lots of beautiful countryside Private Collection

unfinished plein air

this is what i had when i left the field...i was not happy with the colors....thought they were too dull, so i worked in the studio and used a little of my artistic license and ended up with the painting below....do you think i should have left it alone? ....tell the truth.....i need some input!......actually, after looking at the one below, i can see the impression of an old car in front of the dark bush to the right.....maybe i will post another with an old car added....have i been painting alone for too long over Christmas?....

#74 " out back of mr. thompson's"

8x10 oil on canvas panel....275.00....the painting above, after studio changes

#73 "mr. coker's view"

8x10 oil on canvas panel.....even though it would be nice to tell you i painted every day this week, i have to confess, these are paintings from oct and nov, that i did not have time to post.............this outing was a very dreary day....plein air....began to rain just as elsa and i were finishing our last strokes.......abandoned old home between grantville and moreland. ga.

#72 "reflection of the south"

11x14 oil on canvas panel....375.00....this home was a part of our past that reflected slower, simpler times....an old home near newnan, ga....plein air start with studio finish

#71 " Storm Stories #2"

24 x 36 oil on canvas gallery wrap....1995.00....this was painted in the studio from a plein air field study

#70 " deserted"

6x12 oil on canvas panel....plein air ....painted to music ....devils and dust...by the boss!

#69 "millie's boat house"

8x10 oil on canvas panel...375.00....this was a beautiful afternoon.... i felt very calm..... more sure than usual, of how i wanted to go about this painting ....most of the time i am rather anxious, anticipating my plan of attack SOLD

#68 "landscape under the knife"

11x14 oil on canvas panel…500.00....this is plein air with palette knife used for the first time since high school....about 5yrs???ho ho ho!!!....anyway it was tons of fun in the end, but kind of shaky in the beginning....it took about 3weeks to dry....will definitely try again SOLD

#67 "Gordon rd & hwy 54"

8x10 oil on canvas panel....595.00 ....SOLD.... i wanted the viewer to feel what i saw this day, sunshine and shadows, a slight breeze....a piece of the past.....my paintings are not always exactly what i see.....i like to add a little more excitement through texture and more vivid colors.....this painting was selected for the 2010 first annual southeastern plein air exhibit at the gallery at paper mill village in marietta, ga

#66 "Lake Study"

8x10 oil on canvas panel  250.00....SOLD.....it is good to be back and posting paintings...…I think I was in a coma for a couple of months…..I want to think fresh!!!!.....the sky is the limit....God is good!!!

#65 "Shade #2 "

8x10 oil on canvas panel....295.00....SOLD.....it has been a busy time and lots of rain but was finally able to crank out a new painting....another view of a previous painting

#64 "pink "

5x7 oil on panel...175.00....flowers are not really my favorite subject to paint, but i do love to grow them, when i can keep them alive....these are from the side yard...had a little fight with the bees, but i managed to snag these babies....in an old vase i have had for 30 years....tmi? Private Collection

#63 "your classic floral"

the same 5x7 as below with a change...added a leaf under the right flower to try and bring your eye down and back around and up the left side...did that help the composition or not....some critique time would be great....also, does anyone think i need more light coming from behind left side under left flower ?

#62 "portrait study "

5x7 0il... another late night painting....i sat down intending to paint some flowers and my daughter said..."paint me!!....so here it is....??????.......does not really look like her.....but it was fun :)

#61 " afternoon train in grantville, ga. "

5x7 oil on canvas panel.....100.00....i was determined to post a painting today, so i did this late and had to take a photo by lamp light....i may have a better pic later and may make some changes.....this is painted from a photo taken in grantville.....SOLD

#60 " Lucky Also "

5x7 oil on canvas panel...100.oo.....from another photo taken at lake west point....really had to restrain myself from fussing on and on about details....just stop...SOLD

#59 " Lucky "

5x7 oil on canvas panel....100.00...... painted from photos take at lake west point two weeks ago...my 1st attempt at getting back to daily painting...the heat has thrown me off track.....SOLD

# 58 " Day Dream "

30x40 oil on canvas gallery wrap....once again I am not seeing what I had in mind when I started...so I am a little concerned with my lack of control over the outcome....but, since this is a new subject for me I think I am pleased

# 57 " ROSE #2 "

30x40 oil on canvas gallery wrap....this is an enlargement of a portion of a previous painting...it has been fun and different for me...quite a challenge from my usual 8x10's

#56 Mr. Thompson"s

8x10 oil on canvas panel 295.00....plein air