More work in this unusual year...

Three (almost four) new paintings since last posting. One day while searching for an inspiration, I thought back to a weekend that we spent with friends at their lake house in central Georgia last Fall. We took their boat out and as they were showing us all the sites I snapped a few photos. I pulled the pictures up and decided to attempt a portrait that I have entitled "Captain and First Mate". I presented it to them this week and they were overwhelmed.

Looking for further inspiration, I returned to photos from a trip to Venice several years ago. I had contemplated painting this scene a number of times but for some reason kept putting it off. Now that I finally painted it I'm quite pleased with the result. I simply named it "Grand Canal".

After completing that one I moved on to a more current observation. Our new dog, Toby, spends a lot of time looking out through the glass in the front door. Sometimes he is watching whatever passes and sometimes it is merely his way of telling us he wants to go out. The latter led to the title of this painting Out...Please!?!"

The latest work is almost done. So, here is a sneak peek. I had been approached to produce a wedding gift by a potential client, but had to turn it down due to an impossible deadline. It made me think about the theme and so this will probably be titled "Young Lovers'.

Till next time...

Staying in place...

 I believe that when you can't really go anywhere the creative mind does the traveling for you. It helps to have a wide variety of reference photos to help stir the imagination. Even though the gallery where I currently show my new work is closed temporarily, I have completed three new paintings for the show that would have opened last week.Two of them are from shots that my daughter shared from Italy. They made me want to go back for another visit, but until that is possible...pictures will have to suffice. First is one from the beach at Portofino. The striped boat covers grabbed my attention so

I call this one "Beckoning Stripes".







The second one caught my eye for two reasons. The local colors are wonderful old world colors that just say Italy to me and the arches hold it all together. This one is "Street in San Remo".

The third is a local scene here on Amelia Island. An early morning on the beach (still closed) revealed a lone hunter in the surf. While I could have named it something to do with social distancing, I simply named it "Dawn Beach Walker".

I'm nearly finished with a fourth one, but Ill save that for my next posting.

Two and a redo... 

Two paintings from Israeli scenes from last Fall's cruise to Israel and several Mediterranean islands plus a reworking of one from Italy. First is based on a photo I shot from a tour bus on the road between Jerusalem and Haifa. A nice warm, sunny day shouldn't be wasted--it was "Beachy"
                                                                                 The second one I spotted on a tour of the Golan Heights. We had stopped at a roadside rest area and there was this foursome having a tailgate picnic. Naturally, I call this one the "Tailgaters".

The third is a rework of a painting I did several years ago. It was from a scene I photographed in Italy in a market. The obvious title is "At the Market".