Oops! Apparently, in the turmoil of the hectic schedule I mentioned in the May posting, I neglected to send out the August posting. So I will now add that in with the November posting. 

Both Making Waves and The Commuter sold and were replaced with The Gondoliers and Just Browsing. The Gondoliers was another of my Venice paintings and Just Browsing was from a trip to the Greek Isles. 

Both of those sold

They were replaced with Fernandina Fleet from earlier paintings I did of the local shrimp boats

                                        and  Sienna Stroll from past Italian                                                travel.

Then for the August show I brought in three paintings. One was one of my past dog portraits The Truffle Hunter. This inspiration came from a truffle hunting excursion that my younger daughter tried out as part of her exploration of activities to offer the clients of her specialized travel agency.

The other two were newly finished paintings. The first I titled Sunset before the Storm. It was based on a photograph that the same daughter took during a trip to Croatia. My interest was captured by the dark foreground against the bright sky and the ominous cloud formation. 

The other new one Bringing in the Catch was based on seeing a man with baskets of fish. I imagined him coming up from a boat with the days' harvest. 

During that time I also completed two more commissioned portraits of dogs. First was Moose on Guard Duty. This little guy loves to stand on a chair and look out the window. And then came Maggie from the same client. She is a tiny princess that oozes confidence. She knows she is in charge as she hangs on to her "cigar" like Winston Churchill.

Now, finally the November show:  I am bringing in a new piece Sentry Duty. It is a view of one of the magnificent Herons often seen in this area as well as in watery places in many other states. 

The other two paintings are resurrections of older pieces. One is Puppies and Poppies from our last trip to Italy where we stayed on an agri-resort in Puglia That had many puppies running all over the property.  The Vineyard is also from one of our trips when we cruised the Mediterranean. I believe it was from an excursion in Italy. 

 

Hopefully you managed to get through all of that. Now that we're up to date, I promise to try not to let it get away from me again. Till next time....

Way Behind

I missed posting back in April due to a hectic schedule. I have had numerous sales this year which required me to scramble  producing new pieces and resurrecting older pieces to fill the gaps in the gallery.

Three of the four pieces I showed you in the last posting have sold. Having to fill those spaces at the gallery in addition to completing two commissioned pieces have kept me running. Great that I'm getting all these sales but difficult to keep pace. 

So here's what has happened. First was a commission that I completed for a friend. "Lucy" is a very sweet, gangly dog that lives down the street from me.

The painting that I had in the hotel lobby sold after only two weeks on display there to a visitor from Boston. Shipping problems led to great time consumption through several attempts to get it packaged and delivered.

 Then as the first of the Venice paintings sold I brought in a resurrected "Welcome to Tranquility" to fill the space in the gallery. 

As it became time for the show changeover at the gallery, I added reworks of two earlier paintings that had never been in the gallery. First was "Table for One". That was based on a scene I believe I encountered in Spain several years ago. I liked the idea that it could create a couple of different stories for the viewer. It could mean strong solo traveler or it could depict loneliness.

The other rework was based on a painting I did a number of years ago that hangs in my home. I named it "Golden Hour".

Very soon the other Venice painting sold and I brought back one that I had done years before while looking out the back window of the gallery at the pond. It is titled "Making Waves".

 

Next, "Table for One" sold and I brought back "The Commuter". 

Finally, I have just finished a commission piece that I have been working on for the client from Boston that bought the piece that was in the hotel. He had seen my "Window Seat" painting and wanted a painting of his daughter's dog for a birthday present. Working from a small snapshot of her dog that she sent me and with some discussion about a beachy scene I came up with this which I call "Rosie's Beach Dream".

I hope to be back on schedule with the next posting in early August.

 A couple of new ones and a couple resurrected 

I recently finished two new paintings. First is a portrait of my daughter's dog Teddy. He likes to look out the window to watch for wildlife to bark at. When she showed me a photo of him sitting in a chair for a better viewing angle I knew I had to paint that. I call it Window Seat. 

The second was painted especially for a month long exhibit in the lobby of the OMNI hotel here on the island. Management there is kind enough to ask local artists to display a large piece each month. I was chosen for February. I painted a dawn seascape based on a photo my daughter shot while walking my dog one early morning. The unusual cloud formation really attracted me.  I named this one Morning Comes to Amelia.

Two of my Italian paintings from Venice are coming back to the gallery for the new show. Reflections on a Canal was based on a scene I saw in one of my first trips to that city. I was taken by the water flowing between the old buildings like a street. 

The other one Grand Canal is one that I thought about painting for several years. It took me a long time to decide how to handle the silhouettes on the bright water.  I was very happy with the result.

Time to start looking for new inspirations.