East Point Lighthouse

Went out to East Point Lighthouse yesterday as this hurricane is winding down. The sky was overcast and windy with rain drops coming and going. The lighthouse stood there strong and silent.

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November Field

There is a field near where I live with a solitary row of lettuce half picked, as if someone had to leave in a hurry, and a lingering puddle from the previous day's rain.

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Watercolor

I was out for a long walk and passed by this stream where the tree's roots had the most wonderful colored moss on it. I must admit September is turning out to be my favorite month of the year weatherwise. I've a few paintings in the works, still trying to work out my process.

The past two days it has been in the 90's, today was clear and hot. I ventured out to a local nature preserve to paint this small oil. Below you can see some images of the progression of the painting, and the finished work.










































































'Young Oak' Oil on Linen, 6"x8"
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out towards the bay

'Near Dyer's Creek' Watercolor 6"x9"

Painting on the Schuykill

Yesterday I was plein air painting with a fellow artist of mine, Nick Fruean, in Philadelphia. We were on the Schuykill River looking south towards the South Street Bridge, which is now under construction. Below is an image of the watercolor I painted that day.












'South Street Bridge'












Nick Painting

Allium, Fin

This is the finished painting, 'Globe Allium' 18" x 24", Oil on Linen. Anyone interested in purchasing this painting, please contact me here.

Parvin's Watercolor

I did this watercolor at a hidden spot in Parvin's a few days ago.

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Here I have started scumbling the green of the bottle, and worked more on the shell.

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Today I made an excursion to The Brandywine River Museum. I saw a few works I haven't seen by Andrew Wyeth before, including a watercolor of a metal tankard sitting on a windowsill, painted on a thank you letter written by A. Wyeth, it was a wonderful treat. I also saw a Tempera by N.C. Wyeth of an island in Maine that was wonderful (Whale Island might have been the title.) My eyes are always pleased to feast on the works in this museum.

Here I started laying in the white table top, getting the bottle ready for a transparent glaze or scumble and laying down the first parts of the shell. The painting seems to be moving along, and it's letting me know which parts need attention and in which order.

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This is the painting after 5 hours of working.

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Here I am trying to work on laying in the color of the Alium first, as it is the object that will change the fastest.

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Hello to everyone,

I thought I would post some images of the current paintings I'm working on. This painting grew out of my interest in the Globe Allium. My father owns a flower shop and occasionally he will get these in. What draws me to them is their simple spherical shape, that is, when you get closer composed of many tiny lavendar flowers. It is placed in a wine bottle, of some very good New Zealand wine I discovered recently.