Today's Work 09.11.09

Abstract Pear Tree
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Apple Tree
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Tulips Against Blue Sky
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes two new landscape and a floral composition. Abstract Pear Tree is a variation on some of my previous abstract tree compositions, as is the Apple Tree piece. Tulips is a variation on my popular Tulips in Midday Sun composition, which was recently bought by a couple in Atlanta as a commission.

Quote of the Day
"Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past." --Gerald Jampolsky

Today's Paintings 5.18.09

Back Road Through Prairie Grass, East of the Rockies
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms VIII
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes a new composition featuring a big sky, Back Road Through Prairie Grass, East of the Rockies, and the latest edition in the Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms series.

Quote of the Day
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." --Ernest Hemingway

Abstract Apple Tree III

Abstract Apple Tree III
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

This is the latest edition in the Abstract Apple Tree series. Part of my newest decorative line of paintings, I'm putting more emphasis on earth tones and larger "over-the-couch" type of works. A patron is requesting another edition in this series for her new home. She has some very specific color requirements, which I am happy to provide--in fact, it actually helps me when a client let's me know what works for them, as it takes some of the guess work out of painting something that meets their specifications and requirements.

Quote of the day: "Art is just something that human beings need to do. Some get to make art every day. Most just make their art when they get the chance. History does not care. History gets the work." --Peter William Brown

Today's Paintings 3/15/09

Abstract Apple Tree II
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens Commission
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's paintings include a new, larger version in the Abstract Apple Tree series. I'm using more earth tones in my decorative line of paintings.

I also completed a commission in the Autumn Aspens series for a patron who's a school teacher in Oregon.

Quote of the day: "Art should astonish, transmute, transfix. One must work at the tissue between truth and paranoia." --David Whiteley

Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms

Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms V
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden and Liquitex acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

This painting sold today on one of my sales venues. I enjoy painting this composition because of the contrast the pink blossoms have with the blue sky. The tree trunk seems to get more twisted every time I paint it. The weather has been very spring-like the past few days, and I look forward to seeing real blossoms on the trees in a couple of months.

I made some great progress on the Alaska painting today. My publisher is anxious to see where I'm at with it, but I didn't have good enough light for a photo today. I will post an update here tomorrow.

Quote of the day: "Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen." --Leonardo da Vinci