New Paintings - 5.26.2012

Flower Garden on Yellow

Original 48" x 72" Painting

Forest Walk

Original 48" x 72" Painting

My apprentice - Diana Kim England - created this lovely painting with my guidance. I'm very excited to work with her, and to see the compositions she creates.

Flower Garden on Yellow II

Original 36" x 36" Painting

Abstract Autumn Aspens

Original 48" x 72" Painting

All paintings created with artist grade professional acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas provided by Big Daddy Canvas.

Quote of the day:

"What lies behind and what lies before us are but small matters compared to what lies within us."

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Signature Series Commissions

Dear Friends,

I'm so excited about using these amazing, self-stretching, large format canvases from Big Daddy Canvas. Starting this week, I'm offering what I call my Signature Series Commissions.

Quaking Aspens

I'll be drawing from my body of work - 10 years of compositions - for the series, and featuring them on my sales venues Etsy and Yessy. You may also select compositions from my web site portfolio.

Lemon Tree

These paintings will be new original paintings of my original compositions, available on 48"x72" or 36"x60" self-stretching canvases.

Fall on Young America Road

The compositions I'm selecting are among my favorites, and have been highly sought after by my patrons over the years. I hope you enjoy these paintings.

Sunrise and Autumn Fields

Recent Work - 4.5.2011

Another Blustery Day
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Summer Aspens
Original 24" x 36" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Apple Tree
Original 16" x 20" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Birds on Wires
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Fauve Landscape
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Fall on Young America Road
Original 16" x 20" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Recent Work

Autumn Aspens
Original 48" x 36" Painting
Two 24" x 36" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Abstract Poppies on Yellow
Original 72" x 30" Painting
Three 24" x 30" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Roses and Checkered Cloth
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

New Paintings - 6.22.10

Still Life with Roses and Striped Cloth
Original 16" x 20" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Recent Commissions

Autumn Aspens
Original Acrylic Painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Provence Lavender
Original Acrylic Painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Lone Cow
Original Acrylic Painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens Triptych
Original Acrylic Painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

New Paintings 02.13.2010

Winter Park, Colorado
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Springtime Daisies III
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens IX
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My newest work includes two of my signature compositions - Springtime Daisies and Autumn Aspens, as well as a new composition - Winter Park, Colorado.

Quote of the Day
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

Albert Einstein

Two Commissions

Quaking Aspens and Colorado Peaks
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Raoul's Garden

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

These paintings are commissions requested from a patron from two of my signature compositions.

New Paintings 1.5.10

Abstract Poppies on Yellow (Commission)
80" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Two 30" x 40" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens VIII
Original 32" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Two 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvases

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Purple Poppies on Red II
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My newest work includes a large diptych commission from my Abstract Poppies on Yellow series, as well as the newest editions from my Autumn Aspens and the Purple Poppies series.

Quote of the Day
"We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves."

Thomas Merton

Commission Work This Week

Red Trees (Commission)
Original 72" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Three 24" x 36" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens (Commission)
Original 72" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Three 24" x 30" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

This week's work included a commission for a patron in Colorado who wanted some of my work to decorate her office. These paintings are based on two of my popular compositions, Autumn Aspens and Autumn Moonrise (photo coming soon).

The other commission is for a patron visiting the U.S. from Argentina. She selected my Red Trees composition.

Quotes of the Day
"You're never so full of yourself as when you're in pain... Happiness releases you from self. It is suffering and pain and misery and depression that tie you to the self."

"Put this program into action, a thousand times: (a) identify the negative feelings in you; (b) understand that they are in you, not in the world, not in external reality; (c) do not see them as an essential part of 'I'; these things come and go (don't identify with them); (d) understand that when you change, everything changes."

--Anthony de Mello

Today's Work 09.13.09

Cow in Autumn Pasture
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Gerber Daisies IV
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Aspens in Late Day Light
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes all new compositions. Cow in Autumn Meadow was inspired by the rich autumn pastoral scenes of my native rural New York and my 20+ year home in Colorado. Still Life with Gerber Daisies IV is a new still life composition depicting the rich colors of one of my favorite flowers. Aspens in Late Day Light depicts the transitional season between late summer and early autumn in Colorado, just before the leaves begin to change into their beautiful fall colors.

The crisp morning air of autumn is upon us, and I'm thrilled that we're moving into my favorite season of the year.

Quote of the Day
"The choice you face constantly is whether you are taking your wounds to your head or your heart. In your head you can analyze them, find their causes and consequences, and coin words to speak and write about them. But no final healing is likely to come from that source. You need to let your wounds go down to your heart. Then you can live through them and discover that they will not destroy you. Your heart is greater than your wounds." --Henri Nouwen

Work This Past Week

Rocky Mountain Sunset IV
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Oriental Blossoms XVII
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Path XXIII
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens VII
Original 24" x 30" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Poppies on Blue Sky XIII
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Early Summer Sunrise II
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Daisies and Red Vase V
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

I've devoted most of the past week to painting these pieces, as well as working on commissions. These paintings are all new editions from many of my popular compositions. The Autumn paintings are inspired by the coming change of season, to which I look forward with great anticipation.

Quote of the Day
"Even the best psychologist will tell you...that people don't really want to be cured. What they want is relief; a cure is painful." --Anthony de Mello

More Work This Week

Abstract Floral (Commission)
Original 20" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens VI
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Flower Garden Against a Yellow Sky (Commission)
Original 40" x 50" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

I wrapped up the week working on a commission of my Abstract Floral composition, a large commission of my Flower Garden composition, as well as the newest edition in the Autumn Aspens series to sell on my web site. It's been an incredibly busy but rewarding week.

Quote of the Day
"Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward." --Patricia Sampson

Work this Week

Abstract Poppies (Commission)
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Looking North on the Hudson River (Commission)
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens (Commission)
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Poppies on Blue Sky (Commission)
Original 84" x 24" x 0.75" painting
One 24" x 36" and Two 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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

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Red Trees IX
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

I've been painting like a mad woman since I returned from my vacation! I already had several commissions in the hopper, and received several new orders while I was away. There are literally not enough hours in the day for me to paint! However, this is a good thing, and I'm working hard to fulfill my orders--now I just need to find the time to paint new work to list on my sales venues and web site.

Quote of the Day
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude." --Denis Waitley