Artist quote

"We work not only to produce but to give value to time." ~ Eugene Delacroix

Artist at Work 9x12 oil on canvas

Small Tree oil on canvas

I know this needs something...I will work on it. Sometimes you have to live with a painting before you know if its done.

Notes from my kind

Divide your painting into three values ,dark, gray and and lite. Make 1 of these values 75% of your painting, the other values make 1 25% and the other 5. Most of the worlds great works of art have this ratio present. I believe it is called the Golden ratio. Also the percents do not have to be exact.

Etching background

I started working on an etching and for some reson I did the background for the work without knowing what I was putting in the foreground ..interesting textures...next step to come.

Myself

My mom liked this photo.

Art quote

“I shut my eyes in order to see.” Paul Gauguin

White orchard 6x20 oil on board

White Orchard the seasons will change and or time here will be shortened so for now reflect all the light that finds you and shine.

Porch 10x12 oil on panel

A painting of the porch at the ise cream shop in Mt.Dora Florida

Mt.Dora 10x12 oil on panel

A lovely little town in central Florida this is the side of a hotel there.

Artist quote

Braque always said that the only thing that counts, in painting, is the intention, and it's true. What counts is what one wants to do, and not what one does. That's what's important. Picasso

Work in progress

A black and white underpainting of a concrete rabbit on a bench...just something that caught my eye at a patrons home.

Artist quote

Im not an abstractionist. I’m not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on. Renoir

Notes from my kind

For direct and bolder strokes hold the brush like a conductor holds his baton not like a writer holds his pencil.

Garden Pagoda 16x16 oil on canvas

I tell people that are looking for my studio to " turn at drive way with garden pagoda "...my little landmark.

Sleep 22x32 oil on canvas

Long night painting. I am pleased with this larger work.

Notes from my kind

When painting hold off on your strongest edges, put them in reserve until your sure you need it

Artist quotes

I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds.out of town ...Egon Schiele

Tourist Girl 10x20 oil on panel

A painting from my Mexico trip, the strength of light is amazing near the equator.

Underpainting for ewas 24x28 oil on canvas

Much more to do but this will take awhile

Artist quotes

There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it.Henry Moore

Blog; My language

Painting is a certain language it cannot be replaced by another language and say the same thing.

Artist quotes

To paint only for oneself is very lonely. Adolfo McQue

Notes from my kind

One of the best ways to improve your drawing is to draw the human figure and face. For a million years man has studied the face and gestures of his kind. It is a major part of our communications ability to recognize these gestures of the human body and face so if you can draw the figure well then you can draw anything

Notes from my kind

I think there is a problem with having to many irons in the fire. It is better to limited the number of projects in order to maintain the focus needed to complete them.