"Root Cellars"
9x12 oil on canvas

"Sweet Tangerine"
5x7 oil on panel

"Wired in Winter"
9x12 oil on panel
sold

Painted on 1-19-09 as the sun was setting. There was a lot of smog and I probably should have painted in doors. I enjoy the light as the sun sets. There is a play of warm and cool color in the sky. The painting moves the viewers eye into the painting using the lines of the snow entering from the left and moving to the right and then the telephone poles move the viewers eye into the painting and to the left. There is the contrast of the vertical lines of the poles and the horizontal lines of the grass.

"View from Mountain Meadow Drive"

8x10 oil on panel
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This is a place close to where I live and I paint there often. I like this field because there is always all kinds of equipment and the view is always different depending on the time of year.

Black and White Study
5x7 oil on panel

"Morning Break"
8x10 oil on panel

Here is my niece Sydney, she is only 7yrs old and this is her first oil still life. Way to paint Sydney!

"Resolution"
9x12 oil on board

"Egg"

8x10 oil on board

"Lucid Lane"
12x16 oil on canvas

I participated in Steve McGinty's plein air workshop in Midway, Utah a couple weeks ago. Here is one of his step by step demo's. He uses a limited pallet of only 3 colors. It was an amazing experience to see him at work!






Great work Steve!

"Overshadow"

16x12 oil on canvas
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I participated in Steve McGinty's plein air workshop in Midway, Utah. I met many talented artists and had a great time.


Mike, Dale and Ed
Debbie
The whole group with Steve on the left.
The group

me and Dale

"Semblance"

12x16 oil on canvas
sold

"Cherry Blossom Series 1,2&3"

5x5 oil on board
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"Cabernet"
5x7 oil on board
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"Smear of Orange"
5x7 oil on board
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"Siddhartha"
9x12 oil on canvas
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"Ticktock"

8x10 oil on canvas

"Elephants"

5x7 oil on board
sold

"Sunflowers"

15x30 Oil on canvas
sold

"Off the Tree"
5x7 oil on board

"Strawberries"
5x7 oil on board
sold

"Green Tomatoes"
9x12 oil on canvas

"Two Apples"

9x12 oil on canvas

"Brushes & Books"

24x12 oil on canvas
sold

"Apple & Wine"

9x12 oil on board

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"Orange"

8x10 oil on board
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"Pink Carnation Demo"

8x10 oil on board

Here's a photo of the still life set-up. I prefer to paint by the natural north light that comes through my window.

I started with a thin wash using turp of burnt sienna and cad yellow med which gives it a warm medium value.
I just put in the rough drawing of where I want to place all the objects.

I focus on values only at this stage. I want to make sure I have 5 values and the tricky part will be keeping these values while adding color.

After I started putting in the color I thought the background was too dark and not cool enough. It is a real hassle when you have to change the color of the background after the painting is almost complete.

Thanks for looking.

Here are the paintings I did while at the Tooele Arts Festival. I really enjoyed just setting up each still life and painting while people watched.

"Wild Side"
5x7 oil on board
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"Cool Daisy"
5x7 oil on board
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"Flip Flops"
5x7 oil on board
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"Hot Daisy"

8x10 oil on board
sold

My artist friend who I met at the festival was wearing these converse, I asked her if she could take them off so I could paint them.

"Pink Converse"

8x10 oil on board
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