Whale Watching

Commission

Whale Watching

18x36

Breakers

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Breakers

11x14 Original Oil Painting
With brush and palette knife.


The windy waves mount up and curve and fall,
    And round the rocks the foam blows up like snow,—

    Tho' I am inland far, I hear and know,
For I was born the sea's eternal thrall.

I would that I were there and over me
    The cold insistence of the tide would roll,
    Quenching this burning thing men call the soul,—

Then with the ebbing I should drift and be
    Less than the smallest shell along the shoal,
Less than the sea-gulls calling to the sea.

                                           ~Sara Teasdale

3 New Commissions

I always like creating custom paintings. Here's a couple I've been working on lately.

The Dam

PRIVATE COLLECTION

The Dam

24x36 Original Oil on stretched canvas

Something always brings me back to you. It never takes too long.

                                                               ~Sara Bareilles

 

This one goes to two special people! Sometimes you run into people that you immediately connect with. In my case those people are usually passer-byes. Why can't we all live in the same place?

Docked

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Docked

12x12 Oil on canvas

Sail Day

PRIVATE COLLECTION

Sail Day

12x12 Oil on canvas

Side by Side

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Side by Side

12x12 Oil on canvas

Far, Far Away

SOLD
"Far, Far Away"
20x24 Oil on canvas.
Palette Knife

Lets let the wind whip our backs and the sun beat our faces...instead of all those other things.

Sea Oats Commission

Sea Oats II
COMMISSION

16x16 Oil on Stretched Gallery Wrapped Canvas

I was asked to do a larger version of my Sea Oats painting. And of course was more than happy to do it! Here it is. It is in fact a different painting, although it looks the same at first glance. Thanks for looking!

Sea Oats

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Sea Oats
8x8 Oil on gallery wrapped canvas.

Random fact of the day: Sea Oats (some call them Sea Wheat) are a species of grass that grows along the East Coast of the Us, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico. They are protected by law. Apparently there's not that much of it so you can get fined for damaging the stalks in some places. But I was looking at them last summer while at Huntington Beach State Park. They have to be the most awesome type of grass I've ever seen. I wanted to pick them and put them in a bouquet. There were signs saying "Don't damage the Sea Oats!" So I left them in peace.

So next time you're somewhere on the East Coast beaches and you see what appears to be wheat growing in the sand take a minute to look closer and notice them.

Sea Breeze-SOLD

"Sea Breeze"
5x7 oil on canvas panel
Daily painting
Painted Aug. 12th

I'm not too good at painting people yet, but its a start. It still evokes the feeling of wanting to be on the beach with the breeze in your hair.

Saltwater Souvenirs- SOLD

"Saltwater Souvenirs"
8x10 Oil on panel
Painted Aug. 6th

We went to Isle of Palms beach outside of Charleston a couple weeks ago and I got some saltwater taffy. I'm trying out different brush strokes. I really love impressionism too so I was trying to capture that style. I think I overblended the paint a bit. Thats something I need to work on, but I'm still happy with the painting.

Zona Hotelera

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Zona Hotelera
8x10 Oil on canvas panel
Painted August 1st

The Zona Hotelera (Hotel Zone) in Cancun, Mexico is the subject of this painting. We went here for our honeymoon. The crystal clear water and the brilliantly blue Carribean sky is amazing!