A southwestern scene. trying to match up the freshpaint daily painters and the blog. This was from a drive we took last year. I love the warmth of the colors in the desert and the sage greens the vegetation presents. I am also a sucker for the California Impressionists many of home chose the desert as subject matter.

My first Fresh Paint Daily Painter entry. This is a piece from the skagit valley in Washington state. It is so colorful that it is hard to express in paint and design the large shape of the tulips into an interesting composition. You can purchase this piece here or from www.freshpaintdailypainters.com . Hopefully I will be making daily entries here and on the site. Please bear with me as I figure out how to manipulate the freshpaint site to make contact and purchasing more streamlined. Other pieces in the blog I will try to price as well but if you are intertested in one email me.

small sketch of a mountain lake. working on some compositional stuff with masses. the simplification of trees as well as a the snow shapes starts to abstract realism and create an interesting painting

same drive late late sunset or early evening if you are so inclined. its a stormy sky so the blue is much more intense in the sky.

Lone Tree One

A tree in the SanJuan Islands of Washington State. Right around sunset. The weathered shape of the greenery forms some great patterns that catch the fading light. Also the driftwood lights up the beach.

the sorting table

Women sorting grapes. I am taken by the ordinary tasks of workers and the character they exhibit. This is a quick small study mostly to get color.

Golden Fields SOLD

This is view of some farmland at that golden moment that we are blessed with every day. I love the compliments that form in the shadows and the atmosphere diffusing the hills in the distance.

Happy New Year. This is a painting of the Yosemite Valley. The colors especially in the shadows are so saturated with great color. It sets a great stage for the warm soft lights. One of my favorite places. This is a paintbox painting and is 8X8 inches. Might grow into a big version one day but the sketch and its reaction to the color still interesting.

vineyard series

sorry a bad photo. colors are warmer in real life

waiting for the wind SOLD

Quick sketch of a classic small sailboat. I particularly enjoy the warm and cool aspects of the white paint and the big orange bumper.

red boat

Night in the Islands

moonrise

mountain Lake

Lone Tree

Logs on a beach create great random designs

fishing

seascape

San Juan Island Late Colors

sunset study small

another roadside sketch

turning leaves

Small Vineyard Napa

Down the rows

interisland

Sketch of a ferry rounding the point. Sorry not alot of text however I want to get as much work up as I can.

southwest scene

small sketch of a southwest scene with one rock feature in shadow. Again a small piece 5x7. Love the way it happens with these as each brustroke means more to the others.

seascape

New Work finally. I have been doing lots but its been a while since my schedule allowed me the chance to record some of it. Sorry the photos are a bit off color wise but you should get the general idea. Little paint box sketches. This boat lost the wind and was paddling to find more.

small works

If you have not figured out it was a series of boat pictures yet then hopefully you are getting the message with this one. I am trying to do these in a series of ten over the coming weeks.

small works

Salt Marsh sketch. The white spots are 'boogers' on the scanner surface. oops. The original is sans spots

Small Works

Beached workboat waiting to be weathered into the landscape.

Small Works

A small sailboat sketch

small works

Quiet winds full sail

Small Works continued

A boat under repair at a boatyard. At the beginning of its life or the end?

Small Works

Small boat series. These are scans so there is a fair bit of texture visible.

A series of small works. This is a foggy day at a local pier.

Small Boat Sketch seems to garner lots of attention. Very direct painting.

Demo for the class. This was done for my High School kids as a demo painting on the school grounds. Prooving that God has placed beauty all around us we just need to look for it and wonder at its splendor.

Haystack Rock Again

Small vineyard. Sonoma Valley

Small Sketch Bad Photo. Quick Sketch of a sunrise near Anacortes Wa. Am posting lots of work and should be going back in to update some comments but I just want to get it all up there.

Near Sunset California

Quick study of a sunset down south. Enjoy the boiling of the surface and the way the water relects different aspects of the sky. The deep blues of a dusk sky and the reds yellows and oranges of the pending sunset.

Summer Hike

The mountains around Mt Ranier are exceptionally beautiful. We used to go up after school and hike on the long fall days. This is near Paradise in Ranier Nat Park. The daylight in the fall is always more dramatic because the angle of the sun is lower.

Sailing Series Continued

A dramatic cloudscape at the end of a stormy day.

Sailing 3

One More in the series. The close cropping was an experiment in composition.

Westward

A series of sailing pictures. This is entered in a juried competition. Dont do that often buts it a great show in edmonds and I have had some past success there. The colors and the gesture of the sails are always fond memories of our old sailboat.

Driftwood and chaos

The random pattern of driftwood and the light near sunset are very compelling subjects. Its always a hard design problem with chaos as the subject matter.

rural farm here in washington. quick post today will embelish later

Sarah Raschick. We had to say goodbye to our faithful companion of 17 years. Did a portrait so we won't forget her.

I miss sailing sometimes so you will see me revert to this subject matter for a time or even longer. I love the patterns that the water makes forming great mounds of color and form and the light as it hits the sails both warm and cool.