The title of this painting is Sailing Down East

The title of this blog is

MONET BY THE LILLY PADS

Its been really busy. Aside from the usual spring clean up and chores that mount into a monument if they are not taken care of promptly, my studio work and on line galleries are keeping me busy, not to mention outdoor shows. Now I've got to cut out a little time for some work on the easel. People always wonder if I'm out in the surroundings of nature painting by a pond of geese or something. Well, not really, .. here's why. Summer is crazy. Shows, fairs, festivals. online sales, shipping, packing, marketing, site maintenance, and the list goes on. Winter is actually studio time. Summer, oh how I wish, but the reality is, thats its time to put your nose to the grindstone, your cards on the table, and go for broke. Sometimes I envy people who can do art for a hobby. Its sounds relaxing. Maybe after autumn sets in, I will find that pond of geese and just paint like Monet by the lilly pads.

Clouds and Sails

11x14

acrylic on paper

There's nothing better than salty breezes pushing along the clouds and canvas sails with equal ease along the deep blue sea.

The Hills of Spring

16x20

acrylic on canvas

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Just outside my studio, is this scene which changes with every passing minute. Now that spring is upon us, it is a real show to see it develop this mosaic of color and light as the trees and hills start to come to life.

This is that scene.

Springtime Country Landscape

16x20

acrylic on canvas

One of my favorite places to walk. I usually carry my sketch book and record impressions. This is one of them from that walk translated into this painting.

Landscape with Pink Sky and Mountains

11x14

acrylic on paper

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This particular work was composed over a coffee, on a sketch pad at a local haunt. I liked the sketch, and had to urge to translate it into color, thus the painting. Some of my best works come out of that little coffeehouse. There's no telling what a good cup of joe will do to fire up the creative process.

Birdseye Diner Yellow Coffee Mug

acrylic on canvas paper

9x12

About this painting:
People that know me, know one thing about me. I love my coffee. Not the milkshake, sundae varieties with names longer than intros to some novels, but rather the kind that pours out black and you add at the most cream, or sugar. or both. Well anyway, this is one of my many favorite coffee mugs. Having just finished my brew, I painted the mug, which is now immortalized in paint, for all time. It sits on an insulated fabric insulated coaster, available at WSDreams from Etsy.
I hope you like my mug, and my painting.

Someday maybe I'll paint my other mug, the one I see in the mirror. ~ ugh, or is that mugh!

Soup Can

9x12

acrylic on canvas paper

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I actually painted this in my studio, and it was just a bunch of stuff near by and the can sat on a table edge covered with a cloth. But, people not knowing that, have come to see the can on a hill of grass and a city in the background. Thats what you got to love about expressive paintings. You can never tell what interpretation will surface from viewing them.