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Commissioned Portrait of Lucy

Posted on December 29, 2012
Lucy #2 (with sunflowers)

As I get older I cherish my friends more and more. Especially those who have traversed the years with me. They are irreplaceable parts of my life, so very dear and precious to me. So when the husband of my long-time high school friend Diane asked if I could paint her favorite cat for a Christmas present, I unequivocally said ‘yes’, even though I’m not … Continue reading →

Cool Gray Wind

Posted on September 22, 2012
Cool Gray Wind

Cool Gray Wind 24 x 36, oil on canvas, commissioned It’s hard to believe, but what started out one year ago as a series of color explorations of a wind turbine in a stormy, wind-filled sky, has finally been completed in a commissioned painting. Last October, a customer found my work on the Internet, and inquired about commissioning a painting of a wind turbine. He … Continue reading →

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Cool Gray Wind Commission: Drawings

Posted on February 22, 2012
Cool Gray Wind: Drawing #2

People seem to love my painting Yellow Wind. It’s one of three paintings in a series I call Primary Wind. In 2011 I completed a commission that reproduced each painting in Primary Wind; only larger. It was a fun to recreate the paintings, considering I loved them the first time around. Here’s more about that commission. Now I’m working on another commission based on just Yellow … Continue reading →

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Primary Wind Commission ~ Part 4: Complete

Posted on October 29, 2011
Delivering Blue Wind to UPS for shipment to the customer

Ahhh, sitting with my glass of wine and contemplating the completion of a commissioned series of wind energy paintings that will bring a smile to people I have never met. We are all connected together through energy, because who doesn’t use electricity? I live in a state in which my utility rates have just increased 18%. 18% percent! The reason, according to my local utility, … Continue reading →

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Five Wind Commission: Tonal Wind

Posted on October 23, 2011
Cool Brown Wind

Customers like to buy paintings they can see, that’s why it’s sometimes hard to decide on a commission. The artwork hasn’t been done yet, so they have to act on faith that it will turn out they way they want. I feel lucky because recently a customer liked several of my paintings so much they asked me paint them again–only larger. They could already see … Continue reading →

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Primary Wind Commission ~ Part 3

Posted on October 1, 2011
Signing Yellow Wind

There is something satisfying about setting a completed painting to dry. It’s the culmination of a vision, a job well done, a feeling of accomplishment. Thus it’s with joy that I sign my name to these three commissioned paintings: Red Wind, Yellow Wind and Blue Wind. They will dry for one month before a coat of retouch varnish is applied, then I will ship them … Continue reading →

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Primary Wind Commission ~ Part 2

Posted on September 25, 2011
Blue Wind in the sky!

The blue sky that appeared after this morning’s wind and rain storm was like an unexpected dessert! We are pretty sure the blue skies won’t last because the weather report is calling for cold and rainy temps. Goodbye summer! Seeing such a magnificent and unexpected blue sky inspired me to hold up my little model of a wind turbine to see if it would turn. … Continue reading →

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Primary Wind Commission ~ Part I

Posted on August 28, 2011
Blue Wind in progress

“My years spent working in ports left me with an appreciation of the aesthetics of the maritime world: cargo vessels, ship’s hulls, train engines, rusty anchors, cranes, and heavy-lifting equipment. In other words, ‘big toys’.” My friends know my painting style is eclectic. I paint everything from apples to wind. It’s what falls in between that’s most interesting. However, my wind phase has caught the breeze again. From … Continue reading →

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