clarity 14x20

I just finished this tonight...I wanted the light to glaze across in a clear, clean powerful way.

I'm really enjoying the amber varnish medium, but in changing from maroger, it will take some practice.

the duck pond 18x24

I was on location a few days back doin this plein air sketch of a duck pond at a local park..

The idea I had was too capture this back light scene and show the light flowing over and through the land and water.. The ducks loved my time with them and where not shy, coming over to view my progress..So they begged to be in the scene....

Anyway the studio version was done with a few glazes too show the soft light set the glow across the painting. In this painting I tryed a new and historic medium called amber varnish..http://www.ambervarnish.com/ Playin around with this medium for a couple days before the painting process, I found that it gave me more control. I could manipulate the paint however I wanted with it. It was different from the maroger that I was used too, but safer and better for the life of the painting. To help me make the transition I called Donald c. Fels owner and developer of amber varnish ...He was a great help and a joy to talk too..I thank him alot

a miracle in my opinion

Maybe I should call it a miracle for my future painting.Here is how the true story goes....I have been stressing and praying for a while on how to get to pay some bills get all4 of my kids clothed and ready for school, and get some art schooling... I also been lookin for a year for a money tree because they look so lovely in David Leffel's paintings..{well get back to the money tree in a minute}. So yesterday I go to pick up some of my artwork from a local show and the art center was closed. There was a lady next door who owned an art store who had the key to the art center so I could get my work. We talked for hours and she asked me about my talent and told me about her years as an artist and her love for art....She taught painting and pottery..when she said pottery a light went off and I asked her if she had any cheaper pots for sale. She handed me an old whiskey jug and told me to give her 10 bucks cause it had a crack on the side....I only had 9 and she said "Sold".After the talk and purchase I go back home to look up the pot and I found about 10 local numbers of people to call that had knowledge of the old pots{half of my fun in buying old stuff is to find out the history of the items}...After emailing everyone pics of my 9 dollar pot , my phone would be set to ring for the next several hours....It seams as if I had bought an Edgfield pot made by a slave named Thomas Chandler at around a couple hundred years ago..I was in denial and took the pot to a local that owned a pottery shop and he revealed that what they were saying to be true...I deal with this local in pottery trades so I dont have to spend money and I always have fresh and interesting pots to paint ...Being the friend as he is handed me a few grand for the pot answering all my prayers and healing my worries..He told me he could get mor for it but I didnt care , I m not greedy and needed only the profit I recieved . He deserves his profit in my opinion....As I was leaving the store a leaf was fell on my foot { it was a money tree leaf, or coin}and I tued back to ask him do you have a money tree ,he laughed "no you took it" . So I asked him if there was a flower shop near by,He said yes across the street so I go over to the shop and asked the lady about the tree .She said it is crazy that you ask me that cause a lady came in from her church with a bouquet of flowers and asked if I would deliver them for her .I said I would and she said could you throw these away for me, and it was a money tree. She said Ive never had a money tree here and then I get one and you come in asking for them an hour laiter ....so she gave them too me .....unbeleavableI show the tree to the guy at the pottery store and he says " you need to get a lottery ticket"Anyway so know I will be taking the class at quinlan with Mr. Leffel...I am so excited .I never been formally trained in art

self portrait wins award at the Anderson art center annual juried show

The Anderson Art center juried show, had many beautiful works of art. I was humbled to receive an award. The juror was Michael W. Haga ,Assistant Dean at the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts.
In this painting I used a single source to show form. The idea not able to be seen in the picture is the layering and impasto I use to show the translucence of the skin ....warmer layers with the cooler light layers on top.
Self Portrait 14x18 oil.

A review of the results for the Juried show can be read in the carolina arts publication http://www.carolinaarts.com/juriedshowresults2009.html

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pear and grapes 18x24 oil

This painting solved problems using my Idea of out of the shadows and into the light...soft northern light depicted here flows so beautifully. I was please with it being one of my first paintings. It was excepted into the Hartwell regional juried show.

Pears and Grapes 18x24 oil on linen

some of my art from the past

coming out of the darkness 12x18 oil

the rose with vase 8x10oil

chattooga river midday plein air 5x7

the pitcher 7x12

the mill hill plein air 8x10

the hills of Liberty plein air 9x12 oil

Hartwell glow plein air 8x16

the study of movement and temperature 8x10

the study of red and green 9x10 oil

the study of exaggerated light and depth 11x14 oil

study of edges 8x10 oil

fragile redware and egg 5x7 oil

I was trying to depict a fragile look for the pot ,rose, and egg with the use of soft north light

pear and grapes 18x24 oil

This painting solved problems using my Idea of out of the shadows and into the light...soft northern light depicted here flows so beautifully. I was please with it being one of my first paintings. It was excepted into the Hartwell regional juried show.

Pears and Grapes 18x24 oil on linen