"HORSEHEAD'   Pen and Ink

I am taking a break from painting this summer and want to leave an earlier rendering of a horsehead I did many years ago. Sketching was my preferred method of art-work until more recently I experimented with color. So although my website is intended to explore Color more fully, the black and white sketch will hold the place until I can enter another painting in the Fall. Thank you for your visits to my site.

"INLET FOG"    12 x 16   Acrylic

Here is another 'rediscovered' old painting from earlier years. It speaks of northern climes and cooler weather, and is welcome during the hot days of summertime. The painting portrays a familiar area in Scandinavia and, for me, was an exercise in getting acquainted with the fluidity of acrylics.

"BIRCH MEDLEY"   Acrylic   12 x 24

 

 

There is a demand for birch tree paintings in my area, so I am repeating a new version of a familiar duo I've painted before. The contrast in colors and the white bark of the trees make for a colorful scene. Despite having painted a pair of birch trees in the past, no two paintings are alike and each has its own individuality.

"POSTER OF SWITZERLAND"  12 x 16    Acrylic

 

 

The Luzern painting was rediscovered as I was inventorying my works from earlier years. It's a copy from a poster I saw long ago, and I wanted to attempt the poster-effect. Exploring the medium of acrylic, I learned a few things in doing this painting, but for now, the simplistic approach is a contrast to my more recent realistic pieces.

"POPPY FIELD" REVISITED   Acrylic    11 x 14

A few added touches of color spruced up a painting I did this past season. The setting appeals to me and there are many variations in how the scene could have been expressed. But it is mid-summer and I like the divisions of meadow as it meets the tree-line. Maybe in the future I'll add a few cows or sheep, but for now it will suffice.