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Cattails
Read more: CattailsI have exploring color, expanding on the colorist approach. I had seen some cattails on a nearby bay, and decided to paint them to show how much I enjoy looking at them as they stand against the sky and water, in a wide variety of colors. This painting was a lot of fun! “Cattails” acrylic…
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Plein aire paintings
Read more: Plein aire paintingsAt times, I like to paint the areas near where I live at in plein aire. These are a couple of quick acrylic studies (done in less than an hour each) that I did during the past few weeks. The first is of whitefish point in the upper peninsula, in the early morning. The second…
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Winter Sunrise, Lake Huron: oil painting
Read more: Winter Sunrise, Lake Huron: oil paintingOne of the things that I love about Lake Huron is that the light is always changing, and the way the lake looks changes with it. One early morning, I was amazed at the beauty of the sunrise, and this oil painting is the result. I wanted to show the light sparkling off the snow…
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Wild Loons (Christmas Present Painting)
Read more: Wild Loons (Christmas Present Painting)For Christmas, I gave out two gift certificates good for a painting of their choice to two friends. One, who is a birdwatcher like me, immediately said, “I want a painting of Loons” (which show up on her lake, they visit every fall and spring here in Michigan). The other said, “A moose!” (I’ll show…