Willows

Normandy Willows - Product of My Blue Years

Pears and Roses

This is ultimately the way I prefer a still life, in natural sunlight.  I have painted this set up from many different viewpoints.  Playing with warm colors and deep shadow values.

Moulin des Connelles

 

 Moulin des Connelles!  Have stayed in this charming Victorian hotel twice.  The second story window on the right was my room, and the view was fantastic.

Study: Oak

This study was completed in two short sessions.  Oil on canvas panel 5" x 7".

Oaks are mesmerizing, I think they take on human qualities as they grow and their limbs begin to take on the appearance of knees and elbows.

Some of the "Elder" oaks in South Carolina have limbs that eventually almost touch the ground.  

They are living sculptures and I never tire painting their portraits, experimenting with color and light conditions. 

This diminutive painting is one several of my works, featured in Nosh, a wonderful new restaurant in Pawleys Island, South Carolina.  Drop by one evening, have dinner and visit some lovely original art, created by talented local artists!

Mt. St. Michel

Spent the night on Mt. St. Michel.  Sheep graze along the causeway to this medieval islet.  It was a nerve shattering night, for some reason, this place, even with the abbey, was foreboding.  The morning of our departure I learned that Mt. St. Michel was used as a prison, I have good instincts.  It seemed appropriate to paint the serenity of the sheep.