6x12 on masonite board
This is a landscape painting of central California. The green trees and dry grasses almost look out of place for a person from the midwest. The winding road makes you want to know whats around the bend.

8x8 on masonite board
Living on the east coast of Florida, you have to cross a bridge to get almost anywhere. This sunset painting is a view west from a bridge that crosses the intracoastal waterway in Jacksonville.

8x10 on masonite board

I was on vacation in central California and saw this building that was a store front for a small winery. These are the actual colors of the building. The flowers add great color and life to the painting.

8x8 on masonite board
This is a scene from downtown Jacksonville, FL. Trains are always a fun subject. I like the contrast and the shadowns of the bridge above.

16x20 on stretched canvas
This piece is larger than most of my work. I tend to lose focus and creativity when painting drags on for weeks. The scene came from the same reference material as my previous post.

7x12 on masonite board
Guana Park is just 5 minutes away from where I live in Florida. The wide open expanses are beautiful. I had originally planned to put more detail into this painting, but when I got to this point, I liked the basic shapes and simplicity. I plan to do another of the same scene and go father with the detail.

6x6 on masonite board
I almost didn't get any paintings posted for September. Since this is the 30th, this one and the "Streets of San Francisco" will have to do. This was a fun painting to do. What a face, it could rival any thing Hollywood could come up with!

8x8 on masonite board
I started this painting for the DSFDF challenge, but didn't make the deadline for posting. The limited pallet of blues and tans throughout the painting work well. The toughest part of this painting, was getting the details and proportions right.

4.5x14.5 on masonite board
This is a miniature light house on the fox river in Batavia, Illinois. The view is from a bridge that crosses over the river in Fabyan Park. The reflection of the trees and sky in the water gives the painting the feel of a beautiful summer day. Don.t forget, you can click on the painting to see a larger image.

5x7 on canvas board
I have been working on quite a few landscape painting. It was an enjoyable switch to paint the latest challenge for the Different Strokes from Different Folks. I cropped the image down fairly close to get some recognizable detail in the face. I purposely left out detail in the background to bring more attention to the character.

8x10 on canvas board
I gave this painting as a gift to my brother in law who worked many years for Caterpillar Tractor. The view into the cab is my favorite part of this painting and the most challenging part to paint. Little boys always have a fascination with tractors and big earth moving equipment.... and most of us never grow out of it!

5x7 on canvas board
This little boy is so cute. He reminds me of my son when he was that age. The painting was done from a photo that I took mid morning at the beach.

5.5x11 on masonite board

Growing up in the midwest, this farm is like a picture of an old friend. The Different Strokes from Different Folks chalenge was to create this painting from a black and white image and apply colors that we imagined. This is one of those scenes that can transport you somewhere for a mini vacation!

7x8.5 on masonite board
The challenge for Different Strokes from Different Folks is a street seen from New York City. The bold yellow cabs stand out well in the shadows of the buildings. One of the elements that I wanted to capture was "the light at the end of the tunnel".

I wanted to show a little more of the detail from my previous post. The brush detail gets lost in the reduction of the image. This was painted on 1/4" masonite board. I understand that others are using 1/8" board for their work. While I like putting a frame on most paintings, this could be hung without a frame because of the thickness of the masonite.

6x9 on masonite board

The figure really pops out with the limited pallet and high contrast. I'm glad we had several weeks to accomplish this Different Strokes from Different Folks challenge, I have been very busy. I got started the first week and then walk by my roughed in work for a couple of weeks. I had to check the history behind the goddess Diana. Why the spear and dog? I discovered that in Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, being associated with wild animals and woodlands.

5x7 on canvas board

This is my submission to Different Strokes from Different Folks. I'm happy with the way this painting turned out. The original image for this challenge had a lot more activity. I like what simplifying the composition did for the painting

6x8 on canvas board
This one of the weirdest paintings. It is my submission to "Different Stroke From Different Folks". If you have not been to Karin Jurik's sight it is worth a look. It is interesting to see how different artists create paintings from the same reference piece.

9x12 on canvas board
I did this painting for friends that have a daughter who is studing ballet. I wish I could paint as well as she can dance!

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6x9 on masonite board
This is my submission for "Different Strokes From Different Folks". The image for the challenge was a unique house on a hill in San Francisco. It's a great exercise for developing basic shapes. (cones, cylinders, cubes)

8x15 on masonite board

I painted this for my daughter and her husband that live in Florida. She works at the TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. This is a view of the famous 17th island green hole. It's a beatiful golf course and fun to live near a PGA Tour event.

6x6 on canvas board
This is another painting that I did for a Christmas present. I sent this one to my dad and his wife. They both enjoy antiques and the Pansy adds great color. I wish I could say this composition was mine, but this is a variation of a painting I saw online.

6x12 on canvas board
I painted this for my brother and his wife. They live on Fox Lake in Illinois. This painting is not of any view at the lake but very much could have been. Living near water is great. Alway something different to see and very relaxing.

8x10 on stretched canvas
I work in the hardware business and have been selling these tees for almost forty years. Metalic reflection makes for a tough but interesting painting.

8x10 on canvas board
This painting was inspired by the wild grasses and flowers that are growing behind my daughter home in northern Illinois. I have been working on several paintings to be family Christmas gifts and this is Anne's. What a beautiful scene to enjoy all summer long.

5x8 on masonite board

This is my submission to Karin Jurick's blog. The composition seemed to fit best on a 5x8 size. I didn't have a 5x8 canvas board, so I painted this on a masonite board prepped with gesso.

6x12 on canvas board

This painting is one of my favorites. As a young boy, I spent many hours exploring, fishing and hunting along the banks of the Fox River in Illinois.

6x6 on canvas board
Karin Jurick' s challenge this week was the cow above. The caption above should read "honest, the fence was broken when I got here!"

6x8 on canvas board
This is another submission to Different Strokes from Different Folks. I like the composition and the colors worked well together.

6x8 on canvas board
These two friends of the gardener make a good still life study.

6x8 on canvas board

I love these two cans. Both have become extinct and have been replaced by a plastic version with no charactor.