SERENITY sunset on a lake in Croatia

"Serenity"

A Croatian lake at sunset.

Photo credit to Facebook "Painter in You" in the file paint my pic, 

photographer unknown.

Acrylic paint on 11 by 14 staple backed canvas, Gallery wrapped.

$50

Lake Gillette

Lake Gillette, off the Pacific Crest Trail

Just north of the Columbia River

Acrylic on staple backed canvas

Gallery wrapped

$30

My daughter is a constant source of inspiration both personally and artistically. She is an artist as well and an ultra marathon trail runner. She takes beautiful pictures and posts many on her blog site. Run. Mind, Matter. Many of her photos are used a back drops for my paintings.

Help me name this one

Walk by Faith

Acrylic on staple backed canvas

Gallery wrapped

$30




It took me a long time to name this one. Then one day I was thinking about a friend who is facing a very uncertain future. As I was thinking of her I realized that this painting represents a well manicured present, with an unknown future. The path is unknown but we know how holds our future and who has marked the path ahead.

There were two different picture that friends posted on Facebook that struck me. One was from Alaska, the other from Canada. Both were pictures of a wooden path or bridge entering a wooded area where the path disappeared into the forest. This is my loose interpretation of the originals. Credit to photos by Lindsay and Tiffany.



Haceta Head Lighthouse

Haceta Head Lighthouse

Acrylic on staple backed canvas

Gallery Wrapped.

$40

Waves are a challenge for me. this one took about four tries and lots of feed back to get it right. The inspiration for this painting is a marginally okay picture I took many years ago. One of the things I like about painting is that you can adjust the color to make the scene look more like the real thing, whereas old time 35 mm cameras, without a knowledgeable photographer result in washed out photos.

So I used my photo and several other professional photos for color correction to produce this scene that I had unsuccessfully capture on film.

Cape Kawanda, Pacific City Oregon

Cape Kawanda

Acrylic on canvas board

Gallery wrapped

$25 without frame, $30 with simple black frame




My youngest daughter and I spent vacation at Cape Kawanda a few years ago. Of the many photos I took, this is one of my favorites. the only thing missing is my daughter standing on the sand in the foreground. I am not good enough YET to add her to the painting. Maybe in a future version I will add her.


Thanks to some new friends on an amazing Facebook group, I have made some modifications to the Cape Kawanda painting. I am not sure if I am 100% done with it yet, but at least the rock is developing a little character and no longer seems to be floating on the water.