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‘Brighter Tomorrow’ at the beach…

‘Brighter Tomorrow’ Oil painting 36″x 48″

     There’s gonna be a brighter day. The sun rises and illuminates your spirit, raising you up from your places of sorrow and regret, fear and loneliness, to rejoin the world and the people of it. The glories of nature are a soothing reminder that so long as we are here, there is something to appreciate. Be at peace. Make amends. Try again. Rise up with the new day and live with the wonder and joy you deserve to feel.

This painting made it to Port A Art Center on January 20th along with ‘Big Whoop II.’  Hopefully you will get to see it in person. It is quite striking, with much brighter colors than I usually employ. The impasto on the foam of the wave is the icing on the cake more or less. 😉

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Splashdown I is now live and available!

The moment of splashdown is captured. Water rolls away from this adult brown pelican in impasto waves that beckon the viewer closer. On closer look, the fine darker plumage glows in its transparencies of many shades of mahogany. Light reflects off of the wings, expressing the freedom of the sky in it’s echoes of color taken from the background of a colorful horizon.

Beast and environment are one, just as we all yearn to be one within our own environs and communities. Harmony in the work as in the wild.

Traditional oil techniques, including the use of marble dust in the impasto. Framed in a white wooden frame, hanging wire attached and ready to grace your wall!

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Happy Heron

Joyful, joyful, to be alive at the beach! Make every day count.

This heron, unlike many of his counterparts chose to fish on the ocean side of Mustang Island. This is where I caught sight of him. As I happened to be on photo safari, I counted yet another blessing as I snapped his picture. Back in studio the image was used to inspire the final painting you see below.

This is my usual process for quite some time now, and it is enjoyable, challenging, rewarding, and full of fun surprises!