Apple Slice

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Not much to say about this painting. I just like painting apples and want to practice and keep getting better. I am loving being in the studio lately! ...enjoy.

"Quarters, Half and Wholes"

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I have really been enjoying myself painting this week. Just the pure joy of painting, the process  and development that comes with practice.

The name of this piece just popped in my head as I was working on it. I know not to original.

"Cherry Couple"

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I like these cherries. They are nudging up against each other, like they are in love.

They are also connected to one another by their stems. So, I named the painting

"Cherry Couple"

Fiestaware

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Where I live, there is this cute little consignment shop and I often go there to look for items to paint. This time I came across some "Fiestaware" that caught my eye. When I went to pay for it the lady said "Oh, I see you have some Fiestaware". Now, I didn't even know what "Fiestaware" was, I just thought the cup and saucer was cute. I just nodded my head and said "Sure do!"

Apple Study

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I had a group of apple and wanted to practice brush stoke techniques. I kinda like it.

Boulder Mtn. Vista

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This is a painting from the top of Boulder Mountain in southern Utah. It is the most beautiful country. I hope you can get the sense from this painting.

Finally!

Finally, I have a painting to post, Whew! At the end of September I took a workshop in southern Utah with Doug Braithwaite and cast and crew of a great group of people. Let me say it was a wonderful time. It was like taking in a university course packed into one week. I learned a lot and I have been trying to digest all the information I learned. So, I have been practicing for the last month and a half. Well mostly just getting frustrated, but I won't get into that. :) I finally reached a point where I feel I made some headway.

This painting was outside of Torrey, Utah. The most beautiful, place. I am painting a series of 3 more and will post them real soon.

Flip Flopping

Doesn't flip flopping mean that you just see things in a different way and you change your mind on how you feel about it. It doesn't necessarily have to have a negative connotation, unless it leads to bad results, ...right?

Well, after a totally unproductive summer of not painting I have decided to attend another workshop to re-energize my creative juices. I still have the desire to loosen up my photo realistic style. I battle at painting a subject with the least amount of brush strokes. I end up getting frustrated and then change my mind and paint what's "easier" for me, something with the most amount of brush strokes. Then, I change my mind again and go back to trying my hand at painting more expressionistic. Does it end with bad results? That is still out for deliberation. Just call me a flip flopper.

So, the workshop I am attending is traveling around Southern Utah with Doug Braithwaite painting Plein Air. "A nine-day “tour” through central and southern Utah starting in the great little mining town of Helper, Utah and moving on down to Southern Utah, taking in several National Parks along the way, including Capitol Reef National Park, the Grand Staircase Escalante, Red Canyon and Bryce Canyon National Park.  Staying in the quaint little towns of Torrey, Boulder, Escalante and ending in the breathtaking Bryce Canyon".

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http://www.dougbraithwaite.com/www.dougbraithwaite.com/tour_la_plein_air.html

Sounds great huh! Well, I am really excited, scared, and have fear of failure anxiety. My wife has me pull up the couch and psycho analyses me. "It's just your childhood fear of not wanting to look like a fool". She may be right. She is a great women, smart, and has my best interest at heart and wants me to succeed at my lifelong addiction to painting. She tells me if I walk away and have learned just one thing it is beneficial. I just love her.

So, off I go at the end of September on a great adventure to try and improve my skill! Weather I do or not...well, that too is still out for deliberation.

"How Time Flies"

"Duck in Orange Sauce" - Oil, 12x12

Once the weather gets nice I am outside more than I am inside painting. Yard work, my daughters graduation from high school, two vacation just around the corner to get ready for. Man, how time flies! But, I wanted to at least post this unfinished painting, I started this week, just to show that I am painting. This is a commissioned piece for a friend of mine. I think it's coming along pretty well. I'll post it again when I am all finished. Hopefully soon :p

"Waiting For It"

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I love when you are going to give a dog a treat, they just wait for it. I'm a real softy for my dog, I'll just keep giving her treats because I love "the look" that she gives me. Don't you agree?