Relax

“I have always loved the beach. The smell of the salty water, the wind in my face, the gentle roar of the waves all combine to create a sense of peace and calm.” - Anonymous

This painting is 12" x 9" oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I had a lot of people ask me about my painting technique yesterday at the Lititz Art Show. I've written about the process before, but I thought I'd share it with you again, with this most recent painting depicting a hotel in Rehoboth Beach, DE.  I follow the two steps depicted in the pictures each time I paint, even though there is no magical formula.

 

I let the orange wash dry before I start sketching in charcoal.  I find it best to keep my drawing loose at this stage.

 

After I sketch it out, I do a quick underpainting using a mix of burnt sienna, Prussian blue & turpentine that I mix to a watercolor-like consistency. This allows me to really map out the shadows before I start and provides a solid framework for the painting.

Boardwalk Lights

 "Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment." -Morihei Ueshiba

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Cool

"A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope." - Howard Thurman 

This painting is 5" x 7" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I've been getting myself prepared for the show this Saturday. Last year I setup my tent for my first outdoor art show in Lititz, PA and I'm looking forward to returning. Between the swans, the scent of chocolate in the air and small town charm it's no wonder that Litiz is known as Lancaster County's Sweet Spot.

Tent Location: B165

Show Date: Saturday, July 30, 2011 (rain or shine)

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Admission: Free

Parking: There are parking lots in the park for visitors as well as street parking on Broad Street.

Official Website: lititzart.com

Legg Up

"I would never want to live anywhere but Baltimore. You can look far and wide, but you'll never discover a stranger city with such extreme style. It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay." -John Waters

This painting is 6" x 6" oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Street View

"Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve." - John Oliver Killens

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas on board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I dropped off my painting for the 73rd Members' Show at the Rehoboth Art League yesterday. The exhibition opens on Friday, July 22 @ 5 and runs until August 26th. It was a good show last year and if you're in the area (because the boardwalk IS awesome) the art league should be one of your stops.

Inner Harbor

 

"Everything was an adventure at night, when you were where you shouldn't be, even if it was somewhere you could go perfectly well in daylight, and it was then only ordinary." - Robin McKinley

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Gathering

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while you could miss it. 
- From the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Do Not Enter

"When you are looking for obstacles, you can't find opportunities." - J.C. Bell

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

St. Peter's Art Show Single Word Review

Hot.

Mix 90 degree temperatures with asphalt and add a pinch of art show vendor drama and you get hot. I'd never been to the show in Lewes, DE before but now I know why so many people encouraged me to give it a try. There were a lot of well known local artists and I was humbled to be included in the mix. I met tons of new people. I was excited to see so many of the people I met last year drop in to check out the new work.

Mulberry Street view of the St. Peter's Art Show in Lewes, DE

View from inside the tent.

So firm, so smooth, so fully packed.
Makes the tent from a year ago look empty.

Day Glow

"We see things not as they are, but as we are. Our perception is shaped by our previous experiences." - Dennis Kimbro

This painting is 6" x 6" oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Less Than a Week

“We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings.” - Erma Bombeck

Or, Erma, we can occupy ourselves enjoying art. I'll be in Lewes, DE on Saturday and you can see all of my paintings in person. Lewes was the first European settlement in Delaware and it's where I'll be settling for my first outdoor show of 2011.

Beach, fireworks and art... there's no better way to celebrate the nation's independence.

Tent Location: Booth 26, located on Mulberry Street

Show Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011 (rain or shine)

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Admission: Free

Official Website: St. Peter's Art Show

Open Late

"Night time is really the best time to work.  All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep."  - Catherine O'Hara

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Streetcorner

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” - from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Neighbors' Tree Drawing

 The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. - Chinese Proverb

Ok, so this isn't a painting but I'm really happy with how this turned out. I noticed that my drawing and my painting styles have, for the most part, merged. It's true that drawing is the foundation for all painting so I try to keep myself occupied when I don't have time to paint.

"Wait? Not painting? Why?" you ask. As I mentioned before I have a long list of things to finish before my show in Lewes, Delaware on July 2. I've updated my book containing my available paintings, I've finished the labels for the tent and the notecards are printed. I've even made most of the frames I need. Only a few prints are left and I'll be good to go.

Ever wonder what my framed paintings look like?
Freakin' sweet, right?

This painting drawing is ball point pen & black Sharpie marker on the back of some note paper. Please click here if you'd like to see any of my paintings for sale.

Long Day Ahead

 "Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January." -Hal Borland


This painting is 36" X 18" oil on stretched canvas. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Stop

"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office." - Robert Frost

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

April Showers

 "If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with a little rain." - Dolly Parton

This painting is 12 X 9 oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Neon Sky

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.” - Bob Dylan

This painting is 6" x 6" oil on hardboard Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Cloudy

 “Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm”

This painting is 6" x 6" oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

It's Time to Make the Donuts

“Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!” -Oscar Wilde

This painting is 8 X 6 oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.