Watercolor painting 6 inches x 9 inches $100 + shipping

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I absolutely love to travel. And one of the very best things about visiting far away places is finding inspiring new views to paint. I always bring my watercolors on my travels and usually paint quick, small landscape studies. Last spring we flew out to San Diego and stayed nearby in Carlsbad. This Mexican restaurant was right next to our condo. It sparkled in the California light.

Watercolor painting 5 inches x 7 inches $100 + shipping

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I painted this small plein air watercolor landscape last summer out at one of Michigan’s MetroParks. The dark river water was running fast and it was a bit daunting to try and catch the feeling of it. But I loved every minute of the challenge!

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I go to figure drawing every week but I don’t get much of a chance to do portrait work. After working with the puppy portraits, I thought I’d try a human! My daughter Amanda was the lucky first victim. I think I got a pretty good likeness of her and I like the color pallette. I will be trying more portraits and will work on softening edges a bit more. That’s the wonderful thing about this art journey. There is so much to learn that it will never be boring…

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Here’s the second puppy. Who knew I would have such fun doing these little portraits? Each dog really does have its own personality and its interesting trying to bring it out and still have a strong composition, good color and light. Each one is like a little mini lesson for me.

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I’ve just finished this commission for a friend. One of her friends lost 2 of his dogs recently and his third one will be passing shortly. She decided to give him little portraits of each pet as a gift. It was really a challenge to paint a dog I’ve never met, especially at such a small size. I decided to be loose and colorful and not get too caught up in the details. I’ll post the other two portraits when I get them done…

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Finally got over the creeping crud that our family had been dealing with for the last 2 weeks and have gotten back to painting! The beautiful fall colors have now faded and it is a little too chilly for plein air work, but I was able to shoot a lot of reference photos for studio work. This pastel painting is based on some shots I took on our town’s main street. It was early morning on a beautiful, clear day and the sun shining through the trees created some dramatic shadows.

Watercolor painting 8 inches x 5 inches $100 + shipping

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I’ve been a little under the weather and not painting much this week. Thought I would post a watercolor landscape that I did on one of my last plein air forays in late sumlmer. This is a typical farm spread out in our neck of the woods: rolling hills and patchwork fields. The sky is what really attracted me and I tried to capture it boldly with as few strokes as possible…

Pastel painting 12.5 inches x 25.5 inches $800 + shipping

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With fall colors starting to take over, I had to do one more summery piece. I just finished this 4th pastel painting in my Treescape series. I called it “Breeze” because it reminds me so much of the sunny day up north with the leaves rustling in the wind. We were up near Petoskey and Harbor Springs and I was struck by how clean and clear the colors were, especially the new leaves which had just come out.

Watercolor painting 8.5 inches x 5 inches $100 + shipping

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A grey day in western Washtenaw County, Michigan. It was drizzling and the clouds were gathering. But an amazing thing happens when the sun is hidden behind the clouds. The colors of the landscape become much more saturated and rich. The grazing sheep added a pastoral effect to the scene.