Keels Newfoundland

Keels Newfoundland is a very small outport village on the Bonavista peninsula in Newfoundland.   We have visited friends there for an afternoon the past two years in our annual visit to the province but have yet to catch Keels on a sunny day.  This is from the past year looking out from the "patio" of our friends house.

Red Shutter in Keels
14 x 22 Oil on Canvas Panel
2016 

Skerwink Trail

●Cliff Slices, Skerwink Trail
14 x 11 Oil on Canvas Panel
2016

Hiking around Cape Bonavista

One more in the Newfoundland "postcard" series.  This one is from Cape Bonavista near the lighthouse during a stormy afternoon last year.

●Storm Swirl at Cape Bonavista
11 x 14 Oil on Canvas Panel
2016

Egans Creek Shadows
16 x 12 Oil on Canvas 

Postcards from Newfoundland

After returning from our annual visit to family in Newfoundland, I began a series of small oil paintings of some of my favorite scenes from hikes around the province.  I am still painting in this group but thought I would share the first six.

Gray Beach on the Skerwink Trail
11 x 14 Oil on Canvas Panel

A Snug Harbor in Brigus
12 x 12 Oil on Canvas Panel

Apostrophe on the Skerwink Trail
12 x 12 Oil on Canvas 

Fallen Trees on the Path
12 x 12 Oil on Canvas Panel

. Skerwink Totem
14 x 11 Oil on Canvas Panel

.Storm on the Cape
14 x 11 Oil on Canvas Panel 

More from the Lily Pond at the Fairchild

Pond Reflections
20 x 16 Oil on Canvas 

Back to the Grand Canyon

New watercolor of the light on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon at dusk now available at the Island Art Association.

Dusk on the North Rim
23 x 17 Watercolor

St. Augustine 7th Annual Nature and Wildlife Show

If you are in St. Augustine between now and the 28th, stop in the St. Augustine Art Association gallery on Marine Street.  I have the painting below in the show and hope to get there this week so check out the rest of the work.  

Desert Candelabra
36 x 36 Oil on Canvas 

Amaryllis

Amaryllis
12 x 16 Watercolor
2016

Shrimpboat Number 2

Here is number two in the series of small shrimpboat paintings that I have been working on lately.   It is another example of the interesting dock situations that exist here on our working waterfront.  The temptation to put in all the rigging on the boat was strong but I have left only main elements here for clarity of shape in case you were wondering where all the lines and cables went.

●In before the Storm
8 x 8 Oil  on Canvas 

Shrimp Boat on the Amelia River

I recently found a stash of 8 x 8 canvases in my studio and have been enjoying painting in that smaller format for a while now.  I like to work on multiple paintings at the same time so that there is always some work that can be done while others are drying between sessions.  This painting of a shrimp boat is the latest in that small format series, and is the first of two that I have completed recently.  It is currently available at the Island Art Association gallery.

This is only the third time I have painted one of these iconic boats that grace our riverfront but I have been sketching and photographing them regularly since we moved here.  They all seem to have unique characters and "interesting" dock situations. 

●Shrimp Boat on the Amelia River
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas

Still Life Show at ACT

The Amelia Community Theater (ACT) will have a show, Still Life,  in their lobby during the run of their production of Arsenic and Old Lace, June 9 through 25.  These two paintings will be hanging in that show. 

Parrot Tulips in the Green Vase
36 x 20 Oil on Canvas

Orchid Dance
16 x 20 Watercolor on Fabriano Paper