Monday, May 30, 2016

Saturday, June 13, 2015

THE FISHING PIER


This is a 9x12 oil on canvas. This painting won 1st place in the Hampton Plein Air Painting Competition in May 2015.

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Friday, October 31, 2014

CYPRESS CREEK



This is a 12 x13 inch oil on linen. Painted on the banks of Cypress Creek at Windsor Castle in Smithfield Virginia.
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Monday, May 19, 2014

LIVE OAKS, FORT MONROE


This is a 12x16 inch oil on canvas.  This won 3rd place in the Plein Air Competition help on May 17th at Fort Monroe. These wind swept oak trees were sculpted over the years form the wind off the ocean which was at my back.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

MORNING MIST


This is a 9x13 oil on linen canvas, painted in the studio.  This is located in the southern mountains of Virginia.
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Saturday, March 15, 2014

BARN, CROZET VIRGINIA


This is a 12x16 plein air piece painted near Crozet Virginia. This is oil on canvas.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

YELLOW HOUSE


This is an 8x12 oil on Linen Panel (SourceTek). This was painted in plein-air near Driver Virginia after the first snow storm.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

RAILWAY YARD


This train yard is located on the border of Chesapeake and Norfolk. This is a 5x7 oil on linen panel (RayMar) This was painted from a larger plain air painting.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

BARN STUDY


This is my first attempt using a limited palette of titanium white, cadmium lemon yellow, ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson. This is an 8x10 inch oil on canvas painted plein air.
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

THE CREPE MYRTLE


This is a 9x12 oil on canvas. These two old houses are located in Smithfield Virginia. I am trying to master the "Broken Lines of Color" technique of the old master impressionist. This is a plein air piece.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

SAND DUNE, MORNING


This is 6x8 inch oil on linen panel (Ray Mar) It's  a plein air study of the sand dunes at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia Beach.
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Monday, April 15, 2013

THE ROSE GARDEN


This is a 9x13 inch oil on Linen. This rose garden is located in the Norfolk Botanical
cal Gardens.
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Sunday, April 14, 2013

MAINE COAST


This is a painting of the Rocky Maine Coast. It was an experiment using an old impressionist style.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

ARIZONA DESERT STUDY


This is a quick sketch from a photograph I took while driving through Arizona.  This is an original 5x7 oil on linen panel (RayMar)
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