One Spirit, birds, Wildlife, Daily Painting

"One Spirit"

8x10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard
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This is another palette knife painting. I think I am starting to get the hang of it. Just wanted to try something new. I like the interesting effects the knife creates, and the loose painterly quality.

This is symbolic for the two becoming one through marriage.

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Peek-a-boo, Impressionism, Daily Painting

"Peek-a-boo"

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8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on canvas panel

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I created this painting from memory. It is a knife painting and is full of texture. I was experimenting with the thick and thin paint.

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Detail: Peek-a-boo

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Big Lake? Plein Air, Daily Painting

"Big Lake?"

9 x12 inches

(ready to frame)

Acrylic on hardboard
$700.00

Went down to the lake. I wanted to paint the pier, which has no water left under it at all. Last week it was a gorgeous array of new lime green grass, and bright yellow orange weeds. But now we have bull-dossers and front-end loaders all over the place. They are digging up all of the muck, and dredging out the area. It was heartbreaking! This is usually a beautiful wetland with alligators, ducks, and all kinds of birds. Now we have heavy equipment instead of wildlife.

So I went back and did this same cypress tree that I painted last December. You can really see how the water in the boat channel is almost gone. It just looks like a little stream now. Just past it is what used to be under water. Now we have grass, shrubs, and young trees starting to take over.

(See below for comparison.)

I am currently doing a series of these historical paintings of the drought.

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Last December, Plein Air

"Big Lake"

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Plein air Painting
9 x12 inches

Acrylic on Gessobord

$700.00

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Over the Dike Too, Impressionistic Daily Painting

Over the Dike, Too

9 x 12 inches

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper

(ready to frame)

I am still amazed at the low water levels of our very large lake. Lake Okeechobee is the second largest fresh water lake in the US. But now it doesn't look like much. Mud, sand and new lime-green grass everywhere. All of the bright green areas used to be under water. I am fascinated by the brilliant colors. (Click here for a comparison of this same area back in November of 2006.)

I have been doing some of my paintings on watercolor paper. I love the overall texture, but I haven't gotten used to the wavy bumps. I'll go back and straighten up the horizon line on this one.

LemonStudy, Impressionism, Daily Painting

"Study of a Lemon Tree"

8 x 10 inches

(Ready to frame)

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper

This lemon tree grows next to a cypress tree in my yard.

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