'Top of the Food Chain' 8x10" oil/canvas

One of the benefactors of the mangrove 'swamps' are the sharks roaming the oceans, seas and tributaries. These animals are simply beautiful   to watch and are actually quite shy.

The cold blues really fits the specter of these animals as they migrate the water. This is a symphony of cold color, so rare a situation that looks and is natural for a painting. Of course the reds and yellows of colors are progressively missing in the water as they are filtered out the deeper one goes, leaving the deep, rich blues and progressively muted; first reds and then yellows.

Oil on canvas 8 x 10 inches.

Floridian Scenery 8 x 10" oil/canvas

This is a brackish water area in Dana, Florida - north of Miami. These mangrove thickets are the hatcheries for fish, birds, reptiles, and all manner of wildlife and game. They are always just broiling with activity at all times and of course the water reflects the great colors of the sky down here. 

Because these mangrove areas are brackish, the color of the water and the colors of the sky differ in the foreground. The water is murky - full of sediment; a soup of algae, small organisms, fish, insects, reptiles and *stuff*. The water just does not reflect in all areas the color of the sky. It's really a fun challenge to create the impression of this great creator of water life.

Juried Exhibition - redux

ArtView 2008 Juried Exhibition

The piece that I submitted to the ArtView 2008 Juried Exhibition was again a number of my paper bag series - and again "Skyscraper" was on display November 11, 2008, at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. I'm doomed to have this piece as my "15 minutes" of display. So, my goal is to create something more notable. Worthy.

I've been busy lately, painting, drawing and traveling. Washington D.C. is definitely a destination for the arts.