Saturday, February 28, 2009

School in the Woods

I'm going to add another painting today as it is related to the previous in the "Florida Tech" series. This painting is of the reproduction of the first school house built in Melbourne, Florida. This little red school house sits among the palms and live oaks of the 'wetlands' gardens at Florida Tech. Beautiful area visited - well - by the likes of me for one. It is a favorite of mine, a relatively quiet place of native Florida plants and trails that meander throughout. It is low lying ground and hense refered to as 'wetlands'. A good number of birds and other animals call this area home.
8" x 10" oil on canvas

Standing Tall


"Standing Tall" I have done a number of paintings, yes, another series of paintings - this go-around of the campus of Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. As I understand it, this wonderful clock tower is a gift of the Chinese to Florida Tech. It stands proudly next to "Panther Plaza" on the main campus here in Florida.
8" x 10" oil on canvas.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Palm Burst


Living in Florida there are a lot of palm trees, Sago, Queen, lots of palms. It's easy to over look them or beyond them. When I started this one it was just another study just so I could keep painting every day - but part way through it just struck me as pretty and graceful as fireworks in the sky - hence - Palm burst. The support color I made red and some shows through, I like it.

8 x 10" oil/canvas

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

More *Live* Drawings





I love these live drawings and I promise not to inflict too many of them on your sensibilities in the future. I simply don't know what will come of any one of them - one may start with great promise only to fail in my opinion, while another may succeed beyond expectation. No re-draws or extended time to capture - just get it down now.
These drawings are from a number of locations, a jazz band, a batter, catcher and umpire in women's softball, a woman at a Winter Park, Florida outside restaurant.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Fools Rush In...

Oil/panel 8" x 12"
This may seem a departure from my usual painting. However, this is only different for my blog content, I have an entire collection on my web site for 'primitive metaphors' as I call them. I try to paint everyday to support my knowledge and increase my skills in visual art - I also attempt to create personal art that for me takes more effort - or certainly 'different' efforts in order to accomplish. This painting is, however related to "Beauty and the Beast", displayed earlier in the blog. Content art is just hard work, but when finished tends to give me a heightened sense of achievement. It can also be an excellent area for experimentation where I can 'let it fly' without a thought for any acceptance but my own. Works for me.