Time For Home: Oil on 18″ x 18″ Canvas
This was an older painting I reworked using my imagination. I decided to leave the textures from the under painting instead of sanding it down. I really enjoy interesting textures in paintings.
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Misty Day: Mini Oil Sketch 6″ x 8″ Panel
I enjoy practicing on smaller panels; I don’t feel overwhelmed, and I have room to practice new techniques without fear or messing up. For this painting, I wanted to keep my brushstrokes loose while leaving visible texture. This was painted on a 6″ x 8″ panel.
Marshes: Oil on 12″ x 14″ Canvas
I am starting to enjoy the use of acrylic paint for the under-painting. It allows me to work farther into a painting in one session and allows the painting to maintain a certain vibrancy that is hard to achieve with oil paints alone. I make go back on the left side to add more detail. I have learned that there are infinite ways to paint clouds and water. The key is to add many colors and work them towards one another.
Sunset over Triplett Park: Oil on 12″ x 12″ Panel
Sunset Over Triplett Park: 12″ x 12″ Oil on Panel
I wanted to do something colorful and dreamy. I started the painting with acrylic then used oil on top. I subtly added the reflection on the water for more of a realistic portrayal.
Peering through Marshy Grasses: Oil on 10″ x 8″ Panel
I always enjoy going back to older paintings and playing around with them. There is less pressure and fear of ruining them, and sometimes they turn out quite nice! I have been really enjoying the play between purple and warm colors lately.
Adrift: Oil on 8″ x 10″ Oil on Panel
The specks of light that makes its way across the surface of the water just as the sun is setting brings so much delight.
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Clear Waters: 24″ x 18″ Acrylic on Canvas
I love the intricacies of water–Each brushstroke and the addition of color work to create movement and life.
Clear Waters: Acrylic on 24″ x 18″ Canvas
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Marshland Painting: Oil on Canvas
I love the rough wild shrubs and grasses in Savannah’s wetlands and marshes. It reminds me that life is never as smooth or perfect as one imagines and that there is still beauty in what is seemingly imperfect.
16″ x 12″ Oil on Canvas
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Marshland Landscape: Oil on 14″ x 14″ Canvas
Overlooking a grass, seemingly rough and wild, is smooth glacier-like water that sweetens the soul. Dusts of light flicker across the mossy-colored grass and the smell of mud reminds one of where one stands–amidst time that is unceasing that ceases at the chase of it.
Oil on 14″ x 14″ Canvas
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Marsh Waters: 12″ x 16″ Oil on Panel
I am drawn to small details. I think most plein-air painters paint in large blocks. I do this as well, but where the branches thin off, there is a light that comes through and painting this way does not work well. I also love to use color combinations even in the distance where there are less contrast and value changes. My main focus has been in capturing light and value, and it is difficult to do that without those fine details. I used a fan brush to create the texture of the vegetation. This painting is on its way to a buyer in New York.
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