Before the Deluge

This is a painting I did a few years ago and decided to try it again to see if I can make it better. Several years of renewed study and many, many paintings later, well, you be the judge.

8 x 10 oil on gessobord

When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person that walked in. That's what the storm's all about.

~ Haruki Murakami

Union Lake, Millville, N.J.

Union Lake is a beautiful and calm waterway approximately four miles long and is absolutely peaceful and beautiful.

8 x 10 oil on gessobord

A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable. 
~ William Wordsworth

Alive in the world

This is a painting of Union Lake in Millville, N.J.  I've done a series of paintings from this area because it is so beautiful. 

8 x 10 oil on gessobord

Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second. 

~ Mattie Stepanek

Sunset Beach

This is a painting I finished about 4 months ago of Sunset Beach in Cape May Point, N.J. 
Life gets busy sometimes and I've just recently pulled out some finished paintings to do a final glazing on them and this is one of them. 

8 x 10 oil on gessobord
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That strange looking thing in the water is the S.S. Atlantus. A quick google search will tell you the story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Atlantus

This Little Piggy

This is my first animal painting. I'm trying to stretch my boundaries to hopefully become a better artist.  An artist I follow, Jose Trujillo, says that you have to paint what you are uncomfortable painting to stretch and grow.

This is some of the best advice I've heard and I believe him because I've grown as an artist by taking his advice.
This is the very first animal I've ever painted and I'm so glad that I gave it a try.

Oil on canvas paper

To learn more about Jose, please visit:

http:/www.josetrujilloart.com/about/

Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits!

My daily apple

My daily apple for today.  I'll be posting these often so be sure to stop by for a visit to see what I've been up to.  There are many more apples to come!

Please join me in painting a "daily apple".  Peace and love and joy to all.

I started painting a "daily apple" about a week ago.  I've faithfully painted them everyday so far. I'll try to post my daily apple here when I get a chance. Here is my apple from yesterday:

So far the benefits have been:

1.  I paint every day.  Even though some days I don't have the time to paint, I certainly can fit in a brief period of time to paint an apple.

2. I've found that I paint more loosely which is a goal of mine.

3. I progressively see improvement.

4. It warms me up for my regular painting day.

5. It makes me feel good and gives me confidence and makes me exited to paint, paint, paint!

Give it a try if it suits you. It doesn't have to be an apple but make it something small so that it doesn't feel burdensome. It should always be fun!

This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.  ~ Scott Reed