Goshorn Lake Before and after

Phase 1

                                         The finished painting

I finally got around to finishing the painting of our little lake from the top of our dune.

An exciting new project

I finally have something interesting to post here. An invitation went out to local artists to participate in a project for Art Prize, the huge art exhibit now in its third year in Grand Rapids. Twenty Four of us are reproducing a section of the painting shown below to create a Fifteen by Fifteen foot piece to be shown at The BOB, a central venue for  Art Prize.  The original painting, by William Olendorf is from a photograph, taken in the Thirties, of an art class on the Kalamazoo River near the chain ferry. The fishing shacks and boats are mostly gone by now, but the view is pretty much unchanged and evokes the spirit of Saugatuck as an art community.

The challenge is to get the pieces to fit and the colors to match. I have met with the artists to the north, east and west of my piece and we're pretty much aligned but the color match needs some work.

My assignment

My piece so far

Max Matteson is east, a good fit

                                                            

The piece on the west needs some work on the color match

The north alignment is good but the color match needs work

Stay tuned.

The Yellow Rose

Enough Said

Cross Country

Sorry for the hiatus.
We just returned from a 7100 mile five week jaunt to California and back from Ft. Lauderdale. Needless to say, there haven't been any new paintings for a while, but I have some interesting photos that may make it yet into paintings.

White Sands New Mexico

Tucson Arizona

Palm Springs California

Cambria California

Santa Barbara California

Phoenix Arizona

Grand Canyon

New Orleans

                                   

Back to class

Sorry for the hiatus in posting. We are bck in Florida and I'm back in class. These are the first efforts. Not great, but whatever.....

A small commission

This is a  present for a lady who loves blue. It will be travelling to the Seattle area for Christmas.

Beach Walk

This painting was inspired by a cover photo on a local visitor's guide. I tried to convey the heavy air of a cloudy day when Lake Michigan is comparatively still.

Latest Paintings

These most recent paintings are views of the property near our cabin. They will be part of an exhibit of my work at the Douglas Congregational United Church of Christ in Douglas, Michigan during the month of August.

I'm on a roll

I actually have three paintings in various stages of completion. After almost 2 years of inactivity, I really feel great about it. Gregg commissioned this one for this year's Christmas card. He took so much flak over the photo on last year's card "Flipping off Christmas".

Graham

July 4th weekend is almost here and I finally finished the portrait of my youngest grandchild who will be arriving for the weekend. We have hung it beside his bed. I hope he recognizes himself. He is the last of the grandchildren to be painted. Maybe he's the last of the grandchildren????

Painting again!

This is the finished painting I started in September '09 and have been staring at ever since. Our pastor asked me to have an exhibit at our church this summer and this was the motivation I needed.

The unfinished work is shown above for contrast.

Phase One

This is the underpainting of a new work, the view from our back porch. As I work on it I'll post various stages.

Last of the Oldies

John R.

Lillies

Orange Light - Saugatuck

Palm Hammock

Woods at Oxbow - Saugatuck

Pier Cove Michigan

The Richest Man in Belize

Winter Sleep - Fennville Michigan

We are about to head north for the summer where I have a studio at home. Hopefully this will mean some new paintings will be forthcoming. In the meantime, this is the last bunch of my old favorites.

Other Favorites

Lilacs by Lake Michigan

Lakeshore Drive - Douglas

Iris

Hidden Pond - Douglas

More Oldies

Edge of the Desert - Palm Springs

Dune Grass - Lake Michigan

Dieulefit, Provence, France

Corner of the Garden - Saugatuck

Canyon of the Colorado

A few more of my favorites

Old Favorites

Ripening Tomatos

Summer Shadows

The Derelict - Provincetown

Trail up the Dunes - Saugatuck

The Approaching Storm - Lake Michigan

A friend asked to see some of my favorite paintings. These date from my earliest work. From time to time I'll put more up (when I have nothing new to say or show).