By the Sea

I've been gathering some of my painting by category in addition to my monthly posts, so here is a collection of ocean and beach scenes that I produced this year. This little collection is called "By the Sea." They are various sizes, mostly 16" by 20" or 18" by 24", but the 7th piece down is quite large at 3 feet by 4 feet, and the one after that, which I have called, "Serenity," is 3 feet by 3 feet. All in acrylic with palette knife. Enjoy the waves and ocean breezes!

Using myself to give some perspective on the size of the painting - I am about 5'9" tall.

September Post

Melissa and I spent half the month of September in Santa Fe, NM, where she took some advanced yoga training courses. Since we lived there for five years, going to Santa Fe is like coming home to a place we love. We were excited to visit our favorite places - the Plaza, Museum Hill, and Canyon Road, go in the shops and enjoy the wonderful restaurants. We also took a day trip up to Taos, the highlight of which was a visit to the home studio of Walt Gonski, an artist whose work I have admired for many, many years.

Because of our trip, I didn't do as many painting days as usual, but I did come home filled with inspiration that is carrying over into October.

Here is a photo of me with Walk Gonski at his home studio, and following that you'll see my September paintings.

Walt is the tall fella

Migration

The Softness of Autumn Aspens