Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Storm Survivor


14" x 18" • oil/wrapped canvas $400


From a moving taxi series of photos I took while visiting in the Caribbean, I often start out with just the basic structure or feel of the photo and then my imagination takes over. This house was behind a run down church and not that near to the ocean, but I liked the look of this poor old house. I thought it needed some life, so I added the cat.

Dual Purple Water Lilies


5" x 9" • oil/wrapped canvas • $ 50

Lazy Day in the Caribbean


16" x 20" • oil/wrapped canvas • $600

This painting is based on one of the photos I took from a rapidly moving taxi on the Caribbean island of Tortola. When I say rapidly, I mean it's a good thing I had a high speed setting available on my camera! The roads are very curvy and dangerous and they drive pretty fast. It wasn't the kind of situation where I could ask the driver to stop so I could take a picture because most of the time there wasn't room to stop!

Aren't I a Handsome Devil?


6" x 6" • oil/canvas • $ 90


Macaws are one of my favorite subjects to paint. The combination of such vibrant colors is a magnificent sight to me and I never get tired of painting them!