"Almost Heaven"
6" x 6" oil on gessobord panel
$350
This is a scene of the beach at Chun's Reef, on the North Shore of Oahu. It was a breezy day with fantastic clouds. Clouds inspire me almost as much as the ocean does.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
By The Light Of The Moon - Black-Crowned Night Heron
"By The Light Of The Moon"
8" x 10" oil on gessobord panel
$525
I took the reference photo of this Black-Crowned night heron at Barking Sands Beach on the island of Kauai. It was broad daylight and there was no moon out. While painting this, I considered adding more branches to the tree with some in front of the moon; then I decided I liked the simplicity of it without the extra tree branches.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Mother's Help - (Beach Scene -Reworked)
"Mother's Help" (Reworked)
10" x 8" Acrylic on canvas
$525
I reworked this older painting today, softening and refining the skin tones as well as the clothing, and I am much happier with it now.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Double Trouble - Red Jungle Fowl Oil Painting
"Double Trouble"
16" x 20" Oil on gessobord panel
I completed this painting this morning after working on it for two weeks straight. Please email me if interested in purchasing .
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Red Jungle Fowl Oil Painting ( Work In Progress)
Work In Progress
Red Jungle Fowl
16" x 20" Oil on gessobord panel
This oil painting of Hawaiian Red Jungle Fowl is what I have been working on all this past week. It still needs a lot of work to bring it to completion, but I wanted to share with you what I have been up to. Below are various stages of the painting's development.
Stage One - Work In Progress
After completely covering the panel in a thin coat of acrylic pyrrol red, I roughly laid in the composition with splashes of color.
Stage Two -Work In Progress
Acrylic
Stage Three - Work In Progress
Acrylic and Oil
In stage three I began using oil paints, mostly in the background trees and foliage. The reddish burgandy plants are native Ti or Tea Leaf foliage plants. I have one on my patio and they come in various shades of red, green, and varigated leaves.
Please return soon for the completed painting of Hawaiian Red Jungle Fowl.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Wake-Up Songs (House Finch Reworked)
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." - Lou Holtz
"Wake-Up Songs"
9" x 12" Acrylic on canvas (re-worked)
$625
9" x 12" Acrylic on canvas (re-worked)
$625
This is an older painting that I worked on this morning to correct the bird's anatomy and color. I am much happier with this little house finch now. There are several palm trees outside my studio and several house finches sing away in the early morning; especially when the palms bear their "fruit", which they like to eat.
These birds were introduced to Hawaii from California sometime before 1870.
Below is one of my reference photos for another painting in progress right now.
These are wild Hawaiian Red Jungle fowl found throughout the islands. Please return soon to see the completed painting.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Blue Heaven (Orchid painting )
"Flowers are the music of the ground; From earth's lips, spoken without a sound." - Edwin Curran
"Blue Heaven"
12" x 12" oil on gessobord panel
$1200
This oil painting of Dinard Blue Heaven Cattleya orchid was finished this afternoon. It was a joy to work on it, and hopefully I will do a larger version with four blossoms in the near future.
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