Departing Ocracoke...

Went out to Ocracoke Saturday for their annual Oyster Roast.  As I was departing on the next morning's ferry, I decided to get a quick shot of the Lighthouse.  Without planning, just pure coincidence, I caught the rising sun in the spot where the light shines…  Zowie!

Nice exposure...

The New Bern Sun Journal featured a photo of some of my paintings at Fine Arts at Baxter's in a recent edition:  Here's a link to the article.

12 x 12s

Got a little series of 12 x 12s completed - took 3 into Spouter's Inn for the ArtWalk last week-end.  Great fun.  It was lovely weather so I worked on a demo out on the deck - more on that later : )

Latest...

Here's my latest work in progress.  Feels good to get back to work after being on a tear of house projects!

Latest

A friend of mine wanted to give her daughter a "discreet," sketchy nude and she showed me some examples of work she liked of other artists… I distilled several of the ideas and came up with this for her - I'm so pleased that she liked it!  Hmmmmm, may have sparked a new series...

Sketches

I've been playing around with doing quicker loose sketches of faces on an abstract background.  I kinda like the effect…

Update on last post...

Here's how my "crooked smile" painting turned out.  I like the under layer of bold color peaking through…