Reflections on a Sunset - 24x24 Oil Painting

24"x24" oil painting on stretched canvas
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"When all else is lost, the future still remains." - Christian Nestell Bovee

A question for my artist friends: I've been using Silver Grand Prix brand Chungking bristle brushes as my work horse lately, but they seem to wear down on me within a week or two of use. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a longer lived but similar brand brush. I hate having to buy new ones every few weeks, but it might just be my abusive painting ways. Let me know if you know of a good alternative!

Bogue Sound Marsh - 6x8 Oil Painting

6"x8" oil painting on archival canvas panel
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"He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her."
- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Drifters - 8x10 Oil Painting

8"x10" oil painting on archival canvas panel
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"To see the Summer Sky
Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie -
True Poems flee."
~Emily Dickinson

I'm dreaming of these cloudy blue skies since the previous week has been overcast and it's just supposed to be more of the same this week. So if I can't have the real thing, at least I can paint it!

Bluebonnet Road - 16x20 Oil Painting

16"20" oil painting on stretched canvas
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"I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. They go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!" ~John Muir

Promise of Summer - 8x10 Oil Painting

8"x10" oil painting on archival canvas panel

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Just a note that this painting has been relisted. I took it down about a month ago to get some ideas off of it. It's now available for purchase in my eBay store.

Good News!

Daily Painters is having a contest to determine their next member, and they've narrowed it down to the top 20. I've made the cut but could use your vote! Just go here to cast yours. You can rate more than one artist, so go hog wild!

There are a lot of talented artists in the running and I'm excited to be in the mix. I see some familiar names from my artist blog buddies, too. (Gwen Bell, Dana Cooper, Kelley MacDonald and Carolyn Finnell are all artists I've been following for a while now.) I'm just glad I was able to make it this far. Congratulations to all the remaining artists!

Slow Dance - 20x20 Oil Painting

20"x20" oil painting on stretched canvas
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"The slow rhythm of waiting."
- Adrian Cowell

Low tide at Fort Macon beach.

Grassy Dunes - 6x8 Oil Painting

6"x8" oil painting on archival canvas panel
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"Nature thrives on patience; man on impatience." - Paul Boese

I found the reference for this painting in the Wet Canvas reference library and knew I had to paint it.

Evening Reflections - 16x20 Oil Painting

16"x20" oil painting on stretched canvas
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""My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?"
- Charles M. Schulz

Everyone else might be sick of these ocean paintings by now, but I'm still a little obsessed with them. It's not that I haven't tried to find other subjects to paint, because I have. But I keep coming back to these.

Onward - 6x8 Oil Painting

6"x8" oil painting on archival canvas panel
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"One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach."
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Almost There - 6x8 Oil Painting

6"x8" oil painting on archival canvas panel
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"Here's a good tip for when you go to the beach: A sand dollar may look like a nice cracker that someone left, but trust me, they don't taste like it."
- Jack Handey

Beach Guardians - 6x8 Oil Painting

6"x8" oil painting on archival canvas panel
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I'm having a good time painting these grassy dunes!

Crested - 6x6 Oil Painting

6"x6" oil painting on archival canvas panel
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Moo Cards Are Here!

In lieu of getting traditional business cards this time around, I decided to give Moo Cards a try. They're smaller than the average business card - about 1"x2.75" - but the great thing is that you can print a different image on each one if so inclined, with your personal info going on the back. For this first run I tried 19 different images; some came out a little dark but I suspect that was more my fault, so I'll know to lighten my images a little more next time.

I also printed five free shipping cards that will go out in five random orders in the future, as a way of saying thank you to my customers.

I'll probably hoard one batch of images for myself to make magnets out of. I'm excited about these and hope my customers will enjoy collecting them.

Blue Mood Beach - 5x7 Oil Painting

5"x7" oil painting on archival canvas panel
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Distant Shore - 16x20 Oil Painting

16"x20" oil painting on stretched canvas
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"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life."
~John Burroughs