White Solo Rose

6” x 6” (15.2cm x 15.2cm) acrylic on gessoed Masonite®.

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I needed a new challenge, so decided to paint a white rose. I cannot remember painting rose petals before, at least not in close up detail as in this painting. So this was my first rose painting. Actually it’s my second start, since about half way through the first beginning I realized the feeling wasn’t what I wanted so I made some adjustments to the way I was working and started over. Here you can see the results. It surprised even me to realize after painting for so many years this was my first painting of this subject. There is always something new to learn.

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The Old Barn Door

5” x 7” (12.7cm x 17.8cm) acrylic on gessoed Masonite®.

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The proverbial “Barn Door” is, of course, the door that is closed too late after the horse has escaped or after the damage has been done. This barn door is one I found on an Illinois farm and the wood was so weathered and worn that I wanted to do a painting. After I began the painting, I realized the slot for the door latch had fallen away and all that remained were the two holes where it had been fastened, making it the proverbial barn door that could not be locked.

In modern day life not much has changed. We often still seem to function this way, when we try to solve problems after the damage has been done. This could be an idiom for a lot of things in our world today.
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Early Fall Sky in Michigan

7 in x 5 in(17.8cm x12.7cm) acrylic on gessoed Masonite®

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In Michigan this time of year the sky is always beautiful but often we get a lot of “Mares Tails” clouds or sometimes called “Fallstreaks”. There is a beautiful old building on M60 near us where I saw this sky and wanted to record it in a painting.

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Cup and Egg in Wall Niche

7 in x 5 in(17.8cm x12.7cm) acrylic on gessoed Masonite®
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The cup and egg were not just chosen at random but selected because I wanted to attempt a composition based on a classical motif of curved and straight forms. The idea of curved or rounded forms contrasted against geometric or linear forms goes back to classical design as in Greek motifs of Egg and Dart patterns on architecture. Brunelleschi, the designer and builder of the Dome in the Cathedral of Florence also used the circle and square in his design for many architectural structures including the Hospital of the Innocents in Florence, Italy. It’s a classical concept that I chose to use for this small painting.
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Cherries with Turning Leaves on Barnwood

7” x 5”(17.8cm x12.7cm) acrylic on gessoed Masonite®.
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My early years were spent on a small farm in Illinois, so when I see old weathered barn siding it brings back nostalgic memories of those years in the countryside. The challenge of this painting was to contrast the textures of fruit and leaves against the weathered siding of old barn siding. Peeling paint provided a pattern to enhance the composition and the early morning sun added interesting directional shadows.
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