Living on the Edge

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Scull's Bay Sunrise 1.5

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Queen Ann's Lace

I went out to do a painting of the wetlands, but it was these flowers in the parking lot that really caught my eye. 5x7

The Road Back

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The Chatter Box

Another Wednesday evening plein air painting. The Chatterbox was there when my mother was teenager, so it is indeed "Old" Ocean City. I met one of my blog followers while painting...nice to meet you Stacy, glad you stopped by!! I'll be back to paint next week. 9x12

From the Vault: Mussel Drawing 1979

Too rainy today to get a picture of yesterday's painting. This drawing was done with a flair pen when I lived in Nags Head, NC after graduating high school. I loved using flairs when I was a kid...unfortunately, they are far from permanent. I was able to restore this image with the help of a scanner and photoshop. approx 4x6

Book, Glasses and Flower

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Joe's Boat in Drydock

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Blue Hydrangeas

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Looks like the only floral work I'll be doing for a while is with a paint brush since I was laid off from my day job last week! 8x10

7th and Asbury

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The Glass Frog Studio and Ocean City are sponsoring a plein air event every Wednesday night. We ( the artists ) go there and are assigned a spot to paint from on the busy evening street. It was great fun and I got to enjoy good music while I painted. Can't wait until next week! 9x12

Big Tug

Friends let me use their deck this morning where I painted this Tug Boat...after twenty minutes he left....along with the barge as well. 8x10

Trumpet

I won two first place awards this weekend. One for my tent at the Cape May Promenade Art Show...the second from the Ocean City Art League show " Everything Ocean City" ( the painting: Flander's Watch ). That painting also took a blue ribbon back in March. If I include Stewarts Root Beer from the Hammonton Paint-Out this past June, that makes four blue ribbons so far this year. So yes...I'm tooting my own horn by painting a trumpet flower...5x7

Wednesday Morning, Ventnor

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Grassy Sound/Closure

I'm not thrilled with the word "closure" but in this case it fits best. Every now and then a painting takes me hostage and Grassy Sound has certainly done so. I've repainted the entire thing at one point or another, I haven't let myself start any new large pieces until this one was done. Today I had the time to spend several uninterupted hours mending the areas I found irritating. It may never be one of my favorites, but I guess I liked it enough to keep going.

Fallen Squirrel

Some find it macabre that I paint dead animals. As long as they are in pristine condition I find small animals make wonderful subjects. I grew up in a family of hunters ( including my mother ). Personally I hate killing things, but I think my home enviroment may be part of the reason I'm drawn to paint these creatures. 8x10