On the Road from Marrakesh

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - this is the first in a series I am doing on a trip we made to Portugal, Spain, and Morocco. This one is a composite from photos that I took and imaginings from a trip up the mountain from Marrakesh. 

Beach Under the Trees

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - Sorry I have not posted for a while. I have been working on a couple of large paintings. There are a few remaining paintings to post from my Hawaii series and I also have a series that I am working on about cats waiting by doors.

Under the Trees

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - I have been working on a series of paintings about Hawaii, mostly Kauai on 8 x 10 inch boards. Hawaii, because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I have seen. On three trips, we fell in love with the place and hope to go back some day. 8 x 10 inch boards because I find that framing is often very expensive. Using a standard size like this reduces the cost. Often framing gets assigned a greater value than the painting itself. I try not to take offense from that.

This is the Way

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - I have been working on a series of paintings about Hawaii, mostly Kauai on 8 x 10 inch boards. Hawaii, because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I have seen. On three trips, we fell in love with the place and hope to go back some day. 8 x 10 inch boards because I find that framing is often very expensive. Using a standard size like this reduces the cost. Often framing gets assigned a greater value than the painting itself. I try not to take offense from that.

Hawaiian Forest

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - Kauai gets a lot of rain and much of it falls on the interior and then flows to the sea via waterfalls and streams. Only the most hardy venture into the forest. I have been working on a series of paintings about Hawaii, mostly Kauai on 8 x 10 inch boards. Hawaii, because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I have seen. On three trips, we fell in love with the place and hope to go back some day. 8 x 10 inch boards because I find that framing is often very expensive. Using a standard size like this reduces the cost. Often framing gets assigned a greater value than the painting itself. I try not to take offense from that.

Bay in Hawaii

 8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - I have been working on a series of paintings about Hawaii, mostly Kauai on 8 x 10 inch boards. Hawaii, because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I have seen. On three trips, we fell in love with the place and hope to go back some day. 8 x 10 inch boards because I find that framing is often very expensive. Using a standard size like this reduces the cost. Often framing gets assigned a greater value than the painting itself. I try not to take offense from that.

House in the Field

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - I have been working on a series of paintings about Hawaii, mostly Kauai on 8 x 10 inch boards. Hawaii, because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I have seen. On three trips, we fell in love with the place and hope to go back some day. 8 x 10 inch boards because I find that framing is often very expensive. Using a standard size like this reduces the cost. Often framing gets assigned a greater value than the painting itself. I try not to take offense from that.

Purple and White

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - Here is a little fun thing I did a while back.

Surf in Hawaii

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - I have been working on a series of paintings about Hawaii, mostly Kauai on 8 x 10 inch boards. Hawaii, because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I have seen. On three trips, we fell in love with the place and hope to go back some day. 8 x 10 inch boards because I find that framing is often very expensive. Using a standard size like this reduces the cost. Often framing gets assigned a greater value than the painting itself. I try not to take offense from that.
 

Black Rocks in the Surf

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - I have been working on a series of paintings about Hawaii, mostly Kauai on 8 x 10 inch boards. Hawaii, because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I have seen. On three trips, we fell in love with the place and hope to go back some day. 8 x 10 inch boards because I find that framing is often very expensive. Using a standard size like this reduces the cost. Often framing gets assigned a greater value than the painting itself. I try not to take offense from that.
 

Made in the Shade

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - I have been working on a series of paintings about Hawaii, mostly Kauai on 8 x 10 inch boards. Hawaii, because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I have seen. On three trips, we fell in love with the place and hope to go back some day. 8 x 10 inch boards because I find that framing is often very expensive. Using a standard size like this reduces the cost. Often framing gets assigned a greater value than the painting itself. I try not to take offense from that.

House by the Road

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - I have been working on a series of paintings about Hawaii, mostly Kauai on 8 x 10 inch boards. Hawaii, because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I have seen. On three trips, we fell in love with the place and hope to go back some day. 8 x 10 inch boards because I find that framing is often very expensive. Using a standard size like this reduces the cost. Often framing gets assigned a greater value than the painting itself. I try not to take offense from that.
 

Around the Bend

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - I have been working on a series of paintings about Hawaii, mostly Kauai on 8 x 10 inch boards. Hawaii, because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I have seen. On three trips, we fell in love with the place and hope to go back some day. 8 x 10 inch boards because I find that framing is often very expensive. Using a standard size like this reduces the cost. Often framing gets assigned a greater value than the painting itself. I try not to take offense from that.

Through to the Beach

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - Here is a beach in Hawaii. You approach it through trees that cause interesting patterns of dappled light.

Fiord

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - I lived in Nova Scotia for a number of years and visited Hawaii three times. I am fond of seascapes and all scenes involving water. So I may do a series of seascapes next.

Yellow House in the Woods

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - It can be a challenge to live far from the suburbs but one good thing is there is a lot of wood available for your fireplace.

House by the Sea

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - There are places along the shore where the sun doesn't come out much. I remember while living near Halifax, I would leave in fog to go to a bright day in the city and come back later to fog again.  BTW while I have been painting every day, I haven't posted for a while.  I have been trying to figure out a better way to photograph.

Valley in the Woods

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - Not far from where I live, there are places like this where you can walk quietly through the woods and listen to the wind through the trees.
 

Driftwood on the Beach

 8 x 10 inches - oil on canvas board

After the Storm

 

8 x 10 inches - oil on canvas board - After a storm you can almost see the fields growing.