Done! “salt marsh dock”

Here’s my latest oil painting of a fishing dock in the marshes of Edisto Island…

Done! “dune path”

Export to PDF | Export to DOC“Dune path” is the third in a series of six oil paintings I recently completed. The series was called “WATER” and for simplicity’s sake, I was referring to each painting by a number. So if you’ve seen posts on “water painting #3”, here’s how it finally turned out. If […]

Done! “salt marsh path”

Here’s a painting from the board walk in Edisto Beach State Park…

Done! “salt marsh”

This oil painting I recently finished was inspired by a camping trip we took to Edisto Beach State Park. “salt marsh” is the first of a series of five oil paintings called “WATER!”

Last but not least… Water Painting #5! (part 3)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI thought I was totally done with my series called “WATER.” But when I pulled #5 out of the drying rack to photograph it, the colors just looked a little weak compared to the other five in this series. So yesterday I added some highlights and have declared it […]

Finishing up Water Painting #3 (part 5)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCTHIS is the first painting in this series in which I experimented with adding crazy-colored-shadows. I had planned to just try adding a few teeny, tiny dots of orange to help the painting “pop.” I liked how that looked enough to add another color, then another, etc. It has […]

water painting #6

Export to PDF | Export to DOCOne of the elements I’m trying to create in each of my WATER paintings is the feeling that the grasses are gently moving in the breeze. Our neighbors have some of these same grasses at the end of their driveway, so every time I drive, run, or walk past […]

water painting #2 (part 3)

This oil painting is inspired by a camping trip we took to Edisto Beach State Park over Labor Day last year…

crazy-colored shadows (water #1: part 5)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThis entire week I’ve been finishing up the last details on ALL of the six paintings in my newest series called WATER. I realized this week that one way to get grassy areas to look alive, is to focus on the shadows — as opposed to focusing on painting the […]

water painting #4 (part 4)

I just finished an oil painting of a fishing dock in Edisto Beach State Park. My blog shows photos of my progress.