A Fair Thistle
Last week, I had the privilege to go to Glasgow on business. It was a short trip, Saturday to Friday but jam-packed with experiences and images that I just have not been able to get past. Painting is definitely a way I decompress from those kinds of super-rich things, so I took to canvas this […]
Greenies
This summer, as I have the past 15 summers, I played summer league ultimate frisbee in Memphis. There was this certain moment between halves where a group of my teammates, in sync, all just stopped what they were doing, went into some sort of stasis and looked off into a beautiful pink and purple dusk […]
Hot Evening at Shelby Farms
The sun has been so hot lately, it’s been almost unbearable. But I still went out and painted after work. I wanted to try a few things out, and should have left my socks on because my flip flop feet got so hot I thought the tops of them were going to spontaneously
Mountain Wildflowers from the Farm at Windy Hill
In college, I spent some time on Lookout Mountain, Alabama working as a counselor at Alpine Camp for Boys. Ok, maybe I spent a little more time than I should have (a cumulative total of close to one year of my life), or maybe not. But I remember sitting in an office building the first […]
Fenceposts at Shelby Farms
I ended my day today as I often do on Wednesdays— painting, or in this case, sketching the early evening at Shelby Farms. 18×24″ acrylic and oil pastel on canvas.
Copper Waves at Pass Christian II
My Uncle Lee has been a big encouragement to me and helped direct me to think about and capture things with my art that I otherwise wouldn’t. One of the things he’s suggested is that I focus more on the ground, less on the sky (or something like that). So when I went out to […]
Saturday at Cancer Survivor’s Park
There’s something I like about the layers of depth this little park lends to the landscape. I had to abandon this painting a bit early (had to pick up my son at a birthday party) but overall, I’m happy with the energy I captured and was hoping to have captured when I went out. 11×14″ […]
Pastel Color Study at Shelby Farms
I often get caught in the cloud trap. My eyes are bigger than my stomach when it comes to capturing a sky full of them. Today was no exception. The sky was full of fast moving storm clouds that just missed me as I painted this evening. At one point, I thought I might have […]
Sketchy Trees at Shelby Farms
Shea and I went out on a bike ride to Shelby Farms today. And I took a few minutes to paint this little 9×12″ acrylic on canvas. It was hot! But also a beautiful day.
Hills at Shelby Farms
Another beautiful day on the back side of Shelby Farms! 18×24″ acrylic and oil pastel on canvas.
