"Guana Marsh" and Jane Gray Gallery Show

SOLD 4 1/2" x 18" oil on panel (Click on the image to see it larger)

This August I spent a week at a friend's condo in South Ponte Vedra and was able to gather some potential subject matter with Guana Preserve being right nearby. This painting is looking south from the dam parking by Guana Lake. It is longer than some PADs. I will paint and post PADs more randomly and guess it is more of a painting that takes just a day rather than paintings painted every weekday so my blog is now titled "A Painting in a Day".
The above painting, "Field of Yellow", is a watercolor on paper 30" x 30" I recently completed for a show at the Jane Gray Gallery, located at 643 Edison Ave, right by BCBS Tower, just off Riverside Avenue. The opening is this Friday night, Sept. 25, from 6 - 9 pm, come by if you can. The show is titled "Jane(s): Contemporary Female Perspectives", with 12 female artists presenting in various media.

This is another new watercolor, "Field of Water", 26" x 35 1/2" that will be in the show. Both were beautifully matted and framed by Ryan of Gallery Framery. The watercolor "Springtime Hammock Study" is also included in the show, also newly framed.

"Jacksonville Triptych" Part Three of Three, Complete

SOLD   6 1/2" x 21 1/2" oil on three panels, $300 start bid

This is one of those that looks better in person and could be a much larger painting some other time. (You can click on the image to see it larger.) Enjoy!

I will be at the Riverside Arts Market Saturday from 10 am until 4 pm (with this triptych). The next time I am scheduled to show at the Market is May 16.

"Jacksonville Triptych" Part Two of Three

Another day, another section!

"Jacksonville Triptych" Part One of Three

Sometimes it gets frustrating to start and finish a painting in one day so I decided to paint this skyline as a triptych and post photos of it's progression as I work on it today/Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. While three separate panels it could be framed together as shown or framed with an inch or so in between each panel. 

"Kayaking Guana Lake"

SOLD 4 1/2" x 8 1/2" oil on panel
Another one from a paddling trip on Guana Lake in South Ponte Vedra Beach, perhaps a study of something larger later.

"Hobie Cat 16"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel
This is my family's 24 year old Hobie Cat on Little Lake Santa Fe, still sailing away.

"Canoe Dog"

NFS 6" x 8" oil on panel

Painting my dog, Talley, is always a good, fun, quick subject for when I am starting a PAD late. And yes, she has her own life jacket! We were on Lake Santa Fe one early morning. She also likes to go kayaking with me. Enjoy!

"Surf's Up!"

SOLD 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" oil on panel

On my beach dog walk Wednesday, I caught this guy watching the surf and/or other surfers.
I really enjoyed painting this one today, it was faster than some and I like the looseness. I actually started it with a black background.

"Memorial Park"

SOLD

Another morning dog walking locale.

(No PAD painting/posting Friday, I have some other projects I must work on.)

"Lake Lily Pads"

SOLD

Lily pads on Little Lake Santa Fe, this PAD might serve as a study for a larger watercolor with even more color.

"At The Pass: Santa Fe Lakes"

SOLD

I am in the process of painting a large landscape. Today's PAD is a small slice of that painting.

"Bahama Blues"

SOLD

Here's a 'postcard painting' from the Abacos. It was/is sooo cold today I thought I would paint of warmer days. This image is from one of my trips with the Dunkles on their boat and we passed this awesome private island. (This painting looks better in person and this island looks better in person!)

"Guana Lake Lone Palm"

SOLD

When kayaking along Guana Lake in South Ponte Vedra, this lone palm made me think of nature's stubborn perseverance. I've painted this palm before and decided to "revisit" it.

"Sailboats on the Ortega River"

SOLD

I had my first "start over" today. I like to go over the Roosevelt Bridge and Ortega River drawbridge on my runs and have been thinking about painting the view from the Roosevelt Bridge looking toward downtown. I learned that some paintings need to only be big, painting in such a small format just does not work sometimes -too many boats, too much detail for the space and time. I switched gears to painting just a few boats.