Pacific Chorus Frog, 18x18, oil

I love frogs. I have a number of them living in my backyard. Janeen gave me my first egg clutch 3 years ago. Since then they have been laying eggs in my pollywog pond and hatching each summer. Summer evenings the males serenade each females. Sweet music.

Close up of Garibaldi Wharf

My favorite part of this painting is the seagull over the Bay Ocean building.

Starbucks Scholls Ferry Show, January 1 thru 31st, 2012

Well, it is 2012 already! Happy New Year. I am showing my 'egg' paintings at Scholls Ferry this month. Drop by and see them in person. Here's the address:

12700 SW North Dakota St
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 579-2333

Here's a preview of some of the paintings.

Alan at 4 months, oil, 8x10

Sweet kitten Alan is 4 months old on Christmas Eve. Today's painting was just for fun. Notice the deployed kitten claws ready to snag!

Garibaldi Wharf, 24x30, oil

This is the next step in the painting 'Docked'. I how have all of the canvas covered. Next I will go in and add detail and color.

Docked, oil, 24x30

I am working on this painting for the Honeycutt's. As you can see it is a fishing boat docked at a commercial wharf. This is the start. I like to layout the composition first in burnt sienna. I don't start adding color until I have the composition perfect.

Snarled, oil, 16x12

Here is the finished painting. In the actual painting the colors are not this intense. Don't know why my camera chose these colors. Finished this painting in time for the joint OSA - Portland Maritime Museum Show in May.

This is a painting in progress of a snarled head-sail sheet on a Lewmar self-tailing winch. The winch is on the sailing vessel Shango. We were guests of Amy and Roger Block aboard Shango when she sailed from the Dominican Republic to the Bahamas in 2010. I hope to have this painting completed for the joint Nautical Show in May with the Oregon Maritime Museum and Oregon Society of Artists.