What will J say?

I've been asked to paint a lot of different subjects.  Left to myself, I like calm waters, eerie trees, green fields.  However, everyone else has other visions of the perfect place and time, so I've painted golf courses, fanciful trees, bridges, paths, and oceans reflecting all types of water.

For the first time, a friend asked me to paint a relationship.  It was supposed to be a basic representation of earth and elements and attraction. As usual, it took a turn where it has become part paisley and part Dr. Seuss.  If this thing no longer represents her color scheme, I'll keep the crazy thing and start hers over.

As usual, I now both love and hate it and am a little obsessed by adding more curlicues to it. Got out of bed on Sunday morning at 4:30 AM to get back to it.

What do you think?  What will Jessica say?

Textures and shadows

In my quest to get realism and playfulness on my canvas, I'm continuing the Door Series.,

I'm concluding that American doors are the most prosaic in the world. Let us turn elsewhere for inspiration!  Pinterest Page, Architextures

Mountains

I started a new painting of mountains.  I'm using the fan brush for the pine tree branches.

What color, Galveston?

I'm starting a family painting for a friend. They had a wonderful day in Galveston, TX. If you've romped on that beach, you know that clear water is hard to come by.  Some days, a lot of mud flows in with the waters that spill into the Gulf.  There are also seaweed-y days, and they tell us that it's better for erosion resistance to leave it. 

However, John's family found the beach clean and the water apparently a deep blue.  I'm working from a photo, and, yes, the water looked like this!