Green Lane Water

Inspired by a trip to the Green Lane Reservoir near my home. I just love the rippling of the water and the transparency to the rough textured ground beneath the water. I'm showing this one in the Schuylkill River Heritage Area Art Show at Montgomery County Community College, Pottstown, PA. Acrylic on board, 12"x9".

Lake View

Finally finished an earlier painting that I started when I was in Jim Thorpe, PA. I've found that the ampersand pregessoed boards are still too slick. It's better to gesso over them. Even my second coat of paint kept sliding around, really annoying. Anyway, here it is completed! Acrylic on board, 9"x12".

Open Field

I just couldn't resist painting the light on this field with the sharp contrasts from the dry yellow grasses against the dark green trees. This is one of the few open spaces in Barto, PA. Developments keep encroaching on the land all over. Acrylic on canvas, 12"x24".

About Rainbow Brownie 2012

This is an international miniature art exhibit that takes place at INDEXG in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. See more info at http://artbrownie.com/rainbow2012/submission.htm The exhibit opens on July 28th through August 31, 2012. It's wonderful to see the vast variety of work submitted by artists from all over the world. It's so cool to be a part of this!

Rainbow Brownie 2012 Entry #2

Young Tree, acrylic on wood, 2 1/2"x 2 1/2"x 1 1/2"

This is a young tree growing in my backyard. I thought it was an appropriate subject for painting on wood...sort of like being reincarnated or reborn.

Rainbow Brownie 2012 Entries

Cow Block Party, acrylic on wood, 2 1/2"x 2 1/2"x 1 1/2"

I just love these cows at sunset from a farm near my home. I hope to do more paintings on this subject, larger ones.

Works in Progress from Jim Thorpe

Here are some other paintings that I started while painting at Jim Thorpe one weekend, but need to be finished. Both are acrylics on 9x12 board. I'll post again once completed.

Vineyard Outlook

Here is another acrylic painting on 12x9 panel that I painted on the same day while visiting the Galen Glen Winery. I just love painting at this location. It is so spacious and beautiful.

Cotton Candy

Finished! And I decided to call it "Cotton Candy" because the clouds remind me of it so much. I also decided to rework some of the sky because as I kept looking at it over the past week something seemed off. The clouds just weren't soft enough, so I lightened up the bottom blue parts and glazed over the purple parts of the clouds. That's the thing about working with acrylic, you have to account for it drying darker. I like it more now.

I also think "Cotton Candy" could be a kind of lure, as living in a development isn't always what it seems.