Oahu

My family and I just returned from our end of summer trip to Oahu.
We stayed on the West side at Ko Olina plus a few nights on Waikiki Beach. I had time for a few little paintings. These two are from the
Ko Olina area. I did a couple of other studies and along with lots of photos, hope to do some studio painting over the cold winter months at home.












Quiet Lagoon
Oil on panel, 10" x 8"


















Late afternoon light
Oil on panel, 8" x 10"

River Street Gallery

I'm happy to announce that I am now being represented by River Street Gallery in Manistee, Michigan.

A historic, port city, Manistee is located where the Manistee River meets Lake Michigan. I've spent time in the Manistee, Onekama part of West Michigan every summer for the last 40 years. As a camper and later, on staff at a camp on Portage Lake, the area is an important part of my life. It seems an appropriate place for my first gallery representation. Over the past few years, many of my plein air pieces were painted in the area and I look forward to painting many more.
















Hazy afternoon, Lake Michigan
Oil, 8" x 10"

Backyard day lilies

I love the common, orange day lily. In Chicago you see them growing in alleys. In Michigan they grow along country roads. These are the last from our backyard. No new buds, the stems are turning brown, a sad sign that summer is waning.













Oil, 10" x 8"

Two from Michigan

My favorite summer place to paint, I'm hoping for multiple trips to Michigan this year. Here are two paintings from the first week of July when I was there.










From Portage Point, at the channel between Portage Lake and Lake Michigan, this is looking North.
Approaching dusk, oil, 8" x 16"













Hay bales in the morning, oil, 8" x 12"

Cedarburg Plein Air

I'm just back from Wisconsin where I participated in the Cedarburg Plein Air event. More than 120 artists painted during the week-long event in and around Cedarburg, an historic mill town dating from the mid-eighteen hundreds. Here are two of my paintings.


Just North of town is Wisconsin's last remaining covered bridge on Cedar creek. Oil, 11" x 14"


In one of the city parks I found this willow next to a pond. Oil, 8" x 10"

Lake Forest Paint-out

Last week the Plein Air Painters of Chicago joined the Deerpath Art League for a paint-out in Lake Forest. They had five locations chosen including Market Square in the downtown area where the Saturday Farmer's market was taking place. I painted the train station for the morning, a painting that still needs work. Then I went to the Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve to the West of town. It's a beautiful, open preserve of grass, wetlands and forest.


Middlefork Savanna, oil, 10" x 8"

Mangos

I've always loved the colors of mangos. From red to green to yellow. And they're from the tropics, which is something else I love.
Oil on canvas panel, 6" x 8"