I love painting tree branches. They define the character and shape of the tree. They seem to imply never ending directions and possibilities. Trees in full bloom are beautiful but they cover up all those intricate branches.
In the painting "Redbud Tree" many of the branches can still be seen through the flowers.

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The subject of the current series of paintings is trees. The first painting is an abstract of the white birch tree. They have have such distinctive trunks, with the colors of the bark and the lines being horizontal instead of vertical like most trees.
The blue in the painting represents water since these trees like to grow in areas with a lot of moisture. The green in the painting represents leaves and grass and other green vegetation in the area.

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Turns out the book is an e-book.

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Went to check out a place I heard about for artists to sell their work. Turns out they just did an art show and it's unknown when the next one will be.

Then I went to the library hoping to find the book "Unconventional Guide to Art and Money" but they don't carry it. I'll look somewhere else for it.

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I went to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston yesterday. I saw several paintings that reminded me of ones that I have done. It was uplifting! They were in the permanent American Painters Collection.

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Waterfall

I finally got to do this waterfall painting.
Finding the time to do it was more of a challenge than I had expected.
Oil on Canvas
22" x 28"
56cm x 71 cm

$595.00

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Intense Energy

This was an intense day on the seacoast of Maine, USA. The wind was very strong, the water was crashing against the jetti and soaring many feet into the air.

Oil on Canvas

30" x 40"
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