Northern Michigan Sunshine

This piece was created based on a field of sunflowers that a farmer had planted along M-72 on the way to Empire, Michigan and the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Whether a drive through Tuscany or Northern Michigan, there is something about a field of sunflowers that makes me smile and have to stop. So fun to paint!

Northern Michigan Sunshine -  20" x 24"

This piece is available for sale. Click the link above for more information.

Coneflower Diptych - 18" x 18" each

Coneflower at Daylight
This was my first of four Echinacea pieces that were all done with a painting knife. I love how the knife forces me to keep it loose! Love it when I can loose those edges...

Coneflower at Night
This second piece has a cool mix of paint going on in the background. I love it when I can just play in the color, loading up two, three or four pigments on my knife and mixing the color as I lay it on the canvas. Being an artist is like being a kid, your work is your play! I love it :)

Tulips II - 2' x 4' original oil painting











This is what they looked like a few days after the last painting I posted. It's a fun composition and the tulips were a little challenging to paint in that they moved all day long as the blooms continued to open. The piece is painted on panel mounted on a 2" wood cradle. The panel was specially prepared with acrylic Gesso and a drywall knife which makes a cool surface to paint on. Also, I have been using walnut oil as a medium for my oil paints which is non-toxic and literally edible; until I mix it with cadmium!

Poppy Study 2



















SOLD - 14" x 11" Oil on 3/4" wrapped canvas. This is another little practice sketch with my palette knife. I started the big (4' x 5') poppy piece last night! Will post a progress of that work soon.

Poppy Study 1















SOLD - This little oil painting is 11"x14" and is painted with a palette knife. I have a couple of larger poppy pieces in the works and I wanted to brush up on my knife skills as at least one of them is going to end up being painted entirely with the knife.