Sunflowers for Sylvania - On my Easel



















4' x 3' oil on canvas. This one is now well underway and I hope to finish it over the next few days. Yesterday I played outside with my kids late in the late day sun and then went downstairs and painted after dinner. You can feel the change of season in the palette that appears in the leaves. I love to those natural influences that just come out intuitively without too much thinking.

Poppies in the Sun














SOLD - 30" x 40" oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas. Aaah! Finally, finishing one after weeks of starting new paintings. I am off to Chicago this week and then back in town on Friday to set up for the Harvest of the Arts festival in Saline, MI. For those of you that are in the area, stop on by!

Sunflowers for Sylvania - On my Easel



















4' x 3' oil on canvas. This piece is just getting underway. I haven't posted work in a while since the Perrysburg show. Not that I haven't been painting, just spending more time starting them than finishing them. When I have something in mind to paint, I just have to get it out onto a canvas to clear my head. Then I can go back to other work.

Atelier de Rhoney














For some reason, my students prefer to work in their underwear. I don't mind; it saves on the laundry. Besides, isn't it all about being free to create!!

Poppy Study 4















SOLD - 11" x 14" Oil on Canvas, painted with the palette knife. The open poppies are so inviting. I love the luscious centers; very fun to paint!

Poppy Study 3



















SOLD - 14" x 11" Oil on canvas. Just another little sketch with the knife.

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.

On My Easel
















These poppies are larger than life at 4' x 5'. I blocked in all of the negative spaces first hoping to make those shapes interesting so they can hang with the poppies once all that cadmium comes into play.

First of the "Giants"



















18" x 24" Charcoal Drawing. After a two-week hiatus from painting due to the Ann Arbor Art Fair and a family vacation, I felt the need to "warm up" so to speak before I attack some of the new canvas' I have ready to roll in the studio. I started with one of my favorite subjects to paint and created some sketches of the sunflowers in my gardens. This one is a volunteer from last year's giants and the first one to bloom. I feel a new series coming on.......