I get inspiration from friend's photos on Facebook. Jeannie Weiss and her husband live on the bay side Long Beach Island on the Jersey Shore, so they see a lot of sunsets. This picture they took at the end of summer and id had a very impressionistic feel so that's how i painted it and the final result is marvelous. As usual, you can go to pixels and purchase items based on this image
this is the original picture
and I cropped it to look like this
I have been lax in keeping this blog up. I was in a county art show in a local park and a few other things, which I will get to later.
This is my latest painting Hamilton Ontario Snowy Barn, using a photo from Harold Hutchings Photography who has been most generous in allowing me to use his images.
I love painting barns and snow pictures and this is the best of both worlds. As usual you can by items based on this image via Pixels and find the painting and the original picture below. The painting always seems to come out darker here
Another Brant Point Lighthouse painting from my favorite island Nantucket. This picture I found on Instagram from the Saltairenantucket page. I got permission, too. Since the Hostel closed, we can't stay on a very expensive island, so we will have to stay in Hyannis and take the ferry over. As usual you vcan get stuff with this image on it from Pixels
My favorite place on the Jersey Shore is Ocean Grove. Established by the Methodist Camp Meeting Association 150 years ago, it has many small Victorian style house and is home to the Great Auditorium where church service and secular concerts take place. There are no boardwalk attractions, but Asbury Park is to the south.This is a view of a sunset behind the Auditorium. As usual, you can buy items based on this image from Pixels
There is a Christian Family Camp in the Adirondacks called Camp-of -Woods (COTW) in Lake Pleasant in Speculator NY that my family has been going to for generations. There are many cabins and other buildings that over time, outlive their usefullness or need modernization, which can get in the way of traditions and what we are used to. COTW has been going thru a period of renovation and modernization to appeal to a younger crowd.
One of these buildings is the Wigwam, named for a time back when there were American Indian designations to many things. It was nice and comfortable and right on the beach, but it was getting old and needed to be replaced. Right next to it was a 3 branch tree called variously the Trinity, Lyre or Family tree. Generations of families have their pictures taken sitting on those branches. It was the victim of "progress". They probably could have incorporated it into the new building, but costs are a big issue. This painting is a tribute to that tree. As usual you can check out pixels for items based on that image.
Here is the painting and the images I used to do the painting.
Nova Scotia is one of my favorite Canadian Provinces (for now, until I get to Newfoundland probably.) I keep an eye on the Nova Scotia pages on Facebook and Twitter. This picture of the West Dover Cove in Nova Scotia appeared on artist Shawna Mac's page on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Shawnamac_), I asked and she said I could paint it. Love painting fishing boats and harbors. As usual check out stuff to buy on Pixels and here's a the painting, the source and a few in progress shots I need work on painting roping and other thin items. The are thicker than they should be
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Living in New Jersey the summer means going to The Shore - beaches and boardwalks. We all have a favorite beach to go to and mine is Ocean Grove just South of Asbury Park. This painting shows a common sight at the entrance to the beaches - small boats positioned by the entrance containing books for beach goers to take, read and put back when finished. As usual, i loaded this painting to Pixels so you can check out various merch with this image. I am including the reference photo and paint progress shots.
Fishing shed are one of my favorite subjects. One of my image sources is Facebook, with many photographers willing to let you paint their photos. This one is from the Newfoundland a beautiful Province page on Facebook. The photographer is Russel Lynch. The photo is from an island off Newfoundland called Fogo Island in a community called Joe Batt's Arm (check the link for the name history which goes back to Captain Cook). Great sunset shot. As usual I will show my paint progress shots and the refernce photo and link to my pixels page where you can purchase items based on this image .
Lighthouses and sunsets - Perfect together. As usual, I trolled Facebook for some paintable images and this time it was fro the Oregon Coast FB page and an image by Jerry Johnson. Got his permission to paint it and here it is. I print out the images and sometimes the printer at my local Staples changes the color, this time from pinkish to orange (it's a laser printer with photo settings, not a photo printer). I decided to go with that. As usual, I was obsessing over final details, but decided it look good as it was. I still need to work on my ocean painting.
As usual, here's my link to Pixels.com in case you are interested in buy a mug or bag.
Also as usual, I post paint progress pictures. I'm always taking pictures to check how the painting looks. Cameras catch things you miss and changes it too. The image also appears darker on social media than it actually is,
Fisherman's sheds are one of my favorite painting subjects. One of my rich resources is the Newfoundland - a Beautiful Province page on Facebook. Lots of great images. This one was a photo by Allysia Beevor. Great picture of a sunset and a fishing shed with misty water in front of it. I cropped a smaller porttion from the original, I of course asked permission to paint it. As usual, check out Pixels.com to purchase items based on this image. I also included the original picture some progress shots.
New painting - Aruba Beach. 11x14 oil on canvas board.
One of my favorite places on the Jersey Shore is Ocean Grove. It started as a Methodist camping ground and today is a favorite place for many Christians. The used to close the town on Sunday, but that stopped a while ago. The centerpiece is a 100 year old auditorium where church services and various concerts happen
Another major feature is the Fishing Pier, which had a club house at the end, but was almost destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Several sections of pilings are left, up to the main park of it. People use it to hang out on the beach under it. This is my rendition of it.
As usual, you can buy items based on this image from Pixels.com
Below are the painting, the image I used to paint it and some progress shots
