New Painting: Hanging Out At Ocean Grove.

 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

 

 

New Painting: Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

 Found this picture by Don White on the Oregon Coast FB page. Love the power of the ocean displayed here. As usual, you can purchase items based on this image from the Pixels site

Here's the painting and the picture I used, plus the progress shots. I had problems getting the ocean in front looking right, so I just added waves

 

New painting - Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge in Winter

 I get back to another of my favorite subjects - Covered Bridges. This is a winter - just after a snowfall - scene of the Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge in Vermont. I got the picture form the Vermont for Vermonters page on Facebook. As usual, you can purchase items with this image on them from Pixels

Here is the painting, the original source material, and some progress shots. For some reason the painting appears darker than it is.

 

New painting - Yellow Shack in Harry's Cove NF and progress shots

One of my favorite subjects is those colorful fishing shacks found in almost any harbor in the world. This one is found in Harry's Harbor in Newfoundland. I found the picture on the Newfoundland page on Facebook and used with permission of the photographer Harold Hutchings.  I have included the photo and all my progress shots. As usual you can buy mugs, prints mask and other items of this painting on Pixels

 

 

New Painting - Nantucket Rainbow Fleet Parade

 Have I mentioned how much I enjoy Nantucket, an island off the coast of Massachuetts? For many years I have gone there to bike the Island with a group of friends while staying at the Hostel on Surfside beach the 3rd weekend in September. I have done a number of paintings of the Brant Point lighthouse.

Nantucket is a former whaling port which has become inhabited by very rich people, full of yachts and expensive sailboats. One of the the events of the summer is the Rainbow Fleet Parade which I have never witnessed, but images of it are everywhere. This parade of multicolored sailboats wheels around the lighthouse with throngs of people watching and i came across a picture that gives a feel of that. I'm not good at doing people but decided to give it a go. As usual, you can buy items based on this image form the Pixels site

Here's the painting

 Again, despite the ring light, it still photographs darker, so maybe a new camera is in order

Here is my reference photo. The sails were all one color, but i looked at other pictures and saw many striped sales, so I added those in. The Lighthouse now has an American Flag on it, so I added that in. There are more people than I painted in, but I felt I put in enough to give it the right feel.

Here is the reference photo and some paint progress shots

 

New Painting - Snowy BarnAlbion Maine

 I get many of my painting subjects from friend's  pictures off of Facebook and in this case, it was my nephew DJ (Donald) Mckenzie who lives on my brother's farm in Albion Maine. I have done paintings from pictures his mother and sister posted and now he joins my list. 

There was a snow storm and he took a a number of pictures and I saw this one and decided to paint it. So here's what I painted

Here is the painting.

and here is the source photo

The painting for some reason photographs darker than it is. I even brought a ring light to help, and it did, but not as much as I wanted.

My 2020 Christmas Card

 Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, which ever you prefer , and Have a Happy Better New Year