The Blue House on the Hill

2012, Oil on Canvas, 7"x 5"

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This is a house just outside Duffield, PA. As I may have mentioned, most of the houses in Duffield are just outside of Duffield. It's Friday and I'm tired.

Clouds Over the Hill

2012, Oil on Canvas, 5"x 7"

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The clouds were churning so violently that I had to pull over to take some pictures. Priorities of a painter: first get the image then get home before the storm.

Rolling Corn

2012, Oil on Canvas, 5"x 7"

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This is a corn field near Mont Alto, PA. I was impressed by the rolling hills and the one tree that seems to be adrift in a rough sea of yellow.

Cemetery at the Bend

2012, Oil on Canvas, 5"x 7"

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This is a cemetery near my house. I have been painting it for nearly 20 years but until now I have not actually painted it from the inside. Very different.

Tarset

2012, Oil on Canvas, 5"x 7"

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As I was loading my car with groceries, I noticed this beautiful sunset so, I took the picture. I never intended to use it for a painting because, let's face it, sunsets are a bit cliche. It wasn't until I did a dump of my phone pics that I noticed the perfect position of the Target sign.

The Harvest

2012, Oil on Canvas, 5"x 7"

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This is an the intersection of Route 30 and Route 416 near St. Thomas, PA. It's not a crossroad, it's the end of the road. You can go right or left but you can't stay on this course. How many times in our lives have we had to make this choice?

White Bowl and Walnut

2012, Oil on Canvas, 5"x 7"

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This is a painting that was started as a demo. I sometimes give my painting students a homework assignment where I give them a brown object, in this case a walnut. I have them paint it using no earth colors. The challenge is not how to mix brown but to find as many alternatives to brown as possible and keep the painting plausible. 

Composition in Orange

2012, Oil on Canvas, 6"x 4"

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The finale to this series...or is it?

Composition in Violet

2012, Oil on Canvas, 6"x 4"

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The next of the secondary colors. I find these drapery studies to be quite relaxing.

The American Dream

2012, Oil on Canvas, 4"x 6"

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This is a house that I came across in a few years back along the Interstate. What struck me about it was the starkness of, well, everything. Even the sky was featureless.