8" x 10" oil on canvas panel - Wooden Boat

This is the painting I did last Sunday morning (8-2-09) while my family and I where having a long weekend away. We were staying in a house on Catawba Island. It was quite nice and relaxing. Especially the time I was able to paint. The day started with a light rain that cleared out by around 8. It was cloudy off and on all morning which actually made it real nice for painting. The spot I chose was right at the end of Shad Row. It’s looking back across the bay to a marina that had a bright red roof. A guy actually told me the name of the marina that I was painting but I totally forgot what it was about 5 minutes later. All I know is I was relaxed, I was worshiping with some Matt Redman worship songs on the iPod and enjoying a morning of peaceful painting.

Again, I am still really trying to find my niche in the art world. And these two paintings are the two routes I am exploring right now. I think this weekend I will do a little of both and then hopefully get somefeedback at the sale at the end of the 3 days. The sale will take place in the park near the pier from 3 -5 on Sunday afternoon. Come on out if your nearby and offer your opinion as well. I will post the paintings I do this weekend at some point. Maybe even as I go. Although, I also need to coach two baseball games over the weekend, so i will be plenty busy.

8" x 10" oil on panel

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12″ x 9″ oil on linen, plein air, Corolla Sunrise

Doug Cooper and I are on a Red Red retreat doing some planning. Our friend Tim has a beach house in Corolla, NC that he lets us borrow as a way to get away from it all to do this planning. Thanks Tim, this is excellent. Anyway, we had a pretty nice day the first day we were here but we were both pretty tired as we didn’t get to the house until 3:30 AM due to flight delays. The second day was a bit colder but it was going to be sunny. I decided I was going to paint the sunrise. I have never done that before. Especially when I’m away like this as I generally like my sleep in the morning. And it was all I could do to drag myself out there. I’m glad I did. Although the moment of the sunrise that I wanted to paint was fleeting, it was beautiful. I am not sure that I did it justice but for my first sunrise, I am happy with it. The toughest thing for me was capturing the waves. I will get a better image of this when I get back home. We have had a good few days here for Red Red Design visioning as well.