13.5" x 10.5" watercolor

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. This is one of the cupola’s on the campus of Ashland University. It happens to be on a building that is scheduled to be razed next month. I went to classes in this building when I was a student here. This is Miller Hall which was once the library, offices and classrooms for the college. There are probably lots of memories that people have of this place.

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12" x 16" oil on canvas

I painted this one on Saturday morning. I couldn’t get any of these students to stand still for me is I did the best I could to remember a few of them. This is right at the end of summer so the flowers are starting to fade (I spruced them up a little) and we can start to see signs of fall in the trees. But great weather for painting. I hope to get out a lot in the next few weeks.

16" x 12" oil on canvas

I had a chance to get out and paint yesterday and I got this one in at Ashland University before the rain started. I have done a few paintings on the campus and now I am thinking about putting together a series of paintings from AU. Who knows. This light post caught my eye in the morning light and these hanging flowers are incredibly thick. I took a little bit out of the background in order to focus on the post and flowers. I’m learning and enjoying the journey.

11" x 14" Oil on board

This was painted as a part of Plein Air Ashland. A small group of us have gotten together and done some painting around town. This was supposed to be Ashland University but as I was doing a quick look around for somewhere to paint I spotted the coffee shop across the street with great light hitting it and the flowers around it. I also liked the play of the two buildings side-by-side and the way the roofs became one line down toward the center of interest. So, at least I stood on the grounds of AU while I did the painting.

12' x 9" oil on canvas panel

Painted beside Founders Hall on the campus of Ashland University. This was mostly painted on site in the evening. When it got too dark to see I stopped and finished it in the studio. I did this right before graduation a couple weeks ago. I took out a large tree that wasn’t doing anything for the scene. I had alaso painted in a couple students walking behind the tulips but that got out of hand quickly so I decided to just take them out.

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18" x 12" oil on panel

I am proud to say that my painting above called “whooo” has been juried into the all ohio all media show at the Coburn Gallery on the campus of Ashland University. The cool thing is, that’s my home town so I won’t have to go far for the reception. The reception is this Sunday afternoon, July the 26th, from 2:oo PM to 4:00 PM. This painting was done of a pine tree that is on the front lawn of Founders Hall which is on the AU campus. I’m not sure if the show peeps even realize that or not. I put the owl in because it seemed like a fitting spot for one. Now everyone thinks it should have been an eagle. So, if you find yourself around Ashland on Sunday afternoon, drop into the reception. Otherwise the show runs from Sunday the 26th until Friday September 4th.

12″ x 18″ Oil on masonite panel

This painting has an interesting story behind it. The base of the painting is from a drawing I did on the masonite panel somewhere around 15-18 years ago. I found it when I was going through some boxes of old work. I am not sure why I kept it but I decided this was another opportunity to play around with oils. I’m still in the learning stages of how to paint with oils. So this has been on my easel for awhile and I have done a few smaller paintings while I worked on this one. Partly because I couldn’t decide how to handle certain parts of the painting. Like the house in the background. I also went out and took some new reference shots of the tree in the fall to have some up-to-date reference materials. This tree is in front of Founders Hall on the campus of Ashland University. I have always loved these old pines and obviously wanted to paint them for a long time. The house in the background is the Gill Center which is also part of the University campus. No, the owl wasn’t really there either time. I am not sure why I placed the owl there other than I was into wildlife art back in my early days when I drew this on the panel. So I decided to finish it that way. Now I need to decide how to frame it and what to do with it. It may be time to start looking for some ways to show my art.