The last painting I did from my images from Whidby Island. 8x10 oil on panel
It was wonderful visiting relatives and my new family in Ohio. We spent several days touring Amish country in Holmes county Ohio and I am anxious to get started on the sketches and images I took.
I forgot this little painting from the images taken on Whidby Island this summer when the poppies were in bloom.
I took a break from my island series to paint the bees on the lavender just outside the studio doors. Leigh has done a great job landscaping the studio grounds and I often see her puttering in the garden. Arts in the Woods is coming up in November, the 13th, 14th and 15th here in Poulsbo......Don't miss the Knowles studio!....and the many other fine studios and talented artists on the tour......for more info check the Cultural Arts Foundation website..
This van sits at the boatyard in Port Townsend. It is being used to keep a compressor out of the weather..........Had to paint it.....
A studio painting from one of the images on Orcas Island........Again, drawn to the light and shadow. The color and textures.......There is much beauty in the blight....
Back to the paintings I did on location in the San Juans . This one is on Shaw Island at a beautiful spot the locals call "Cedar Rock", which is now property owned by the University of Washington.
Okay, last watercolor for awhile........This was done from one of the images taken while I was plein air painting on location..........I kept waiting for a clear shot without people in it and couldn't get one........but I think the figure adds interest with the cast shadow...
More from the San Juan Island trip....This is the view from the ferry as you arrive on Shaw Island.
Another view from the dock. The stark white building and boat against the dark water and trees was intriguing to me.....especially for watercolor.
My friend and christian brother, J Matt Miller. We had a great time getting out and painting together!...Thanks for your hospitality Matt! 
Me with my traveling paint gear, heading to location.......My new job!! 
Same view with the tide in. I may be coming to the end of this urge to paint watercolor.....It's cooling off a little!......But I still have a few to post..
It's really too hot to do anything but work on watercolors........I'm out on the back porch where it stays the coolest.......101 degrees in Seattle today!!.....Sheesh!
I was struck by the intense light hitting this side of the Episcopal church in Eastsound. I set up in a little protected spot on the beach with the break wall to my back and decided to go for a 12x12 plein air painting.....which was great! But it got HOT.....and the sweat was dripping off me as I painted....surprising how long it takes to fill 144 square inches....
The set up for my second painting in Eastsound......Not quite so hot as it was a little later in the afternoon.
The view from where I camped at Doe Bay........Nice place!! ....I only did sketches of Doe Bay but will be painting from my images.
When I came home from the San Juans I had the exciting news that I won first place and best of show for my painting "Kingston Ferry Dock" at the North Kitsap Arts and Crafts show........and when I went to pick up my paintings on Sunday they handed me an award for viewers choice for the painting "City Squall" .....I believe God is confirming my decision to move into painting full time.
I have just returned from four days of whale watching and plein air painting in the San Juan Islands. I did six paintings in four days and lots of sketches......also I had many adventures and met up with friend and fellow painter J Matt Miller.
I'm back in action after a week in camp and several days off........I have plenty of reference material to work from and lots of sketches so I hope to be doing a lot of painting.....Also , I am officially a full time artist now!!....=]...
some sketches from Winslow on Bainbridge Island.
Barns coming back from camp in Eatonville.
We will be leaving next week for camp so I took some time and went plein air painting with my son Maury. We sat out in the bright sun down by the old Hansville dock. This is the best I could get. 8x10 oil on panel.
Took a painting break Between working on my studio and getting ready for "Camp High Rock". I drove down to the empty fields by the WalMart in Poulsbo and set up by one of the access roads. These fields have been left empty, ready and waiting for the next big box store to move in ....Think it will be awhile now.......but they have endless possibilitys for painting....=]..... sold
Every once in a while I have to paint an old truck. This one sits down by the Hansville store. The beach is behind me and I am looking up towards the road...=]
I am privileged to announce that I will be an artist showing work at the Directors Gallery on Bainbridge Island. If you live in our area be sure to go down to Winslow for the "First Friday" artwalk and visit the gallery located at 126 Madrone lane.
I had a bit of a hard time coming up with a title for this painting. But since I am trying to learn the song on my guitar I named it "Fields of Gold". The song was written by Sting but I love the way Eva Cassidy sings it on her album "Live at Blues Alley".
There were hundreds of sheep grazing on the lush grass in this field on the Key Peninsula. I mix my greens the way Richard Schmid recommends in his video......Veridian with various yellows and some white.....Me thinks I over-greened the greens....if ya know what I mean.
The Seattle I know and love......drizzly days , cool, with reflecting pools of color and light.....The temps have been in the upper 80's the last few days...Hope this cools you off a bit...=]
A small 6x6 study for a larger painting in the works... from Post Alley in Seattle. sold
I captured this image as I was walking back from Faith Bible Church on 13th and Yessler a few Sundays back. It was a beautiful Sunday morning and the light was illuminating the spring flowering trees.
Still obsessed with this little pond at Allair.....something about the afternoon sun striking the old growth cedar stump out in the water. If you live in the Pacific Northwest and get out in the woods at all, you would be familiar with a scene like this ......the huckleberries growing atop old stumps hundreds of years old.....This is a studio painting using pictures and sketches from my last field trip to the farm.....not quite sure if I am finished with it yet...Thinking about adding the Mallard duck that I observed landing in the water.
I have spent a wonderful week getting reacquainted with my fiance, Ann, who has just returned from an eighteen month commitment to serve as a nurse, helping in the clinic at New Hope Kassana in Uganda. I am very thankful to have her home and look forward to serving as a couple in the work that God will lead us in the future, beginning with a week in July, as nurse and cabin counselor at camp "High Rock", a summer camp for kids from the Yakima Tribe in White Swan, in association with Harrah community church and Sacred Road Ministries.
