Water Shapes, Siesta Key Sunset

Water Shapes, Oil on Canvas, 20 in. x 16 in.

Florida sunsets have blues, blue-greens, pinks, and orange. I have expressed the shimmering glow of the colors on the rippling water in this abstract painting. The colors and shapes are based on real images that I photographed during sunsets on Siesta Key beach in Florida.

The Last Glow

The Last Glow, Acrylic on Canvas, 20 in. x 16 in.

I watch the sunsets on Siesta Key Beach in Florida, and use my camera and sketchbook to gather images like this one. I like the combination of sunlit clouds and water. After the sun goes down, the sky has an intense glow that only last about 15 minutes.

Sunset In Yosemite

Sunset In Yosemite, Acrylic on Canvas, 26 in. x 20 in.

I watched the sun sink over the mountains in Yosemite after a long day of hiking with friends. The light was an intense violet and rose, very different from the sunsets in Florida where I live. Darkness came quickly in the mountains, and we had to finish our drive out of the Park to the Yosemite Bug lodge.

Java Dawg

Java Dawg, pencil, 8 in. x 10 in.

Java Dog is a coffee bus at the Saturday morning farmers market in Sarasota, Florida. The bus has been converted into a funky coffee shop. The farmers market is full of interesting scenes for art and photography.

Equine Art - Polo

Cooling Down, Pencil, 12 in. x 9 in.

Here is another horse drawing for my equine art series. A groom unsaddles a polo pony so it can cool down between matches.
I worked from a photo that I took while walking around the horse trailers that were behind the polo field. My favorite places to take equine photos are behind the scenes of a horse event, as the riders and grooms get their mounts ready. The trailers also make a nice grid for the composition of the background. My horse drawing titled "Taking a Break" - which can be seen in a previous post - is showing in the Navarro Council of the Arts 2009 Juried Art Show in Corsicana, Texas through September.

Horses, Horses, Horses

The White Pony, pencil, 14 in. x 11 in.

I never get tired of drawing horses. This chunky pony was photographed at a farm in upstate New York west of Albany about 20 years ago and I finally got around to doing it's portrait in pencil. The flat, open landscapes of that area reminded me of Andrew Wyeth's art. The horses that I sketched and photographed that day had shaggy, unclipped hair and they grazed in fields that were full of goldenrod and sticky burrs.

Equine Drawing

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Taking A Break, 12 in. x 9 in., pencil on bristol paper

This horse was resting by the trailer and munching on hay during a horse expo. It looks like a Quarter Horse with its big muscles, thick neck, and relatively short legs. The Western saddle makes an interesting composition.