This is my first post since the completion of my new website, and we were able to allow this site to act more as a ‘blog’.  The advantage is that I plan to journal more here and write more about the work in progress.

Here’s a sneak peek at one of the paintings I’m currently working on… as soon as it’s complete, I’ll make it available for sale.

I have a large box that contains images I’ve photographed for paintings I would like to complete.  Though I love to work plein air, sometimes circumstances make this impossible.  That would have been the case with this view because to capture the image, we (photographer Leigh Webber & I) were in danger of trespassing, and were captivated by the beauty of this field as we drove past.

Though I’m sure the sunflowers were cultivated, the expanse of grass, brush and wildflowers create a sense of independence from humanity.  Looking at it again takes me back to the silence and heat broken only by the occasional bird, insect or rustle of grass.  I can imagine what it would be like to wade among them with their prickly green stalks and broad leaves.  For some reason this makes me happy.