Packard - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      A rusty old Packard. Not much more to say about this one.

Pearl Earrings #8 - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

nfs, 8"x10"

      This is another portrait using a reference photo I shot of my wife years ago. In spite of my constant nagging, this is one of only a very few times she posed for me and I've painted every photo in this series several times.

Window Seat - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      When I saw this reference photo I knew it would make a great painting. But I didn't know if I could pull it off. A lot of patience and paying attention to everything gave me one of the best paintings of last year.

Between Derry and Bushmills - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      A simple little landscape.

Cherokee - watercolor

watercolor,2018

available, 11"x15"

      So far, my favorite vehicle that I've ever owned. I'm still holding out for a Wrangler, though.

Cosbin - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 8"x10"

      Just a quick, layered portrait of a Reddit user. I'm pretty happy with how most of this worked. The eye might have gone a little too soft, though. And, of course, the photograph isn't exactly what I want.

Venus - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 8"x10"

      Another little portrait with just the right amount of looseness, though I think I might have softened a few too many edges.

Peterson's Farmall - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 15"x22"

      I took a slightly different approach with this one and made the simplification of details easier on myself. Doesn't hurt that I'm finally trying a half-sheet again. Since I've started photographing my paintings, I can go bigger again for better effect. I haven't done anything larger than 11"x15" in several years.

      This one turned out just about as perfect as I can probably hope to get. There's only one thing I would change. That's pretty good for me.

Birte - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      A loose portrait that goes directly to the style I've been chasing for a long time.

Chrysler Farm - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      Milton's rusty old Chrysler hasn't run in 50 years.

      There's a fair amount of dry-brush on this one. I also used some thin acrylic gesso to wash out corners.

Peterson - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 8"x10"

      I've never seen Peterson without a pipe in his mouth. Sometimes in the summer he would wear his overalls to church because he'd already put in a few hours of work and had to get right back at it after lunch.

      The reference photo for this is actually from a photograph taken as part of the Federal Art Project, which was sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and 40s. I believe the photo is of a New England farmer taken in the early 1940s.

Peterson's - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      Peterson has a big spread just outside of Edgefield.