"Sunday"

5 x 5"

oil on panel
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There's few things that excite me more than dramatic sun and shadows, especially on different colors, then I obsess about what the color of the shadow is compared to the lit area.  As an artist, I just love that.

After several days of cruising east on the Lincoln Highway, through Nebraska and now Iowa, we veered a little north to continue on a very picturesque road called the Grant Wood Scenic Byway.  Grant Wood is most famous for 'American Gothic' and lived and painted the rolling hills of northeastern Iowa.  Below is one of my favorites -

'Young Corn' by Grant Wood

My painting is from the small town of Logan, Iowa.

correction .... after tediously searching through Google street view to find this exact location, I discovered I was mistaken that it was in Anamosa, Iowa.  It is in Logan, Iowa on the Lincoln Highway (after all) and I can add it to my series, which I'm happy to do.
 

"Day Dreamers"

10 x 10"

oil on panel
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A new painting - I love the dramatic shadows on the floor.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, a couple ponders Pablo Picasso's 'The Dreamer'.

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"Georgia"

9 x 12"

oil on panel
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A painting I've worked on for the past few days - women in the Metropolitan Museum of Art viewing Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings 'From the Faraway, Nearby' on the left and 'Red and Yellow Cliffs' on the right.  I kept a lot of the floor area because I love the grey/green/purple tones and shadows.  

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Artists Using Easels

Two artists recently purchased my Paint On Tabletop Easel and the AlterEasel and sent along a photo of their paintings on their new tool.

It makes me so proud.

the artist Kim Boyer

and the artist Hallie Kohn

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"Lincoln Highway/Dairy Cow, Pennsylvania"

7 x 5"

oil on panel
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Cows are amazing creatures.  Who couldn't love a cow.

A new addition to my ongoing series The Lincoln Highway - one of the thousands of cows I saw along the Lincoln Highway through the Amish landscapes of Pennsylvania.

"Lincoln Highway/Amish Buggy, Pennsylvania

6 x 6"

oil on panel
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Happy Friday the 13th.

A new addition to my ongoing series The Lincoln Highway - Amish ladies casually riding a buggy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

"Lincoln Highway/Red Maple, Pennsylvania"

5 x 7"

oil on panel
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A new addition to my ongoing series The Lincoln Highway.  I was driving on Highway 30 around Lancaster, Pennsylvania when I pulled off the road to sip on a cup of hot coffee, in front of this old building.  As I sat there sipping, I saw this painting in my head right away.  So simple, so colorful, so Zen.

"The Old Guard"

6 x 6"

oil on panel
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What prompted this painting was the Hitchcock movie 'Vertigo', which we watched for the 107th time.  Jimmy Stewart follows Kim Novak thru the Presidio and down to the base of the Golden Gate Bridge where she jumps into the bay and he heroically rescues her.   Brett and I and the pups were at Crissy Field beach when I snapped the photo.  It used to be the National Guard headquarters years back.

"Borrowed Time"

6 x 6"

oil on panel
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My good friend and neighbor enjoying the last few days of pool time.