Heavy Red Skies

In the southern mountains heavy snowfall is not the usual winter weather, rather freezing rain that coats the roads and trees with ice.  So as northerner I just had to record the first heavy snowfall I experienced here about five years ago.

Red Skies
Pastel 16 x 20

Success!

Still stumbling through the world of Google.  Somehow I have succeeded in pushing enough buttons to change the e-mail "ljlovrek@gmail.com".  Monkeys and typewriters here.  Can't wait till I get back to painting.

Don't want to loose you. I am merging blogs.

Little did I know that when I opened a new gmail address that it would create a second identical blog.
It's been a house of mirrors here.  As a  stumble through the inexplicable world of Google I hope not to loose you.

If you get duplicate requests to be added to my blog followers or be added to Google+ please bear with me.  I think this may have happened to some of you already.

Wish me luck.

Back to the Beach

Ah!  The beach is my favorite place.  This oil was done at Isle of Palms, just outside Charleston.  The houses are far from the dunes, in the evening the long backyard is filled with shadows and a distant view of the sea.  Charleston has a great  historic waterfront with streets  of huge cobbles and sidewalks of mortar and seashells.  What a wonderful place to wander.

Distant Sea
Oil 12 x 24

A Studio Painting

In the depths of last winter, I needed something colorful.  This oil was based on a photo from my garden, which I dearly love.  Unexpectedly this painting was a study of light and form, which I hadn't experienced since my days as an art student in NYC. 

IRIS
Oil 12" x 24"

 

 

 

After the Storm

This pastel was done right after the storm Sandy moved north.  The waves were huge and powerful.  The water was so high I was forced to crouch at the edge of the dunes, the beach had been taken by the storm.

After the Storm
Pastel   8" x 10"

 

Only a bit early for "Auld Lang Syne"

Since the store Christmas displays started before Halloween this year,  I'm only a bit off in the title of this week's post. 

I have a new flat file which means that many stacks of old works and materials are being resorting.  Many very old friends, "auld lang syne", have reappeared.

This pastel entitled "Autumn Lament" was a plein air piece done in October 2012.  At the time I really felt the loss of the summer as well as the passing of my beloved bulldog.  This is a spot where we often went on our walks.

Although this was chosen to be part of a regional art guild exhibit, I think the subject matter is probably too much in a minor key to make it saleable.

Autumn Lament

Pastel 6" x 9'