Garden Path

6" x 6" (15.3cm x 15.3cm), oil on canvas ; SOLD

Springhouse at Valley Forge

18" x 24", oil on canvas ; $700 USD

This painting is based on a photo I took of an old springhouse in Valley Forge National Park, which is not far from where I live. I'm thinking of doing a small series of Valley Forge scenes. There are lots of deer and cabins, but mainly I'm attracted to the vast fields of grass on the rolling hills. They change colors with the seasons and now that Autumn is here I should probably get myself back out there with my camera!

Angus

Just finished this 8" x 10" pet portrait for a client and thought I'd post it. It was done in pencil on high-quality drawing paper. These are always enjoyable to do because I love animals and it's challenging to capture the emotion on their face, especially in their eyes, which is much different than the emotional response from me that I'm trying to capture in a landscape. Pets have their own emotions and that couples with your emotional response to their expression and body language. The best pet portraits should simply make you go "awwwww" when they work well. I'm also adding it to the pet portrait gallery on my mural website, where you can see more more pet and house portraits, as well as murals and decorative painting commissions:
http://www.AMuralForAllSeasons.com

Bridge To Nowhere

11" x 14", oil on canvas board ; SOLD

I couldn't resist that title! I just finished this today... based on a photo I took while hiking in a gorge near Ithaca, NY last summer.

Belvidere Castle, Central Park, NYC

6" x 8" (15.3cm x 20.3cm), oil on canvas board ; $95 USD

This was painted from a reference photo I took in Central Park looking across the lake from Belvidere Castle. At this size the castle can only be suggested. However, I plan on doing a larger version of this composition which would have more detail. This study captures the feel quite nicely though. I find Central Park to be a magical place, mainly because of the way it was designed.