Dingle Peninsula, an Original Oil Painting (commissioned)

"Dingle Peninsula, Ancestral Homeland"

County Kerry, Ireland

24" x 36"

Oil on Linen
(Sold)

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Just Cluckin' Around

I wanted to take a break between commissions,

 and what better way to do it than celebrate spring by painting a couple of my hens!

Just a quick practice piece to loosen up...

"Just Cluckin' Around"

11" x 13"

Oil on canvas paper

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In honor of Valentine's Day

 I painted this for a submission to one of the art groups I am involved with. The subject for February was something red, in celebration of Valentine's Day.

"Abandoned Hearts"

 I had fun doing this painting. I imagined a couple of young, in-love kids.... carving their initials in a heart on the tree.  I imagined their life together; getting married, buying their first pick up truck (an old beater but in good running condition), raising a family...... Possibly the young children were permitted to ride in the back of the truck, but eventually the growing family needed a bigger car. The old truck was parked down at the back of the property by the tiny stream.

 Years later, the parents pass away, and the now adult children are called upon to disperse of the family holdings. As they walk around the property, they come across the old relic, and maybe for the first time, see on the tree the carved declaration of their parents young love for each other.... 

Sweet memories are made of things like this.

"Abandoned Hearts"

8" x 10"

Oil on stretched canvas

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Day 3 - Painting Challenge 30 Paintings / 30 Days

The inspiration for this painting came from visiting my daughter's church in Mississippi. It was so refreshing to go to a church where they actually did so much good in the community, working with homeless, drug addicts, and the very poor. They don't mince words, but if you really want and need help they go all out to do as Jesus did when He walked this earth.

"Feed My Sheep"

4" x 4" mini, oil on canvas

 

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Hay Rolls in Mississippi

The last of the hay season in Mississippi is quite late, lasting into the month of December.

I loved seeing this wheat-colored field and the contrasting shadows from the trees that lined the road. The photo had been taken while traveling the back roads near my daughter's home during my visit. I did not get to paint it until after leaving there.

"Made in the Shade"

8" x 10", oil on canvas board

 

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Soybean Harvest .... after dark

" Soybean Harvest at Night"

Oil on 8" x 10" canvas panel

Our soybeans were being harvested yesterday. It went on all afternoon and evening, and into the night. The harvesting process sure creates alot of dust! The small field on the right was the last to be done. The truck on the far side of the big tree was waiting to have beans loaded into it. You could see the headlights and reflections through the dust. There was a huge harvest moon shining and I thought the scene very beautiful and needed to be painted!