Crossville Study SOLD

 SOLD Crossville Study, 6"x8", oil on RayMar panel, $125

Accepted

Glad to announce that I was accepted to the Glynn Art Paint Out this April. The event takes place on St. Simons Island, GA just south of my old stomping ground, Savannah.

The event will begin Tuesday, April 17 and culminate in a sale and reception Saturday evening. This is my first plain air paint out event and I am nervous and excited. I will be coming in on the heels of painting in that area three weeks prior and then 7 days in the cloud forests of Costa Rice, needless to say, I should be primed and ready!

Merry Merry

I have a boatload of commission I did for people over the holiday, and now the cat is out of the bag. I painted this piece for a client whose husband collects tractors. This is his favorite, a gas powered Farmall Super M. Easily my favorite tractor as well, a true beast. This one was aged just right and still put to use. This tractor was his uncles and the tractor he learned to drive on.

Super M, 30"x40", oil on museum wrap, SOLD

Early Autumn Trail, NFS

Early Autumn Trail, 16"x20", oil on panel, Currently NFS

Dug back into some old photo reference from early this fall. We had taken a trip to Crossville, TN. Got some great shots, just have yet to put them to work!

This pice is currently not for sale, I plan on entering it into some Oil Painters of America stuff coming up.

SOLD Farmall, Revisited

SOLD FarmAll Revisited, 24"x30", oil on museum wrap

Did this commission for a new client here in town, very excited about having a new one with great taste in tractors and old trucks.

Super M

Super M, 20"x24", oil on museum wrap, $1000

Have plenty more FarmAll Super M references, glad to have replenished my supply for the year.

Toccoa River

Toccoa River Bend, 11"x14", oil on RayMar panel, $400, plein air

Did this piece from the bank of the river of out mountain rental, Nannie's Shanty. Did have time to paint the downstream view.

Side Lit Barn

Side Lit Barn, 11"x14", oil on RayMar panel, $400, plein air

Location number 2 in the North Georgia Mountains.

Mineral Bluff Pass

Mineral Bluff Pass, 11"x14", oil on RayMar panel, $400, plein air

Had to edit some hefty power lines out of this one, but she worked out pretty well. Thanks to my buddy, Jeff, who drove me around this morning showing me all the cool places he thought I should paint while up here in the Blue Ridge, GA area.

Winter Field

Winter Field, 11"x14", oil on RayMar panel, $400, plein air

Did this the same day as the previos entry, little field was just to me right from the other view.

Neighbors

Neighbors, 11"x14", oil on RayMar panel, $400, plein air

Found this little field and a honey hole of structures behind my mother in laws house in Paris, TN. This was actually done Christmas eve.

SOLD Rick's Jeep

Rick's Jeep, 20"x24", oil on linen, SOLD

Found the photo of the commission piece.

Chair in Autumn Field Revisited

Chair in Autumn Field, 24"x30", oil on gallery wrap, $1200

Sometimes I wish I hadn't painting something when I knew nothing... thus the revisit. I painted this chair when I was still goofing around with no idea what I was doing... in acrylic much less. I love to go back and resurrect those old images with what I have leaned over the past few years.

Latest Gallery Drop off

If you are in the downtown Newnan area, make sure you swing by the Flint Gallery of Panoply to see my latest. All work will be up for a short period before they are rotated out. See them while you can! My last installment sold out pretty quickly!

Chair in Autumn Field, 24"x30", oil on museum wrap, $1200

Freightliner, 30"x40", oil on museum wrap, $2500

Tivoli, 24"x30", oil on museum wrap, $1200

Afternoon GraZe, 24"x20", oil on museum wrap, $1000

Meriwether Morning, 16"x20", framed, $800

SOLD Along the Fence, Revisited

Along the Fence, 16"x20", oil on RayMar panel, SOLD

This was commissioned by the original designer that commissioned the original. I normally don't do that, but it is the least I can do.

Three Jeeps

Jeep I, 18"x24", oil on linen, $840, click here to buy

Jeep III, 20"x24", oil on linen, $960, click here to buy

The title is a lie, I am missing the middle jeep that was the actual commission piece. I client asked me to paint their son's Korean War era Wilys. I photographed the Jeep and they picked the image that Jeep I was based on. With their permission I painted the Jeep 3 more time. I must have the commission piece, Jeep II on different camera, but that was the one they picked.

The New "Rig"

Here is my new Open Box M panel holder. It was well worth the weight and really works better for the way I like to paint than any of the other systems I have used... and I have used them all with the exception of the Glouchester. I started with a half Julian, then a full, a Guerilla box and most recently and for the longest, James Coulter and his Art Box and Panel system. I was looking at the EasyL Versa but the ones I have seen and felt were very heavy and kinda clunky.

The box is 12"x16", beautifully made and it smells like heaven. I have used it outdoor on 6 occasions and in the studio the same amount. It is comfortable in all setting.

Avocado I

Avocado I, 5"x7", oil on museum board, $85 starting bid

Still playing with museum board. Got out my old stand by, avocados, and did a couple of small studies. I also got my new pouchade box today, an Open Box M, 12"x16". It took while to get it, but it was worth the wait. Being able to mimic the angle of the canvas with the palette and having it closer to my face really makes a difference in being able to see the values correctly.

This museum board was lightly primed with gesso and it really helped with the absorption problem.

Bid on this painting here.

Towards the Tower

Painter buddy, Elsa Sibley, and I went out for an afternoon sketch to a spot I had been admiring for a few days now, it was could, but I kinda like it like that.

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Towards the Tower, 10"x12", oil on raymar panel, $300

Paper Bag Demo

I practiced fruits and the like for my demo without much success. Just didn't feel like me anymore, even though the daily painting fan base really enjoyed them. I planned on doing an 8"x8" that I could do in the hour of time allotted. At the last minute before I left for the demo, I grabbed a paper sack and an 11"x14" panel. Something spoke to me when I saw it and the demo was a success... sorry for the poor image, I took it with my phone and it was kinda dark.

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Paper Sack, 11"x14", oil on raymar panel, $300

Demo and ArtTalk

Here are some more belated images from the demo and Arttalk I did to coincide with my show. I had pieces there from my first painting I did in college at the age of 19 to pieces I did in my late twenties and early thirties, up to when I got serious about painting 5 years ago. It was great to be able to show the progression and growth in my work, talk about my methods and ideas about art.

Progression

Here are some belated images of my show, Progression. The show was hung on November 12 and we are taking it down right after Christmas. Great crowd and great fun, I appreciate all the Greg and Jennifer Blair and Dogwood have done for me!

My lovely wife Julie and I before the big show...

I have no idea what I am doing in the background...

Some of my students, Kent on the right and Mitchell on the left

My friend, Meredith, thinks I am hilarious... and she is right. Surrounded my aspiring stand-up comic Gabe and his brother, Sam and their father.

My sister, Rosalyn Moore,  and Greg Blair try on the 3D glasses. Once upon a time, before the 3D craZe took over, I wanted to do a show that was all paintings that were 3D. What was I thinking??

Super M Study

Small Super M, 6"x8", oil on RayMar, $125

Study of one of my favorite tractors of all time, the Farmall Super M. This was mostly about color notes and creating a feel that I liked. Just finished a 30"x40" version that I will post soon.

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Oranges on Blue

Oranges on Blue, 8"x8", oil on RayMar panel, $150

Thought I was going to do a daily painting for my demo, I really wanted people to be able to see the creation from start to finish, but at the last minute, I strayed from the fruit and painted a paper sack I got some lettuce in.

Just Playing

Avovados on Museum Board, 6"x6", oil on museum board, $100

Messing around with some old stand by's. I wanted to warm up for the the demo and play on museum board, which, for the record, I hate. This was untreated and very absorbant. I could get used to to it, but not sure why I would want to. I have but gesso on a a few larger pieces and I will play with them soon.

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