Verlander Pieces...

Everyone needs a celebrity collector, and I just got my first one. Justin Verlander, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, commissioned these pieces last month. I had done smaller pieces that he saw, but they had already sold. Hope this is the first of many!

Ball and Mitt, each are 12x12", oil on linen panel, SOLD

Haralson Mill

Haralson Mill, 12x16in, oil on linen, landscape, $725, ©David Boyd, Jr. 2013

This is a great mill complex not far from Riverwood Studios in Senoia, GA. A great deal of The Walking Dead is done in the area and this building was used in the season 3 intro. This place has been getting a ton of traffic, and sadly things have gone missing and the owner lets no one the property anymore. I have been here several times and never encountered a soul... until this day. While taking pictures a van load of "walkers" dropped in to see what was going on. I sent them do downtown Senoia, Old Town Sharpsburg and to the old Brown Steel plant in Newnan. It is excited to see all of the newly emerging interest in these old landmarks, but sad to see them being mistreated.

Tennessee Bend

Tennessee Bend, 12x16in, oil on linen, $725

There are few place is the world more beautiful that the South in the fall. The violets, the oranges and yellows.

Road to Hazel

Road to Hazel, oil on linen mounted to gatorfoam, 8x24in, ON HOLD, landscape

Small Value Study, Road to Hazel, 2x6in, oil on linen

Grabbed a quick iPhone picture of this stand of trees in a pasture right as I drove by it at Christmas. It was blurry and had just the right information to have fun with. I did a small study, then an 8x24in version and I still want to do it bigger.

Last Light

Last Light, 18x24in, oil on linen panel

Here is my first work up from the smaller 5x7 sketches. This is not the first painting of the year, there is more to come! I am holding on to this one for some competitions I am planning on entering. I have taken the month of January to paint for me... commissions have taken a back seat until the beginning of February.

Sunrise in Clarksdale

Sunrise in Clarksdale, 5x7, oil on linen, available when larger studio piece is complete

Outside Paris

Outside paris, oil on linen, 5x7, available when the larger studio piece is complete

The morning before Thanksgiving I was ROR into the wild while Julie and her mom cooked. I took my thumbbox and went to a spot I have been eyeballing since we came through earlier in the fall. It was a spot I would never paint outside of the car because of a blind hill and flying cars. I sat in the comfort of the car, warm, listening to music and painting. It was very nice, though I missed the cool air and the sounds around me.

Last Light

Last light, oil on linen, 5x7, available after the larger studio piece is completed

This was done from a photo I shot on Julie's mother's land in Tennessee on Kentucky Lake. Beautiful sunset site but I was trapped with only my camera and no thumb box!

SOLD Dixie Drive In

Dixie Drive In, oil on museum wrap, SOLD, commission, architectural

Did this for as a commission piece/editorial piece for a classmate of mine who now lives in South Carolina. Great sign!

Delta Morning

Delta Morning, oil on panel, 6x8, $150, landscape

I really fell in love with the delta the morning we left. It was a bit overcast and the landscape was wet from a morning rain. The colors were incredibly rich and there was an amazing smell of "things growing and decaying" in the air.

Cotton Boll SOLD

Cotton Boll, 6x10, oil on panel, $175, still life, sold

Picked the "flower" for Julie the morning before we left Clarksdale, MS. Cotton is an amazing plant.

Autumn Shadows

Autumn Shadows, 5x7, oil on linen, available when larger studio piece is complete, landscape

Playing around with my new thumb box, painted from a fuzzy cell phone image.

Reflections on a Pond

Reflections on a Pond, 8x10in, oil on panel, study, NFS, landscape

Another workshop pieces. Happy to put your name on the finished piece if you are interested.

Morning Light

Morning Light, 11x14in, oil on panel, NFS, landscape

Did this piece the first day of the workshop.

Moonrise in Meriwether

Meriwether Moonrise, 6x8in, oil on linen panel, study (available after the larger painting in complete) $150, landscape, nocturne

Learned a great deal from the first night... I went out the next evening on my own and came back with this. Would like to work this one larger, the study and larger piece will be available at the time of completion. let me know if you would like for me to put your name on either one.

In the Moonlight

In the Moonlight, 11x14in, oil on panel, NFS, study, nocturne, landscape

My first plein air nocturne done with Roger and Greg. Millie Gosch and Craig Reynolds were also brave enough to join us. A little blue, but Thats what I picked up... just blue and white. I knew I could only focus on the big shapes. I enjoyed this more than any painting I have done with the sun up. Again, if you are interested in a larger piece based on this, let me know.

Hints of Autumn

Hints of Autumn, 11x14, oil on panel, study, landscape, NFS

Done at the Roger and Greg workshop. Again, I do not feel that pieces done in workshops should be sold. However, if you are interested in the larger piece that follows, let me know.

Fall Field

Fall Field, 11x14in, oil on panel, study, NFS, landscape

This was done at the Roger and Greg workshop... I cannot sell this piece, but if you would be interested in the larger piece that comes from it, please let me know.

Fall Creek Farm

Fall Creek Farm, oil on panel, 12x16, framed, $775, landscape, architectural

Found this great farm in east Tennessee. It will inspire many future paintings. Beautiful place...

Evolution

Evolution, 8x8in, $175, unframed, study (available upon completion of larger piece), still life

This is an editorial piece I did for an article about moonshine drinking over the holidays. I focused on the evolution of the containers used in the running of illegal liquor.

Double Stack

Double Stack, oil on panel, 8x8in, unframed, still life

SOLD Between the Walls

Between the Walls, oil on luauan panel, 24x24in, unframed, architectural,  $1200, SOLD

Painting of my favorite alley in my hometown.

Beneath the Boughs

Beneath the Boughs, oil on panel, 12x16, study (for sale when larger piece is completed) framed, $775, landscape

Afternoon Angles

Afternoon Angles, oil on panel, study (available when larger piece is completed), 12x16, architectural, $775, framed

Excited to move on to something new when commission season comes to a close. Here is a taste...

Family Farm

Family Farm, oil on panel, 11x14, $625, Framed, landscape, farm, Tennessee

painting of some of the land my wife's family owns in Paris, TN.