Well, it looks like we are observing this one sideways! Not sure why but we'll just go for it. If you cock your head to the left, you will see that I have played with a colored sky. This is actually for a commission I am working on. It will eventually be a winter scene with a skeleton tree just beyond the hill side. I will keep you posted. Meanwhile, I think my shorelines are about ready for their next layer of paint. Can't wait to get back to them.

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Good Morning! We have been having some fantastic skies the past week or two. There have been "Amy clouds" all over the place!! The other evening I had a blast photographing an amazing sunset outside our home. We are looking at one of the photos I got. I can see this becoming a painting in the future, can't you?!

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Here is a final under painting in the shoreline series I have been working on. Unfortunately, they are not drying particularly fast right now so I will have to pause on this series for a few days. I will just have to work on something else I have started! Always so much to paint, so little time!

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Good Afternoon,
I am continuing my shoreline series with this piece. It is 11 x 14 and I think I will call it Whispering Grasses. Both the grass and the clouds seem to really be playing in the breeze in this scene.

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It's under painting time! I have a series of 4 smaller shoreline pieces sketched out and ready to under paint. Here is one of them. On my walk along the beach, I discovered a log washed up on shore. It was interesting watching the water react and break around it. I also saw some fantastic clouds that day on the beach so I am incorporating those as well. Next...

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Enjoy "A Lighthouse View," the freshest paint in the studio! Check out how the reflection follows the waves near the bottom. I didn't notice that so much in the original photo but discovered how very cool it was when I was painting it! I am now deciding my next move. I have more shorelines I want to work on as well as a new barn or two. I also started some more Hocking Hills a while back that I didn't get the chance to finish. So many great opportunities! Whichever I do, I will keep you posted!

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Good Afternoon!

Finally, I am back in the studio a little bit. I could not find the photo I took before I left of this piece in progress, so I took another one today before I started painting on it again. All that I have left is the waves in front of the light house. I was so close yet so far away! Lets see how far I get today.

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Hello from Lake Michigan!

While I was at the Krasl Art Fair it was recommended that I see the light house I was painting from the north side (I was painting a view from the south side) where you could see more beach as well as the light houses. So, upon that recommendation, yesterday I headed to out to find more wonderful shorelines to paint. I think I got a couple more really nice photos and a nice sun burn! Way, way in the distance behind me in the left photograph, the St. Joseph North Pier Lights can be seen. We are following the progress of one of those lights currently. Tomorrow I will show that progression so far.

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Good Morning!

Here is the second shoreline painting I have finished. The two pieces are nearly dry and are ready to head to Michigan with me today. The third painting is finished all but the water. I may paint at the show and finish the water there tomorrow. In any case, I'll show you the third painting as soon as it is finished! Have a great weekend!

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Good Evening!

Yesterday was a very good day when it came to finishing touches on paintings. I finished two of my shoreline scenes and here is a look at one of them. I am now working on the final piece in hopes of taking three paintings to Michigan with me tomorrow. Wish me luck!

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I was able to get a good chunk of the shore line finished yesterday as you can see in these progress shots. I still need to finish the trees and lighthouse. I may play with sky a bit more too. Today is another day dedicated to the studio. I'm excited as to how much I can get finished today! I'll keep you posted!

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Good morning. Here is the last new under painting I have underway for my shoreline series for Michigan. I have two days for painting planned to try and get these three pieces finished for this coming weekend. Hopefully I'll get some great progress shots along the way.

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Good Morning!

Here is a look at the final draft under painting for "Breezy Shoreline." I have also painted an under painting for a companion piece I think I will call "Waves Washing In." I have four new paintings started... another from the Michigan shoreline and one from a quiet creek I have recently visited. I am working on these two now. More to share soon! Happy Independence Day!

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Here are a couple views of the Lake Michigan scene we have been following. The final look very soon!

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