Lilies in Farmland - by Leslie

Years ago I found this milk bottle in a junk shop near our house. It's perfect for wildflowers and you can often find in somewhere in my home filled with my daughter's latest garden or forest finds. Here I have a couple of lilies, which were not found, but purchased. They were great fun to paint, especially with the lighting and shadows playing through the glass. I could talk about symbolism or allegory in this painting, but the fact is, flowers are just a pure joy to paint. I get lost in them and sometimes forget to eat when I am working on one of these paintings.


8" x 10" oil painting on canvas

Power Station stage 3 - work in progress by Jeff

Just got back from a 7 day cruise in the Western Caribbean, and I'm ready to get back into some serious painting. This one's coming along nicely!

Sea Day - by Leslie

This may look like a painting of a small, silver sugar bowl and while that is true, it is also a painting of the lido deck of the MS Holiday. I cruised on the Holiday back in May. She is a small ship and is being sold to a Spanish cruise line in about a month. The sugar bowl is sitting on a chest which holds life jackets. In the reflection you can see the Gulf of Mexico and me, taking the picture. I once read that you should never paint anything in reflections that you can't see in the rest of the painting. This seems so silly to me. The reflections offer an opportunity to see the world in a different way. How else can a painting of a sugar bowl bring forth memories of warm Caribbean breezes and salt air.


8" x 8" oil painting on canvas

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Power Station stage 2 - work in progress by Jeff

Since the real strength of this painting is going to be the bold and striking colors, I've decided to to paint it in several stages, creating a new palette for each color group. I've started with the blue sky in the background.

Power Station - work in progress by Jeff

Here's the initial sketch for my next painting. It's a section of a power facility in Atlanta. I left the drawing really loose so that the tiles won't match up very accurately, which I think will add some interest to the painting.

Nassau Storefront - work in progress by Jeff

This one's almost finished, and I didn't get any photos of it in it's earlier stages. Sometimes a boy just gots to paint! All that's left to do is brighten up some highlights and darken some shadows.

Dry Dock completed painting- by Jeff

Finally finished! It still has to dry before I can mount the tiles, but the painting phase is complete.