Abstract Landscape Painting – “New Path”

New Path
Original size: 24 x 24 inches
Original medium: Acrylic on gallery canvas: ©2008
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Purchase Original: $500
This painting ended up having the beautiful tones, thick texture, and the simplicity that I have a hard time parting with. Yes I would like to keep this one. But I won’t. It might [...]

Quote of The Day

“If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.”

~ Henry [...]

Abstract Paintings Have a Purpose?

It depends on the artist, but generally, yes abstract paintings have a purpose.  The purpose is simply to beautify your surroundings with intrigue.  Ok, but why do people pay so much for  what looks like a canvas with some paint thrown on it?  Abstract paintings can actually be very affordable if purchased from an up and [...]

“Gold Sun” – Contemporary Landscape Painting

Gold Sun
Original size: 24 x 24 inches
Original medium: Acrylic on gallery canvas: ©2008
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Purchase Original: $900
I spent a lot of time building up the texture on this one. I really wanted to add a tree or some kind of identifiable object, but every time I added something it just didn’t look right. Sometimes, even [...]

Amazed in Nature – Clearing The Mind & Closer to God

Grass Meets Sky
Original size: 12 x 36 inches
Original medium: Acrylic on gallery canvas: ©2009
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Nature can strike me with awe and wipe away my foolishness. I know at once when the word “woah” flows through my being and out through my throat, I am left with another moment in nature where I have once again partook [...]