Harmony Golf Preserve

Oil on Canvas
24" x 48"

Here is the latest piece. This is one of the larger paintings I have done, especially in the last few months. The painting stretched 2-feet-by-4-feet. This is a slight contrast from the 8"x10" and 9"x12" beach pieces done through the Summer. Stylistically, this is a whole other ball game as well. While the beach pieces typically only take a few hours and use a much looser brush stroke, this painting took nearly 70 hours of painting time. You know that plastic tip on the end of your shoelace? Well, that is approximately twice as big as the brush I used the paint about 90% of this painting.

Looking forward to getting started on the next piece. Check back for updates soon!

Work in Progress

24" x 48"
Oil on Canvas

When work becomes pleasure again... It had been a number of months since I actually had the opportunity to play some golf. A few weeks ago, I REALLY got the itch- and then I started scratching! What amazes me the most about golf is just how addictive it can be. How can something so frustratingly unperfectable be so gloriously satisfying?

This latest piece is of Harmony Golf Preserve in Harmony, Florida. The painting is one of the largest I have done in a while. Two feet by four feet (that just sounds bigger than 24"x48")! It seems almost cliche when you hear an artist describe creating a painting as 'solving a series of problems' and 'dealing with the challenges presented in capturing a scene...'. I always thought that was a little over-glorified: "you're painting a picture for a living- how problematic and challenging can it really be?" But I'm starting to appreciate those sentiments. I look more and more forward to figuring out what layering technique will best capture the feeling of a late afternoon, Florida thunderstorm brewing. What process will actually make my water look wet? How can I make the viewer feel like they are actually standing on a tee box deciding how they want to play the hole? How can I create a bunker that looks like you could get in it and build a sand castle? Never mind having to deal with that annoying co-worker; I have to decide between a #2 round bristle brush and a #3 synthetic filbert!

Check back soon to see the completed painting!

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