Cold Morning, Factory

Cold Morning, Factory

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is of a small manufacturing plant near Hamtramck. I was struck by the color of the tank with spots of rust starting to form.

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Winter Canal

Winter Canal

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is of a canal on Detroits east side. It was close to sundown and I like the how the foreground is dark and quiet, almost like its getting ready for bed.

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Toy Houses

Toy Houses

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is a nocturne. When I was finished I thought these houses looked like something from a diorama or a snow globe, thus the title of the piece.

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Missing House

Missing House

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is of an empty lot on Detroit's east side. I like the various colors the snow makes, the way it reflects light and the vibrancy of the different blues.

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Snowy Street - Night

Snowy Street - Night

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is another nocturne. I love the effect artificial light has at night especially on snow. I also was excited to try this composition which is divided in two halves. Dark on top, white on the bottom with a streak of blue green to help separate them.

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Winter Street Nocturne

Winter Street Nocturne

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is a nocturne from the other night when it was snowing just after dark. People were still coming home from work and the neighborhood was quiet.

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My Dad And Me

My Dad And Me

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

This painting I did as a commission, for guess who? My dad.

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Door

Door

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 2"x 5"

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Todays painting is something I just noticed while I work on my computer. The sun streams in and hits this glass knob. I thought it was beautiful so I gave it a go.

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Orange House

Orange House

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is on a freezing cold day. My feet are about to fall off. This is again from Detroits east side, only a few homes are left on this block, but they are in great shape. Some industry is still running in the background. I think a lot of these neighborhoods had factories in them, you could simply walk to work, they make for interesting yet dangerous playgrounds for the kids today.

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Harpos

Harpos

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is of the amazing sign out in front of Harpos theatre. You can see the sign from the freeway. It must cost an incredible amount of money these days to build a sign like this, because no one does it anymore. Every old theatre had a sign similar in scale and style, but even on the new stadiums like Ford Field, which could support a large elaborate sign and it wouldn't look out of place, they don't do it. Its absolutely great advertising but you are stuck with the name even if ownership changes.

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Winter Morning

Winter Morning

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is another from this neighborhood near Hamtramck. I wanted to paint these snowy rooftops, that was my main inspiration, but I loved the chilliness and the color of the snow in morning and how these houses seemed to be hibernating.

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Yellow House

Yellow House

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is of a yellow house on a mostly vacant street in a strangely industrial neighborhood on Detroits east side.

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Winter Light

Winter Light

Oil on Birch panel, 2011, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is of some snowy rooftops in Detroit near Hamtramck. I like these old alleyways. You can always tell when an older person lives in a house because they keep their alley tidy.

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Blue Mountain Cowboy

Blue Mountain Cowboy

Oil on birch panel, 2010, 5"x 7"

This is a painting I did recently for a christmas present. Yes, all I did was add a cowboy to an already completed painting but I think it changes the picture quite a bit and I like it much better now. I think I'll put some cowboys in all my stuff now.

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