Seeking Shelter

Seeking Shelter. Oil on canvas, 30 by 40 inches.

I have been playing around with this painting on and off for a few years. I was just playing around with it to see where I could go with this scenery.

It started off as a painting from a photo of a clearing up a hill in a bird sanctuary in Delaware. I do not remember the name of this place, but I like to call it Hawk Lookout Hill. This painting went through several changes including scrape-downs until it eventually evolved into a winter scene. On the wall and off the walls, and into storage and out of storage.

I felt it needed to tell a story, but I could not decide on one until now — an animal seeking shelter and human tracks leading to around the back of the shelter. The rest of the story is up to your imagination. Create your own reality.

Golden hour's last full moon of 2020

When we are driving around the areas near to Kennett Square, I like pretending we are somewhere in Europe. Some parts of the region could easily pass as countrysides in the UK.
There is a road where you could drive through Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania in under 5 or 10 minutes because that is where their borders meet.
I love the sceneries we pass by, but we cannot safely pullover for photo ops. Just as well because fiddling with a camera can be distracting. I committed to memory this place as best as I could, and the sense of the place at that moment.
For days I would imagine this place as a painting, but it would not come into fruition until my brush touched the canvas and I began sketching and painting.

Golden Hour’s Last Full Moon of 2020. Oil on braced panel, 24 by 18 inches.

Bandana

Bandana. Self portrait, oil on panel, 12 by 8 inches.

Bandana. Self portrait, oil on panel, 12 by 8 inches.