Two of a Kind

11 x 14 oil on linen panel

My first palette knife painting! This painting was done exclusively with a painting knife and has a heavy application of paint. I am currently in the process of painting a slightly larger portrait, and enjoyed taking a break last night and painting something totally different and freer. I love the combination of blues and yellows, and the tranquility of the boats at anchor.

Slow Sailing

16 x 20 oil on stretched canvas
NFS

Another painting of the beautiful vessel Orion (see the previous post for more information on this boat and the Deep Green Wilderness ecology and policy education program). This is a much bigger painting than the other Orion painting and has seemingly innumerable shades of whites and gray. Recently someone suggested that I simplify the number of lines on boats to improve the painting, but the sailor in me struggled with this and in the end I chose to keep all the lines visible in the photo.

Orion

6 x 6 oil on wood panel

After a week spent in Maine, I managed to only paint this one painting. This is a painting of the beautifully restored 1934 vessel, Orion. Orion is currently the platform for the Deep Green Wilderness ecology and policy education program. This program was recently founded by Captain Kevin Campion and run programs in the Pacific Northwest. This is only the first painting I have planned of this vessel! For more information on the program, visit deepgreenwilderness.com or check out the S/V Orion on Facebook.