Shoving Match

Shoving Match
Eventually the argument just devolved into a shoving match...
6 x 6 oil on panel

Purchase this for $75 + $6 s/h

I saw this grouping of Oak trees at a rest stop somewhere in Texas. In our 20-minute break to let the kids run around in the grass and get rid of some pent-up energy, I think my daughter must have collected around 50 acorns. All together, in our four days in Texas, she must've brought back close to 200 acorns. At the moment they're just sitting in a plastic container and I don't think even she knows what she's going to do with them. Maybe collecting them for a purpose isn't the point. ;)

Edit: Replaced image with a higher-quality scan.

Gone Without a Whisper

"Gone Without a Whisper"

7 x 5 oil on panel

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   I often get asked what my titles mean.  Most of the time they originate with stories that I make up involving something going on in the painting, or a story that I see coming out of the painting, akin to seeing shapes in the clouds.  With this piece, I imagined a man, standing in the park, watching his fiance walking away far down the path (if you click on the image above you can see a larger version where the figures are more visible.)  His fiance has just suddenly broken off the engagement, leaving him stunned in this beautiful place.  He watches her walking away, waiting for her to turn around, run back, and tell him that it was all just a joke.  She doesn't, and he watches until he can't see her any longer.  She just left him, without any warning, and was Gone Without a Whisper.

   Melodramatic? Definitely. A sad story coupled with a beautiful scene? Indeed.  But this is what came into my head when looking at the painting, and so it stuck.

08/21/10 Update: I've replaced the image above with a higher-quality scan.