On the Easel

Here are a few fresh paintings from the studio today - they're getting pretty close to completion ... I think ... maybe not.

But then again is a painting ever really finished? 

I mean when a person looking at a piece of art connects with it they tend bring themselves and their sum of experiences to fill in the gaps so-to-speak. If a painting was entirely finished there would be nothing really to experience from it - it would say it all - nothing to interact with. So I think it is within those gaps lies the magic when appreciating art. Somewhere in between what the artist is saying and what the viewer is hearing lies that special connection. Clear as mud? - its just a thought.

Summer sky with part of the Highwoods  15" x 30" oil/canvas

Winter creek in the evening   30" x 30" oil/canvas

Late summer evening clouds and the Highwood Mountains just after a thunderstorm     30" x 30" oil/canvas