The Brock Mill Pond

SOLD!
In Trenton North Carolina there is a small mill. At one time it was the only one around for 15 miles and powered a number of things in town. It has since lost its usefulness but never the less it is still a treasure. The mill still stands (minus the water wheel) and from time to time you can find one of the caretakers there and they will let you in. Daily you can see locals in there cars having their lunch while looking out on the pond. It is nothing to see a few cars parked alongside it and people peeking in the windows during tourist season. I painted this with acrylics on a stretched canvas in an 11x14 format. I did this from a photograph I took. This summer I will go back and paint it plein aire. As always, feel free to comment. Dean

Fresh Flowers

Last night was a meeting of the Brush-ka-teers! We painted a bouquet of flowers. I wish I would have taken a camera so you could have seen the various renditions. They were beautiful. I did take a pic of mine today so here it is. The background was not really that color! Ha! Thanks for looking and feel free to comment! Dean

Plein aire

Here is a new plein aire piece I did today. Had a bit of time on my hand while Patti and Megan are out of town. This picture is of the shack at local fishing hole. They came down and watched me paint the whole thing! Talk about being put on the spot! It is a 9x12 and took about an hour and a half. Thanks for looking. Dean

Patriotism

I was feeling a little patriotic and thought I would paint something along those lines. For those of you who have been in the Marines or affiliated with them in one way or another will recognize the eagle, globe, and anchor. I was contemplating a banner across the top but decided against it. What do you think? I can always change it. It is a 16x20 on stretched canvas. Thanks for looking. Dean

Standing watch

I tried the rebel soldier again. This time in a full view and a bit more impressionistic. It is 8x10 on canvas. I left his face w/o detail because everything else was "soft" too. I had taken pictures of the "model" when we had him so I have a few things to work off of. I think I may do his backpack with canteen cup soon. If you have any pics for me to work from I sure would like to see them. Just email them to me at: dcr@ec.rr.com. Thanks for looking, Dean

"Johnny Reb"

Today for our OOPS (Onslow Outdoor Painters Society) paint out we had a live model. As you can see he was in civil war attire. Once again we were at the portrait. Boy are they tough! I tried to just paint shapes and this is what I came up with. He was a lot cleaner than I depicted him but it is my painting therefore it is my rendition. There were about ten of us present. Each ones paintings were extremely different. All in all it was a great day to paint. As always, feel free to comment. Dean

This one was in the gallery for one day and is SOLD!

That was the fastest sale ever for me. I also sold another one today. Very exciting!

Keeping time

Here is a still life a bit closer to home. I set up my guitar and metronome. I have a terrible time with it. It seems like it is always getting off beat ! Ha! (a little musician humor). Anyways I did this yesterday. It is an 8x10 on stretched canvas. Let me know what you think. Thanks for looking. Dean

2 more

Here are a couple more I did last week. The first one is like a aerial view of a vineyard. I liked the whole idea but I could not get a "punch to it. Any suggestions? The bottle of wine and box of chocolates I liked very much. That came from a night with the brush-ka-teers. There was candy and glasses there also but I only painted the two things. I did not have my camera so I cannot show you their work this time. I am learning to not fill in all the color as evidenced in the wine bottle label. I like the idea of suggesting it. I would like to hear what you think. Thanks for looking. Dean