Sunrise at the dish

A couple of years ago I took some sunrise photos while walking the Stanford dish trail.  I finally got around to painting one of them.  Looking back toward the unyet risen sun, the silhouette of a couple of oak trees against the morning sky is a wonderful sight.  Here's my simple rendition...

Next up a plate of food.  Yes, really, I'm going to paint a yummy chicken sandwich, with chips and beer.  Photo taken at Inca Lounge, Cuenca, Ecuador.

Adam's little girl

Just finished this, (I was going to say simple little painting), but it wasn't that simple.  But it is a little smaller than the sizes I normally do.  I enjoyed the problem of making water drops rain down on this scene.  Anyhow, here it is...

Not sure what's next for my palette...stay tuned.  Thanks, mark

Enjoying the fountain

A friend photographed his 3 year old daughter playing in one of those fountains that shoots water up through the concrete pavement.  He asked if this was a potential painting...heck yes.  Here's the start...

Hopefully will have this completed in the next week to 10 days.  Thanks for coming by. mg

Helados con amigos

I finished my young friends in Cuenca, Ecuador.  Since the kids were all eating ice creams in the park I have titled the painting, "Helados con amigos", Ice creams with friends.  I'm really happy with the result.  I left the background kind of a stylized nothing.  There were people walking back and forth, but they took away too much from the focus on the amigos up front.  I'm traveling to Cuenca again in a few days, so  hope to come home with more photos of life with Cuencanos.  Here you go...

Parque Calderon Amigos

While I was in Cuenca, Ecuador in January, I was sitting in the central park when I spied these young friends enjoying their ice creams together.  I carefully snapped this photo which I hoped might make an interesting painting.  Here's the start...

Merced River Reflection, finished

A couple of weeks ago I put the finishing touches to my latest painting...Merced River Reflection.  I took the liberty to add a deer to this painting.  One morning while in the midst of this work I had read Psalm 42 in the Bible...adding a deer seemed appropriate.  Here you go...

  

El Capitan reflection

Just last week a couple of climbers completed a first ascent of a difficult route using fingers and toes and no hardware on El Capitan, in Yosemite.  El Capitan continues to draw climbers, photographers, and artists.  This is my second painting where El Cap is a major theme.  This time though, for this spring time painting, El Cap is just a reflection in the Merced River.  Here is a photo of the first few hundred(s) of brush strokes.  Check back in a couple of weeks, hopefully you'll see s reflection, water, and a few thousand more brush strokes.
Thanks for coming by...mg