Winter Dawn

Here is a painting I did a couple of weeks ago that has an interesting origin. It was inspired by a friend that I met on Twitter who lives in Chiswick, England. Ian Wylie is a journalist whose blogs I thoroughly enjoy but he also takes beautiful photos. Many of his photos are of scenes along the river Thames and being a guy that also loves trains he often shares photos of the Orient Express. I find this exciting. But his images of the skies always inspire me to run into my studio and throw some paint around and this particular painting was a result of that:

Winter Dawn

In the course of finding out more about the location, Strand-on-the-Green, I have gotten to know a bit more about Ian and discovered that he is as he puts it "an exiled Geordie" (I had to look that up) hails from an area—Newcastle-Upon-Tyne—that is a stone's throw from Jarrow, England, where my dad was born. So I guess makes me half Geordie. Such a small and interesting world we live in.

Ian, if you are reading this, thank you for the inspiration! Here is Ian Wylie's blog if you would like to check it out. 

Tangled in Wild Skies

I have started a new series of paintings. Actually, these began last year with "Home Before Dark" and "Sunrise" when I made a little detour from water in my paintings. People seemed to like them so I began to take more of an interest in the dramatic sunrises and sunsets with the contrasting silhouettes of trees framing them. There seems to be no shortage of inspiration out there and the medium of watercolor just begs to do colorful skies.

Home Before Dark

Sunrise

I just listed two of the three in the new series I am calling "Tanglewood" which were inspired by the woods on a dear friend's property.

Tanglewood I

Tanglewood II

You will have to wait to see Tanglewood III though. After all I have to get you to come back don't I?

Thanks for visiting! Have a great weekend and try to only get tangled in good things!