LAPTOPS IN THE SAND

Dream 19

Dreams are like a mind map.  Follow the dream and you will find that it leads to new dreams and links to other dreams.  I find this to be true with oil painting.  When the purpose of oil painting is to follow a dream rather than become an artist, for me it leads to more dreams.  This statement is the antithesis to my functional goal oriented self. 

This is a Retirement List and not a project list.  Once the project is completed, then what.  As I said on the Retirement Page, “What thing or project will provide lasting fulfillment”.

I did take an oil painting class and here are my first two paintings.

Classwork I	Classwork II

Right after World War II, my father went to photography school.  KodaColor film was first manufactured in 1942 but it was not until 1956 that it was daylight balanced.  When my father went to school, he was taught to paint in the color.  Reflecting on that, I decided to paint black and white photographs.  Today, this can be done digitally.  I wanted to retain the joy of mixing colors, determining what to paint and what not to paint, and to compose through the camera lens.

Maybe one day I will take more painting classes but for now, I just want to enjoy myself. 

Indian River Burgman	Merritt Island Trees	Miss Hattie's Crib
Last Chop Up North	Grand Floridian Staircase	Polynesian Lounge
Key West Sunset	Cocoa Beach Pier	Paradise Island Marina
Biltmore Orchids	Nantucket	Hyannis Hollyhocks
Capri Street Scene	Santorini	Useppa Island FL
Bottles in the Sand	Maryland Steamed Crabs	Alafaya Tomatoes
Queen's Starcase Nassau	View from Mucky Ducks Sanibel	View from the Panama City Window
Cable Beach Nassau	Off the Pink Path Useppa Island	Cocoa Beach Pier Tiki Hut
Port Canaveral	Fox Lake	Brant Point Lighthouse Nantucket
Los Tres Amigos	Shrimp Boat at Port Canaveral	Costa Maya Mexico Coastline
1929 Ford at Saint Augustine	Islamorada Fish Company	Burgman at Bethune Beach
Ann's Beach Islamorada	Harvey Garmage Amelia Island	Tween Waters Inn Captiva Island
Calle Luna San Juan	Bella	Lake Talquin Sunset
Kayaking at Coco Cay	View from Prospect Plantation	Seafarer's Resort Key Largo from a Kayak
View from Mucky Ducks	Fox Lake Fishermen	Indian River Drive
French Pastry Marseille France	1952 Chevy in Havana Cuba	1953 Chevy in Fusterlandia Havana
Pineapple in the waves	Avenue de la Bourdonnais Paris France	Key Lime Bistro Captiva

I tried my hand a using a palette knife as a painting tool.   For my taste, it was difficult to paint detail.   I used a brush to paint in some detail but I had to wait three weeks for the original paint to dry.

Squirrel Fish at Night	Kelly's Inn at Edgartown	Jamaica Drive Palm Tree
	Pine Island in Full Bloom

STRETCH GOAL

BURGMAN IN PARADISE

This is a stretch goal.  I wanted to paint Baby Burgman (A grownup Burgman is 650cc's) during a sunset.  Sunsets are on the west coast.  I took the photograph on Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, while keeping an eye out for alligators, overlooking the Indian River.   This is the East Coast facing north.  In addition to adding sunset colors and reflections,  I had to move the side lighting and shadows to the other side of the subject.

A Work in Progress	Original Photograph	Painting in The Details

TWO MORE SUNSETS

Sunrise at Cocoa Beach Pier 09192012	Sanibel Causeway 10052012

ON DISPLAY

Last year I visited Domenico's Italian Restaurant in Rockledge Florida.   It reminded me so much of Italy, especially of Capri, that I decided to paint the Faraglioni Rocks for them

Faraglioni October 5, 2012

My Painting on Display at Domenico's October 5, 2012

ANOTHER SUNSET, still practicing

Marina Park Sunrise 04SEP2013

TWO MORE SUNSETS JUNE 2014

Captiva Sunset June 2014	Islamorada Sunset April 2014

MIXED MEDIA

This is another stretch goal.   The sand on the Hanauma Bay painting is from Playa Linda Beach Florida.  The white caps are sprinkled with white glitter.   The trees in the background are painted through a window screen. The tree in the foreground is painted with a palette knife.  The sand in the Faanui Bay painting is from Playa Linda Beach and the trees in the foreground are painted with a palette knife.  There is a breaker along the shore line in the left corner.  It is painted with a palette knife and sprinkled with white glitter. The white caps on the Arahoho Beach painting are sprinkled with white glitter.  The lava rock is sprinkled with black glitter.   The trees in the background are painted through a window screen and the the tree to the right is painted with a palette knife.

Chillin' at Playa Linda	Faanui Bay Bora Bora	Arahoho Beach Tahiti

2015 Eastern Florida State College Art Show

I entered three painting in the 2015 EFSC Art Show and won third place 

3rd Place 2015 EFSC Art Show

CAPTIVA ISLAND SUNSETS

This is another stretch goal.  Using GMIP software, I have been experimenting Captiva Island sunsets overlaid with various settings.

Marigot, St. Maarten Sunset	View from Playa Linda Beach	Useppa Island Sunset
Gulfview from Livingroom	Captiva Sunset from Our Diningroom	View from Front Street Lahaina Maui
Fort El Morro San Juan	Maui Palm Tree with Rainbow	View from Puddin's Backyard Hilo

Canvas

It has been 6 six years since I have drawn my own work and painted on canvas.   See Classwork I and Classwork II at the top of the page.  I did not take my first art lesson until I was 62 years old.   This is another stretch goal after painting B&W photographs on linen paper.     The underwater scenes are from imagination and memories from SCUBA diving.    See   Dream 28
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Faanui Bay Bora Bora	Leone Pago Pago Samoa	Sea Fan Grand Cayman Island
Parrotfish	Humahumanukanuka apua'a	Retired
Sergeant Majors	Blue Marlin	Bora Bora Bungalow
Volcano	Anse La Rey	Dolphin at Sunset
One Life Don't Blow It	Nu'uano Pali Lookout	Tropical Waterfall
Two Mast Schooner	My Croton	Catarmaran at Sunset
Plumeria at Sunset	Seaplane at Dusk	Blue Heaven Restaurant Key West
Sunset Cruise Key West	Kilauea Lava Rocks	Napoli Coast Kauai Hawaii
Rainbow Falls Hilo Hawaii	Kilohana Platation Hibiscus	Las calles de la Habana Vieja
Conferate Rose	Tropical Santa	Berkshire 2-8-4
Malecon Havana Cuba	U.S.S. Roberts DE749 in a Storm	Boco Grande Lighthouse
Waimea Canyon Kauai Hawaii	Cabbage Key	Bruge Belgium Canal
Tropical Starry Night	McKenzie's Fresh Seafood & Conch Potter's Cay Nassau	Tropical Christmas
Paradise Found	Blue Heaven Key Lime Pie	Tahiti Nui
Heliconia	View of Mucky Ducks from the Gulf	Wise Men Still Seek Him
Indian Harbour Beach	Schoonner at Sea	Selfie
Holland Walk Kensington London	Wai Oli Hui Church Kauai	Baby Burgman at Captiva
Full English Breakfast	Arthur Ave Cocoa Beach	Bonaire Angelfish
View from Max Brewer Bridge	Southernmost Hotel Beach Key West	Twin Yamaha 250's Up Sea
View from Tween Waters Inn Balcony	Baby Burgman in the Moonlight	Tropical Christmas Tree
Saint Michael's Maryland	Antique Christmas Truck	1969 Pontiac Firebird
Tropical Christmas Tree
San Andres	Leaving St. Kitts	Flower Bay Roatan Honduras
Flower Bay Road Roatan Honduras	34th Street Baltimore Christmas	Galilean Semite Jesus

Painting on Display in the Office of My Financial Advisor.

The painting is called "Retired".  It is a hammock on Islamorada in the Florida Keys . I gave it to my financial advisor because he helped facilitate my retirement in paradise strategy.  My financial advisor is Ameriprise Financial

 

2016 Eastern Florida State College Art Show

I entered three painting in the 2016 EFSC Art Show and won third place 

3rd Place 2016 EFSC Art Show

Oil on Plywood

Tropical Sunset on Plywood	North Atlantic Moon on Plywood	Fox Lake Lagoon on Plywood
Palm Trees on Plywood	Two Kayaks on Plywood	Louie's Backyard on Plywood
Playa Linda Beach on Plywood	Island Sloop on Plywood	Captiva Drive on Plywood

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