Gulf Sunset.

I call this one "Home before Dark" because the birds seemed to be hurrying home.  It is from a scene
at Dauphine Island in Alabama, and is part of my beach paintings I did this summer.

Bird of Paradise

This is not a painting.  It's just the first bloom this year on our Paradise.  We have wanted one ever since we were in Australia and have finally got one to bloom.  Actually we had a bloom last year but this year we will have at least 2.  This is the first in 2014.

R & R

Took some time off to think about where I wanted to go on my paintings.  Decided to change subjects for awhile to refresh.  Have done a couple of florals.  Let me know what you think.

This is from my garden, "Roses of Sharon".  I usually call them Altheas but my friends told me that name was too prosaic for the painting.

This next one is also a view of the garden coming around the corner from the back.  It is not as nice nor interesting as the althea.  I don't know if it is the subject or the composition.  Haven't even named it yet.  Actually, I can't decide if it deserves one.

Painting of the girls at the beach has been sold.

Fun at the beach? 10x8 oil on canvas.

Painted this today.  Haven't named it yet.  Any suggestios?

Finished paintings

These were taken by a bad photographer.

On The Easel

Another beach scene entitled "Almost Dark", 20 x 16 oil.  Just started this.  Probably won't get to work again until Friday.
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Getting there.

I'm calling this "Dreaming" as a working title.  It's an oil, 20x16".
Anyone have a better suggestion?

Explanation

  Well, "the best laid plans" have been fouled up again and here I am doing what I planned 3 days ago.
   Any way....more on the same subject of being frustrated with painting.
  I am showing 2 photos.  The first is the photograph of my subject and the second is the painting, definitely unfinished, of the painting in question.
   Something happened to my painting time this week and now further work is postponed until at least next week

The original photograph of a young girl sitting on a rock overlookiing the gulf.  Great mood, I thought.

Photograph of unfinished painting