"Clemantis 4" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

This is another version of "Clematis 3".  The petals on the right look like flags or scraves in wind to me.  Just couldn't resist.

"While You Wine Taste..." oil on hardboard 5.75"x24" $350

"Ninebark" oil on hardboard, 6x6" $99

Some how this makes me think of space aliens (are there other kinds? redundant?)  Oh!  it's also posted wrong.  You can barely see my signature on the upper right hand corner.  Should be lower right hand corner.  Lame.  Didn't bother me enough to change it

"More Mock" oil on hardboard, 6x6" $99

Did I mention the way they smell?  this was the first year that this bush bloomed in abundance.  It was wonderful!

"Mock Orange" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

Somewhere, sometime the centers of flowers MUST have inspired sci fi.  There's a certain degree of abstraction, and yet not.  My studio is going to look like a 2D bouquet here soon.

"Clematis 3" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

I've decide that this series should be called "the heart of my garden" because so many of the paintings are the center or heart of the flower I'm painting.  The colors offered up by nature are mind boggling.  I hope to take advantage of the summer subject matter as much as I can.  This is a small little painting but it may have to be revisited on the big boy canvas!

"Clematis 2" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

"Clematis" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

Too bad you can't see how "juicy" this looks in person.  Don't know what happened to my hand and brush but this is LOOSE.  It looks like a pile of squirmy yellow green worms in the center.

"Candy (maybe) oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

"All The Little Brides Maids" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

Mother Nature just amazes. 

"Center Stage" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

With so much time in the garden these days I can't help but notice how abstract and vivid parts of flowers are.  Maybe unrecognizable at this vantage point but a delightful way to spend time with paint.

"Salsa Verde" oil on hardboard 8x8" $176

Oh to have better photography skills.  I'm so please with this painting but the image here just doesn't show it off. 
Originally I stuffed these peppers in a square glass container to use as still life.  Then I began cutting them up to pickle and this is what developed.  Sometimes the most random things grab our attention.

"Just Hit Snooze" oil on canvas 20x30" $800

Not sure yet but I think this may be the first of a series of really giant fruits and vegetables. 

"Stand Your Ground" oil on hardboard 8x8" $176

Does he not look like the boss of his own world?  maybe the ENTIRE world.

"King of His Wild" oil on hardboard 8x8" $176

"Tee Box #1...and the Battle Begins" oil on canvas 20x30" $1,600

Wow! paint is amazing.  Don't you think this looks like watercolor?  Nope.  Oil.  If somone had said "paint this with oil but in a watercolor manner" I would have shrugged and walked away.  In real life it's obvious it's oil but I'm still tripping a bit over how this appears.

"Minky Sue" oil on hardboard 8x8" $176

If this doesn't melt your heart there's something wrong with you!

"Eddie" oil on hardboard 8x8" $176

Eddie is a little rescue dog and one of the most delightful pups I've been around. 

"Salsa Anyone?" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

This is what you do with an avocado that is rock hard and will never be culinary magic.  I must admit, even though it spoiled my salad by its absence the color was tantalizing for painting.

"Storm's a Brewin" oil on hardboard 8x8" $176