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This is the second painting in my new series of Abstracted Cloudscapes. This painting was inspired by a sunrise photograph I took in January 2020. I found the cloud formation foreboding, as if an unknown threat was rapidly descending upon us. How true this feeling turned out to be. Examining my collection of cloudscape photos taken during 2020 and before, I selected a group which portrayed a variety of emotions to me. Now I am working on translating the images to paintings and I hope the series will be meaningful to you.

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This acid green Burlington Northern caboose has seen better days before it was uncoupled and left to the graffiti artists on a side track below Hunter Douglas headquarters in Broomfield, Colorado. I love the abstract shapes and bold colors of this design. In the background you see the Boulder Flatirons, so named because of their resemblance to the early pioneer irons for clothing which had to be heated on the wood stove top or the hearth before ironing. Read More

Silver Lining Cloudscape is the first in a new series of original oil paintings. This series of cloudscapes is focused on emotions expressed by viewing light, color harmonies, and symbolic patterns in the skies. In this piece I am experimenting with the application of the paint with both pallette knife and with brushes. My feeling expressed in this cloudscape is that even in very confusing and unstable times if we focus on the creator and his creation of nature, we eventually see the silver lining. For me, the silver lining is the inspiration for new work.



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