"Horizons I and II" are 60x60" each, acrylic on gatorboard panels.  These were a collaborative effort with my colleague, Bill Rodgers, who has a masters in Scenic Design.  He airbrushed the under-painting using a blue-green, warm green, and burnt sienna.  I then added brushwork and more color to complete them.  They will be the focal point for a very large cafe so the scale and color needed to be strong and the composition easily read from a distance.  They are meant to be abstract but the stratified application combined with the earthy palette inevitably leads one's mind to a coastal horizon.  I've never done anything quite like these before and it was fun to do something new.  Happy Friday!

"Streaming Reflections, 2015," is 30x40", acrylic on canvas.  If it looks familiar it is because it was inspired by a painting I did in 2004, "Stream of Consciousness," that hangs at the Umstead Hotel and Spa.  The image is from a different section of the same photo that I took at an art workshop near Spruce Pine, NC, in 2001.  This is a personal commission for a client who saw and fell in love with the piece at the hotel.  I aimed to capture the same feeling as the original while also creating something new and unique that speaks to who I am as an artist now.  It took a couple of months to complete since it was created in my "free" time at home.  :)  The water is quite detailed so I'd estimate 20-25 hours of painting time.