"Home on the Bay - Lakeside"

     "Home on the Bay - Lakeside"  Oil on Canvas  24" x 24" 

I realized that I may not have posted a photo of the first painting I did of the Home on the Bay, the Lakeside view. The home faces west, so you can imagine the beautiful sunsets we see. That may be my next painting, a sunset view from the deck. It would accompany the thousands of photos we've taken.

"HOB Boardwalk"

This painting, called "HOB Boardwalk," is the third in a series of Home on the Bay paintings. Standing on the deck looking toward the water is such a memorable view that I just had to capture it. You can see the bonfire pit, stack of logs and in the water, the cairn. (A cairn is a mound of rocks collected as a landmark or monument.) Every time we visit the water we add to the cairn. Neighbors have added to it too. When the water level is low, more of the cairn is revealed. It's a great landmark.

"HOB Boardwalk"  9" x 19-1/2"  Oil on Hardboard

Open Competition 2012 - Lilies All Around

Still working the kinks out of my website. It may take another week for it to be properly viewable.  Please bear with me as I work thru this. I may have to scrap the whole site and start from scratch. Oh bother! Till then, my blog entries will have to suffice.  

Today I'm dropping off this painting called Lilies All Around at the Alfred Berkowitz Gallery (4901 Evergreen Rd., Dearborn, MI  48128) for Open Competition 2012. I can't wait to see this year's exhibition. Opening reception is Sept. 21st from 5 - 7 pm. The exhibition runs through Oct. 25, 2012. I'm thrilled to have my painting included in this prestigious show.