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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

New places, new challenges

 Every artist I know likes to travel.  Going to a new place stirs the imagination, inspires, and presents new challenges.  such was our recent cruise along Alaska's inside passage.  The weather was mostly cloudy, but the scenery was inspiring nonetheless.  i will be painting from this trip in the future.  Here are my first four pieces.








ALASKA SAILING 8 by 6 acrylic on canvas panel

The strange juxtaposition of sailboat and mountain










FLOATING ICE 9 by 12 acrylic on canvas panel 
We saw lots of ice chunks floating around near the tidewater glaciers.
PASSAGE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS
8 by 10 acrylic on canvas panel 
Gorgeous mountains that came all the way to the sea. 
RED BARN AND EVERGREENS  8 by 10 acrylic on canvas panel.
One of many barns we saw while in Washington state.