Plein Air Painting in Cape May, NJ

Enjoyed a week of Plein air painting in Cape May, New Jersey. Very hot, forgot the umbrella, always something to forget. This is on North Street, The victorian cottage was showing rustic wear from the sea air. The blue door, trim and sky made a cool color scheme. Added purple to the shadows with pinks and yellows. Very pleased with the results. I will post the painting when it when it dries.

Who is the alien at Planet Fitness?

In my never ending trek to lose weight, I joined Planet Fitness Gym. Its a good name because I realized I'm the space alien or most of the other are space aliens. While waiting for a treadmill I made a really quick sketch with a pen.

It seems most of the girls wear pony tails and have a t-shirt advocating a good cause. The guys wear a lot of gear with sports logo's. All have ipods or smart phones attached to thier ears,in the pockets of the treadmill most have waterbottles with funny spouts. I brought a regular waterbottle with a cap the rotates off.

I noticed a elderly man (over 85) wearing regular shoes a white shirt with a color and black socks walking very slowly on the treadmill. I'm guessing it was the doctors orders. I'm thinking he's the alein.

Waiting on Starbucks

Sitting across the street at a competing coffee house because I did not want to wait in line. I looked out the window as patrons lined up for their coffee fix. Took a photo with my iphone. Here is the result.

Watermelon Bowl

Cantaloupe to Watermelon - Kathy was cutting up cantaloupe when I took a photo with my iphone. During the painting process, decided to make it a watermelon, better color and made some composition changes. You will have to look below my last post to see the photo from my iphone. My apologies.

marias painting of brushes

Painted this last week on vacation for my friends Mag and Sam. Their daughter Maria is a dental student. Maria's boyfriend Keith is an artist. A perfect idea for a daily painting.

Cantaloupe to Watermelon

Cantaloupe to Watermelon - Kathy was cutting up cantaloupe when I took a photo with my iphone. During the painting process, decided to make it a watermelon, better color and made some composition changes. It's now in the banner.

Austin Healy Sprite blog entry

My first car was a 1960 Austin Healy Sprite. I had just turned sixteen. First, I have to say I really had great parents. My dad always bought convertibles until the eighties. My brother and I were a bit spoiled by our parents. My brother and I shared this car and I can only remember a few arguments on who gets the Sprite for the night. It usually had to do with either a girl or a great night to just cruise. So many memories I had to paint it. This one is not for sale or auction, but goes down in the stone tablets of my youth.

july post from the lake

here are photos from the lake