#13 and 14

Katie and Glen. Katie is my wife's best friend. We have known them the entire time we have been in Jax, almost ten years. They are good people. Glen was easy and his portrait looks just like him. Katie was a little more trouble. There is something off here which I haven't figured out, but it's close enough to recognize her.

This is my cousin, Phil, and his wife, Deb. They live near Gainesville, FL. Phil and I were born just a few hours apart on the same day. We celebrated our 50th birthday together deep-sea fishing out of Mayport.

River Autumn Day

I snapped this picture from a boat dock on Julington Creek in Jacksonville. This has been the most complex painting I have tried so far. I learned an incredible amount doing this and know where most of the mistakes are. Unfortunately, I'm not good enough yet to correct them. That will only come with practice.

I'm going to take this painting to the owner of the boat and see what happens. Who knows?

Who? Me?

This is my tenth painting and I think it is the best one so far. I took some liberty with the wording on the sign to give it a little tongue-in-cheek humor.

Hawk at Sunset

I snapped this picture out of my front yard (neighbor's house) one evening just before dark. The hawk had been living here for weeks and has since disappeared. I don't know where it came from or went to, but it gave us considerable pleasure while it was here. We think that it must have been domesticated and escaped, since it didn't seem to have any fear of being around people.

Stella Artois Patterson

Stella is the queen at the Patterson household. Rex says that she gets more attention than he does.

Pansies and Barrel

Most of this painting has been complete for about six months. I only finished it up today, although, I don't think it's any worse for waiting.