… and the commission I’ve been working on so
long is finished and will be shipped next week.
I finished the first painting on February 15th and the second
on the 4th of May, and I’ve been playing catch-up ever since. No … you can’t see the finished works since
part of the contract is no publicity. The
worst thing is that I am paid in British pounds sterling and the pound has been
falling in relation to the dollar, thanks to the possibility of Britain exiting
Europe.
I had hoped to finish them a week or two
earlier, so I could do a couple of Seascapes to meet the submission deadline for
the Coos Art Museum Maritime show, but that was not to be, so I submitted a
couple of small Oils done on-site last October (as seen below), and they were accepted
into this year’s show.
The
Exhibition is open to the general public from July 10, 2016 – September 24,
2016, at the Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Avenue Coos Bay, Oregon 97420; Phone:
541-267-3901.
C1605
"Blown before the Storm"
(China Creek,
Bandon, Oregon Coast)
Oil Sketch on Centurian Oil Primed Linen Panel
5"
x 7"
C1605
"Heavy Seas at Elephant Island
with the Cat and Kittens Beyond"
(Bandon, Oregon
Coast)
Oil Sketch on Centurian Oil Primed Linen Panel
5"
x 7"
Sold during Exhibition
Sold during Exhibition
The first one you have
seen before, in a post last Autumn. I
was going to post the second one as well, but I kept looking at it and finally
put a few finishing touches on it only in the Spring, so I had it on hand when
the submission deadline loomed. I’m looking forward to the opening weekend in 3 weeks,
or so … I need a beer; I haven’t had one since the Artists’ get together, at the Mexican Restaurant & over
the road from the Museum, last year!
Maybe I’ll push the boat out and have two this year!!
