Belmont Summer w/ Oils


It happened in the Belmont Triangle that I picked up my brush and began this painting; only it was a week later on when I decided it was done.

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Hut for a Blue Tractor and a Red Grass-Cutter

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     Many of these farm structures that I live around out here in Central Virginia near Lovingston are made from wood that has been recycled from earlier farm buildings.   I am almost certain that a lot if it may just go back to the early days of European settlers locating here in Schuyler.   One can just take a quick look and even without carbon-dating one can see that the wood is old and weathered by the elements.   It is very heavy older hardwood that these folks used in making their farm structures.   One can also see how the buildings were shaped for the needs of the farm at a time and then torn down but not discarded but reused again for another purpose..   The sizes of the buildings are small.   They may house one farm implement or two but they are not like those northern Atlantic barns that have lofts and large areas for animals, these buildings are built to suite a single purpose and generally aren'...
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A Shack on a Back Country Road in Arrington Va.

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      This country home was sitting by the side of Arrington Road and I felt it has some history within its walls.   Its a small place buy yet it had a satellite dish on it so there must have been sometime spent indoors watching the world through a TV.   I worked on giving it some life by working with the texture on the wood panels that made up its walls.  People survived by living within it.   It is humbling.
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Remains of an Early Virginian Church

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 The old world of European faith was rife with change when new varieties of religion left the old continent for the America's open horizons.   These remains of an older mud stone Church is still here in Central Virginia near where the Lock'n Music festival takes place, only but a mile or so to the east it still stands in its muddy sandstone way.   I didn't find out much more than it was a Church at one time where people placed their wants and needs on the Altar to the keep of a Higher Power.   I don't know what faith these remains belonged to but knowing the society around here it no doubt was a early Virginian Christian Church. 
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Country Move: New Studio Begun

My new studio/home is truly something I didn't see in the cards yet I was able to work it out with the help of some friends to buy it. There were more than one reason to buy this place yet I find it truly appealing just because of the amount of natural sunlight it gets. During the morning I am able to see the sunrise, and in the afternoon the front room gets plenty of sunlight as well, so it's perfect for my needs as an artist. So I've already got a canvas underway and it's only been during my first week of being here. The house is in a remote location so I won't publish it's whereabouts but it's safe to say that I still get into Charlottesville for work and now that I drive so far I am very conscious of how little driving I use to do when living in town. I truly saved myself from burning a lot of fuel over the last ten years by biking to and from work as often as I did. Now I guess it's someone else's turn to ride and my turn to conserve whene...
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The People of Japan

I just finished another in my Japanese Experience paintings yesterday evening, it looks like a good painting of a Buddhist Celebration Parade. I've enjoyed paintings from my past spent in Japan when I was their with my parents during the 1950's. I certainly never thought I would be painting my childhood. When I was small and living in that foreign country, I found the people to be really nice to me and the land was very beautifully kept. People would go out into the streets to sweep the dirt just to clean up their area outside their home just because it was needed. The people had a true commitment towards the public good of the community and I noticed that even at the young age that I was during the 1950's. This painting I finished is bright and cheerful because it is a depiction of an event where the people were celebrating the beginning of a New Year, and they were hopeful. I will have a photo of it up on my site soon.
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