Morning Light, 48H x 36W x 2D inches acrylics on canvas, sides wrapped, narrow frame stained dark brown
Post dated note: Morning Light was accepted into the 2007 American Juried Art Salon’s Spring/Summer Juried Exhibition online, and Studio 2600 Light, Shine and Sparkle Dec. 2007 – Jan. 2008.
Now sold but can be replicated in same spirit as original. Please allow at least 14 days to recreate before shipping.

We drove to Fort Worth to see the Christmas parade, but the people were packed along the streets when we arrived so we hardly got a glance at any floats or attractions. It was well worth the drive because the sun set along the way, and it was magnificent!

Sunrise this morning was amazing at 6 a.m., then for the next 45 minutes I stood in awe of the beauty as the spectrum of colors changed from cool blues to hot fiery orange. I have never seen anything like it – apparently the cloud-stripe phenomenon is called ‘Mackerel Sky’ and indicates that cold weather is imminent within days.

Spectacular Sunset, Lewisville, Texas. This is the most amazing, surreal sunset I’ve ever seen.

Night shots absolutely need a tripod!

Phenomenon 01 – Crescent Moon, sunset this evening

Post-dated note: Phenomenon 01 placed in Grand Prairie Arts Council Open Juried Art Show and Sale Texas, September/October, 2007.

Speeding by the Poppies, Hwy 40 Tennessee USA, 14H x 11W inches oil pastels on paper with 3-inch-wide white double mat and 26H x 22W inch white custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.

Tennessee Poppies along Hwy 40 Tennessee, 11H x 14W inches oil pastels on paper, 3 inch white double mat and 26H x 22W inch white wood frame with crackle finish. Sold.

Moon Over Cypress, 14H x 11W inches oil pastels on paper, framed with 3-inch white double mat and 26H x 22W inches white wood frame with crackle finish.
This turned out differently than what I originally envisioned — it’s much better because the paper shows through like stars and reminds me of time lapse photography. It is a rare piece in this series that came together quickly and will not be reworked.
Post dated note: accepted into Studio 2600’s Holiday Light and Sparkle Exhibition Nov. 2007-Jan. 2008. Now sold.

Moon Over Myrtle, morning moon over Crepe Myrtle tree, Lewisville, Texas, 14H x 11W inches oil pastels on paper with 3-inch-wide white double mat and 26H x 22W inch white custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.
This is another oil pastel drawing that went through a few transformations while posting on a popular interactive artist’s website, wetcanvas.com. It was noted after posting this stage that the sky looked more like water, so I played around with ideas that might make it look less so using computer alterations first, a new tool for me, then altering the drawing itself.