#168 - Morning Sunshine

9" x 12" Oil on canvas panel

My wife took the reference picture on an early June morning last year. Looking forward to June days again, when a bit of normalcy returns.

#167 - Easter Bouquet

16" x 8" Oil on canvas panel

It was a beautiful day in northern Illinois so I cut a couple flowers from the yard and put them into an old bottle I've been meaning to paint for a long time.

#166 - Three's a Crowd

8" x 10" Oil on gessoed panel

Swiss army knife, blue cheese and green olives: these are a few of my favorite things.

#165 - Social Distancing

11" x 14" Oil on canvas panel

My son let me paint from a picture he took of Montrose Harbor last summer in Chicago. Back when things were normal...

#164 - Illinois Summer

12" x 16" Oil on canvas panel

All the craziness in the world right now makes me nostalgic for the lazy, carefree days of last summer.

#163 - Palm Beetle

16" x 8" Oil on canvas panel

My first car was a blue 1967 VW Beetle, just like this one. My son knew that and snapped a picture of this beauty when he was in Southern California a while back.

#162 - Busse Woods

8" x 10" Oil on canvas panel

Plein Air

Just east of busy, congested Schaumburg, IL are Busse Woods, a part of the Cook County Forest Preserve. A great spot to spend a sunny Saturday afternoon.