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"Twin Pines"

7/2/2018

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Twin Pines
Wow, it's been quite a while since I posted anything! 
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We've been a little distracted by the "little human", as my daughter calls our precious granddaughter.


​And there is always fishing to get in the way of doing anything constructive.
And I have also been suffering from painter's block.  I started a couple of paintings early this year, got the initial sky and foreground in "Twin Pines" but struggled with another painting of a picture I took of a rainbow trout I caught last year.  I tried three attempts at the trout painting and did not like something in all three!  Well, I finally got back to "Twin Pines" and finished it.  It is based on a photo taken by Marshall McIver, a friend of my wife.  It is a half sheet painting approximately 13"X20" and will eventually be framed in a jatoba frame with either maple or red oak inlays.  It will be available for $450 after I build a frame for it and have the image digitized for potential prints and greeting cards.  I hope you enjoy it.

"Snowy Morning" is another of my paintings based on Marshall's work.  She took both the photos on the same wintery morning right after a snow several years ago and I have enjoyed working with the lighting and subject mater that she captured.
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Marshall link
7/3/2018 05:45:08 am

John, I love your work! We are both nature lovers! So thrilled you used my photos as a base for two of my paintings!

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Beth Wickham
10/11/2018 06:29:47 pm

Hi John,
I am Marshall McIver's sister, Beth Wickham. Your work is beautiful and I am thrilled that you have used Marshall's photos for inspiration. I think that she is so talented. What an honor to have you think so as well.

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John
10/12/2018 05:26:17 pm

I believe Marshall took both pictures the same morning. The skies were amazing and Marshall did an excellent job of capturing them. Thank you, I am glad you enjoy my work!




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