Spanish Influence, Lakeside Center

The final day at Lakeside I finished this 12" x 24" painting on cradled Birchwood. The previous morning was cool and overcast, very comfortable when spending time working out the composition. But, that final morning the sun showed up the highlights needed to give it a glow.

12"  x  24" on cradled board

For Sale @ Artists-In-Cahoots, Lakeside Chautauqua

Lakeside Garden

The Lakeside Chautauqua on Lake Erie has these beautiful gardens that were blooming profusely last week. Coneflowers, hollyhock, black-eyed Susan, Russian Sage, framing a lake that changes color   as the sky and wind affect it. 

                           

12" x 12"      oil on wood      $450

Lakeside Pavilion

This week I painted a somewhat larger version of a painting I did a few years ago at Lakeside Chautauqua on Lake Erie.

Although I seldom paint from photos or even my plein air work, I enjoyed this exercise. Perhaps it is time to develop this skill!

20" x 22"      oil on stretched canvas     

 SOLD at Artist-In-Cahoots Gallery, Lakeside Chautauqua, OH

Women's Club

The final day at Lakeside I painted the Women's Club. Although exhausted, from the intense heat and plein air painting three days straight, this painting felt like energy was flowing through me. God is so good!

18" x 24"      oil          SOLD

Sunset at Lakeside is an event. Many people stroll out on the pier or sit in the benches along the walkway to watch the natural movie. I have always considered sunsets God's abstract artistry. The lake reflections glow & change  with the sundown as the waves carry the colors into shore. I felt an inward glow soaking in this natural phenomena.

11" x 14"   Oil on canvas board     $450

Kenton Row, Lakeside

This past weekend I painted four paintings at the Lakeside Chautauqua on the Marblehead Peninsula along the Lake Erie shoreline.. A warm & friendly community gather there throughout the summer. It feels like going back in time to another era. My friends & I stayed in Lakeside Hotel, a historic victorian hotel, built about 135 years ago. These houses are in Kenton Row facing the recreational area of the village.

11" x 14"     Oil on canvas board   SOLD

Lakeside, Houses on Second Street

This was my final Lakeside painting this past weekend. I painted the view sitting next to the shuffle board courts, looking up across Second Street, at the period houses. The work is painted directly on a natural wood surface. 

10" x 10"      Wood panel      $450

OPAS converged on the LakeSide Chautauqua on Lake Erie once again. Once again the flower gardens made a lovely foreground for our paintings. In the background is the pavilion. An enthusiastic & gracious area resident bought the painting during the outdoor art show.

11" x 14"       Oil on canvas board     SOLD