2024 Solar Eclipse from Little Rock

I had the privilege this month to see the total solar eclipse from a farm and winery to the northwest of Little Rock, AK. Words fail when describing totality. The ominous, storm-like approach of the Moon's shadow, the strange sepia tones the world turns as the light dims, and then a sudden sunset followed by the ring of fire. As with 2017's total eclipse, this one is painted faithfully to what I saw. The flares in the corona are positioned accurately, the light to the lower right is a planet (Jupiter, I believe), and the eerie clouds that thankfully kept out of the way are included. It'll be 21 years before another total solar eclipse of note passes over the continental US, but I hope to see it. 

Acrylic painting: 14" x 17" 

Snow Covered Trellis in Winter

This is a photo of my first commissioned landscape painting; other sales have been of pre-existing works that customers enjoyed. This painting is based on a photo the client sent me of a snowy scene in his rural backyard with the focus on a large trellis covered with vines. Hopefully, he'll like the painting and there won't be a need to adjust it. 

Acrylic painting on stretched canvas: 30" x 24" (TO BE SOLD)

Moonrise over Snowy Pines

Winter has been relatively normal this year along the east coast of the US. We've had a few snowfalls, with another on its way, and some cold temperatures, too. Here, we see the moon rise above a cold northern forest, casting its warm glow on the snow as a few stars peak through the clouds - light without heat. Soon, spring will come and melt away the snow as life returns to the forest. 

Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"

Hill Country Winter Sunrise

After several years without measurable snowfall, winter returned to Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region this week, with frigid temperatures and two snowstorms that each dropped several inches of snow. Here, we see the snowy weather from the rolling, forested hills of western Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania as the sun rises on a quiet, freezing day. 

Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"

Exoplanet - Winter Lights

The winter season on Earth is marked by festivals of light to push back the darkness, but night has a different meaning on other worlds. Here we see a young, cold exoplanet covered in winter snow. The night sky is illuminated by an enormous nebula and the blazing light of countless new stars. Dark dust clouds are silhouetted against the glowing gases, and particularly brilliant star clusters cast their light across the frozen wastes. This world is far too young for life to have formed. Perhaps in billions of years - long after the nebula fades and the most massive stars in it die off - a sentient species like us will create their own winter festivals to drive back the darkness. 

Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"

Fall Sycamore Thicket

As autumn color winds down, we go for a walk in the woods while there's still sun remaining. A mix of sycamores, both old and young, tower overhead, their leaves turning to crumpled bronze as they fall from the trees. Low light bathes the mottled bark; winter is when sycamores are at their finest. 

Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"

Maple Lake in Fall

Autumn has finally arrived here in Maryland with falling temperatures and leaves of changing colors. Here, we wander northward, where the chill air has already turned the maple leaves to warm fire that contrasts with the cold waters of a large lake. The low sun stretches across this scene of bright colors in the cold air.

Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"