Last fall I posted a photo of a Downy Woodpecker on my dying birch tree. I’ve just done two Downy paintings along with a few other local birds. Once the old caboose is moved away, I’m afraid that old birch has to be taken down so it doesn’t fall on my house. I’ll miss seeing the woodpeckers. This is acrylic on a 10×10 canvas.

Last fall I posted a photo of a Downy Woodpecker on my dying birch tree. I’ve just done two Downy paintings along with a few other local birds. Once the old caboose is moved away, I’m afraid that old birch has to be taken down so it doesn’t fall on my house. I’ll miss seeing the woodpeckers. This is acrylic on a 10×10 canvas.

For the last several days, I’ve been working on the map at the Bluewater Cafe in downtown Grand Marais. In 1991, wallpaper was stripped off the wall revealing a map of Lake Superior that had been painted back in the 1950’s. It was a freehand map, and definitely not one to be used for navigational purposes! In fact, if the shape hadn’t been labeled “Lake Superior” one might not have any clue as to what it was. So the owners asked me to re-do it. In the years that followed, a pipe or two broke behind the wall, causing damage to the plaster. I returned along with a student I was mentoring, and we did some more painting to cover the damaged area. Over the last few days, I’ve cleaned the wall, patched areas with joint compound, painted out the background to the original base color, and have repainted the whole mural. The photo on this post shows what the map looked like before starting this latest incarnation of the Bluewater Map.

For the last several days, I’ve been working on the map at the Bluewater Cafe in downtown Grand Marais. In 1991, wallpaper was stripped off the wall revealing a map of Lake Superior that had been painted back in the 1950’s. It was a freehand map, and definitely not one to be used for navigational purposes! In fact, if the shape hadn’t been labeled “Lake Superior” one might not have any clue as to what it was. So the owners asked me to re-do it. In the years that followed, a pipe or two broke behind the wall, causing damage to the plaster. I returned along with a student I was mentoring, and we did some more painting to cover the damaged area. Over the last few days, I’ve cleaned the wall, patched areas with joint compound, painted out the background to the original base color, and have repainted the whole mural. The photo on this post shows what the map looked like before starting this latest incarnation of the Bluewater Map.

This was a doodle that I scribbled out yesterday while I was thinking of something else.

This was a doodle that I scribbled out yesterday while I was thinking of something else.

Still working on this one, too. This is really in its very early stages, but I thought I’d post it anyway. We’ll see how it goes, and maybe I’ll post the finished piece later. It’s 24×36, acrylic on canvas. The Grand Marais harbor is one of my favorite places.

Still working on this one, too. This is really in its very early stages, but I thought I’d post it anyway. We’ll see how it goes, and maybe I’ll post the finished piece later. It’s 24×36, acrylic on canvas. The Grand Marais harbor is one of my favorite places.