Original oils & pastels from the perspective of a kayak: I am a kayaker, not the most agile one as you’ll see if you read the stories below. My passion is water, it’s what I paint and some of my best inspiration has been on the water in a kayak.
I enjoy painting the subtleties of water and how reflections change and become their own image while the depth beneath has it’s own intricacies.
This is what I love about painting water and why it has been a joy for me both through photography, oil painting, pastels on paper and writing.
These original paintings have already sold but I do commissions from photographs, etc. We can capture that moment and why you enjoy being out on the water, kayaking, surfing, etc.

Original Oil Paintings and Pastels from a Kayak: Lake Texoma 2018
16×20 oil on canvas
Lake Texoma 2018, from one of many trips to Lake Texoma.

This image of Lake Texoma was from a kayak-I enjoyed the colors and how you can see the bottom and the rich warm colors of the stones.
Original oil on canvas-16×20 standard 1/4 inch thick canvas. for sale $600. Prints available on request.
Catamaran at Galveston Bay

18×24 oil on 1 1/4 inch thick canvas
Original oil on canvas-18×24 standard 1-1/4 inch canvas. for sale $900. Prints available on request.

This painting is actually a remake from a pastel sketch from Sandy Hook New Jersey, I created this years earlier. I liked the orange and yellow and how it reacted with the cooler colors of the water.
This series of sailboats and water craft were a departure from previous more detailed work, I concentrated more on the colors and the movement of water as expressed with looser strokes.
Blog posts from kayaking trips.

I would usually be shooting this from the kayak but in this case, Read More

This is the first kayak trip of our road trip and at this point I am rethinking the whole idea. I can’t say it was wonderful.
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The last time I kayaked was the first time in the Florida surf. I lost a rod, got dumped beneath a wave and remembered how awkward it can be when nature makes a fool out of you.
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How fast time flies, a year of selling insurance, a new car, a year of building an art and writing business and here we are out on the water again. It’s been two years since I’ve been out on the water and I wish I could say it was smooth sailing.