Paintings 21-25
21 - "O Christmas Tree"
6x6 - Gallery Wrapped Canvas
The story of Christmas didn't happen where I'm from. It didn't happen where I saw the setting sun behind snow covered trees on the north shore mountains of Vancouver, BC. No, it happened far away in a little town in Israel. And though I wasn't there, that story still impacts me today. Because it's not a set of principles to teach me how to be a better person. I've tried all of that. No, the Christmas story is a story of love - God's love for people like me who couldn't get their act together. It's a story of God doing what I couldn't. AndI am thankful, oh so thankful for Christmas.
"And you will call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." - Matthew 1:21
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23 - "West Coast Winter"
11x14 - Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Unlike other places I've been or lived, winter here stays green for the most part. The grass is vibrant and colorful, just like you see here. This is a beautiful, serene spot not far from where we live. And while the location itself is super special, what I think is really fun about this painting is that I had a great artist work on it with me - my dad, Jack Dorsey. He actually was helping me back in the summer when I was madly painting for a show that called me at the last minute to see if I could participate. He helped block in some initial colors on a number of canvases that I would then paint over for the finished painting. This is one of those paintings he helped me with. It sat in my studio unfinished for four months, and I finally got around to working on it recently. Isn't that really cool? It's kinda what it's like for me all the time. I wouldn't be the person I am or the artist I am without my dad. He has laid a great foundation for me. Thanks Dad, I appreciate you.
"There's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives."
- Tony Dungy
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24 - "December Frost"
18x24 - Gallery Wrapped Canvas
A couple weeks ago I was walking with Renae at one of our favorite parks. The winter sun was still low in the sky and the tall fir trees shaded the frost covered ground while the background trees were ablaze in the light. I returned a couple days later when the weather was the same to make sure I didn't let that scene slip away.
"He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter."
- John Burroughs
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25 - "Autumn Light"
15x30 - Gallery Wrapped Canvas
O happiest of places is this short stretch of land between the mainland and our island. It changes in the seasons and with the tides also. At one point it was farmland, but now it is a wetland preserve. Most days now in the winter it seems to be filled in with a lot of water. We were there again last week soaking in the view. For me it always represents home, and I'm glad to have been able to paint it again.
"Home is the nicest word there is."
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Bonus Painting - "Remember When ..."
24x36 - Gallery Wrapped Canvas
"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."
- Mother Teresa
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Paintings 16-20
16 - "Morning in Whistler"
12x12 - Framed
Being on a mountain is always special. When the sun breaks through the clouds it can almost make you gasp. Witnessing it with someone you love makes it unforgettable.
"Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well."
- Vincent Van Gogh
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18 - "I Love You"
6x6 - Framed
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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19 - "A Christmas Welcome"
11x14 - Framed
We have some friends we don't see often but when we do, it is like nothing has changed at all. We get back into familiar conversations, picking up where we left off. Our friendship hasn't missed a beat. That's what I imagine it's like behind this door. A warm house with warm people. Conversations filled with love and laughter. Real ease of relationship and genuine care. Now that's a welcome we all love to find.
"Of all possessions a friend is the most precious."
- Herodotus
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20 - "Down The Long Hill"
16x12 - Framed
I love this hill. It's the kind of hill where kids throw their hands in the air and say "WHEEE" when their parents drive down it. I remember how big it looked to me as a child and how I rode my bike on it as a teenager. It regained it's glory when we moved back from the flat lands of Indiana. (Camano Island, WA)
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Paintings 11-15
11 - "Joy"
6x6 - Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Often, when I see flowers I really want to try to paint them but I hesitate because their subtlety of color and delicate beauty pushmy artistic limits. Yet sometimes I just need to. This is my most recent attempt.
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12 - "Behind The Old House"
11x14 - Framed
We used to walk to our friends' house just one block from ours andwe always took the shortcut through our alley. The multi-layered surface had asphalt in places, gravel in places, and the original exposed brick in other places. When the sun was low in the evening it made long shadows and streaks of light that spoke to me.
"You need the dark in order to show the light."
- Bob Ross
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13 - "The Day I Met a Friend"
16x40 - Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Indianapolis, IN. Early one morning as I was on my way to meet a friend, the early sunlight mesmerized me. Getting caught in the moment I stopped my car and had to walk around a bit.Needless to say, I was late.
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Paintings 1-5
01 - "Dreams"
6x6 - Framed
Across the road from a beautiful cove here on the island, there is a waterway that meanders until unseen. I haven't had the chance to follow it yet, and I wonder where it goes...
"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way."
-Charles Bukowski
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02 - "Sunday"
9x12 - Gallery Wrapped Canvas
We woke up to sun and fog and frost recently, and as we drove off the island the layers of trees and hills against the Cascade Mountains mesmerized us as they receded into the hazy atmosphere.
"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."
-Paul Cezanne
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03 - "Skyburst"
11x14 - Framed
Happy Thanksgiving! One thing I am thankful for right now is that I am alive to see the sky burst open with light and make the clouds shimmer. Even this morning the sky was stormy but the sun lit up the clouds in a way that was similar to this painting. So, that is my hope for this painting - that it would be like the sun bursting into someone's home and life and bring joy and light every day.
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04 - "Bright Future"
11x14 - Framed
I love mornings. I didn't always, but I do now. But even now, while some mornings I wake up and have lots of enthusiasm for life, other mornings I wake up just tired and weary. But mornings have a way of saying to my soul - no matter how bad yesterday was or how many mistakes I made - that today is a new day, a new chance, a fresh start. Just like the dawn defeats the night with the rising sun, so hope can rise and shine on us each day. That's what I see in this painting of the morning light outside a friend's house in Colorado.
"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
-Stella Adler
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Paintings 6-10
06 - "The Perfect Evening"
6x6 - Gallery wrapped canvas
We had a surprise visit from some friends this summer, and we were trying to figure out what to do that evening. The weather was uncertain as it was windy and cloudy most of the day. But we decided we wanted an adventure on the water, so at about 7pm we launched and headed across the Saratoga Passage to Coupeville on Whidbey Island, where I had heard there were some restaurants on the water.
The water was glass. The evening air was perfect. The ride across was smooth and fast. The boat glided across the water. We came to Coupeville and found a fantastic restaurant where we had clam chowder and fish & chips. And when we set back out on the water, the sun was setting and I looked back at the pier and took the photo that this painting is based on.
Not every day is perfect. But this one evening sure seemed like it was.
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07 - Silent Waters
6x6 - Framed
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We went to Tofino on Vancouver Island many years ago. It was winter. The waters and coastline were rough, jagged, cold. But it was not only that. I pulled this image out of my mind from that trip.
08 - "The Walk Near Iverson Beach"
12x12 - Framed
A beach. A bird sanctuary. A trail. A small waterway reflecting morning. How can I stay away from places such as these? It seems impossible to resist when beauty like this calls for me to attempt to capture the smallest amount of this glory on canvas.
These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
- Claude Monet
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09 - "A Morning in November"
15x30 - Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Somewhere between mountains and foothills, down along a flood plain next to a river lies a little town. And into this town I rode the bus to go to school as a kid. Every day we would pass from our island onto the mainland over a bridge and see this. I probably saw this scene a thousand times growing up. I wonder if I ever really saw it, though. I wonder if I ever gazed out the window of the bus with awe. I wonder if I ever asked the bus driver to slow down so I could stare longer. Because that's what I'm like now. And I feel like a kid just trying to see a little bit more.
"Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons."
- Al Hirschfeld
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10 - "The Small Road"
16x20 - Framed
I've driven on a lot of highways. And they are great for getting you somewhere fast. But often when I'm on a highway I look around and wonder what small roads are out there. Because it is the small roads, the country roads, that I love. They often parallel the highway, but the journey is so different. On small roads there is more to see. Small roads cause you to drive slower. Small roads often lead to surprising places you never would have guessed were there. Small roads wind and turn through trees and along shorelines. Small roads are good for the soul.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
- Robert Frost
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