My wife loves this one because you can see the rain coming down from the clouds. She loves to hear it rain and when she cannot hear it – she looks at this painting and imagines it is raining.
Storm at Sea
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Presque Isle
Presque Isle County is in the lower peninsular in Michigan. Its name was given by the early French settlers. The word “presque” means almost. That word describes the peninsula that is surrounded by Lake Huron on the east, Grand Lake on the west with very narrow strips of land that connect it to the mainland at both north and south ends. In other words, it is “almost an island.”
There are two lighthouses on this peninsula – Old Presque Isle lighthouse built in 1840 and New Presque Isle lighthouse built in 1870. The 1870 Lighthouse is the tallest light on the Great Lakes that the public may climb.
A beautiful spot where you can watch both sunrise and sunset over Lake Huron.
This beautiful place inspired this painting of the “new” lighthouse of 1870.
Texas Sunset
During my career in the United States Air Force, I was stationed in Texas several times.
- Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
- Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
- Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas
There’s nothing more beautiful than a Texas sky. Watching the sun set over the wide open spaces was alway a great way to end the day.
Memories of those sunsets inspired my painting.
While I now live in Michigan I have several family members who call Texas their home. One of my granddaughters there now has this painting. She said she displays it in the hallway leading to her main bedroom where she sees it as she begins and ends her day.
Beginning Again
When I was young and in the United States Air Force, I began painting.
However, as my family grew and so did my responsibilities, I gave up painting thinking I would return to it when I retired from the United States Air Force. Upon retirement, I went to college and became a missionary/pastor. That left me little time for painting.
Upon my second retirement, I began painting again. My wife had never seen my paintings from earlier in my life so when I started my first painting, she was watching carefully to see just how good I was. 🙂
This is my first attempt after many years to paint a landscape. She loved it and for many years we kept it displayed in our home.
Recently I gave it to my son. As I approach my 85th birthday, I have begun giving some of my paintings to children, grandchildren and friends. There are a few my wife says I cannot give away as she loves them. But, I got her approval to pass this one.
Hope you enjoy it! I call it “The Edge of the Stream.”
Along the Stream
My wife loves white birch trees. In our home in Illinois we had several birch trees in our back yard. After moving to Michigan she misses our white birch trees. Actually there are lots of white birch trees here, but in our back yard we have evergreen trees.
So I painted her a set of paintings of white birtch trees. She was a happy camper.
At a recent art show, I sold the paintings. One visitor at the art show came by, stopped and said how much she loved the paintings. She wanted to know if they were for sale. Looking at my wife in hesitation, she smiled and said “yes they are.”
She was glad someone else loved the paintings as much as she did and she informed me I could just paint her another set of white birch trees.
Guess what I will be doing now?
Starburst
So excited to have this painting sold at our local art gallery. The couple that bought it has it displayed in their family room. They loved all the bright colors.
God’s Miracle For Me
In March of 2020 just as Covid was beginning, I fell in the basement of our condo. My art gallery is there and I was stepping down from a chair after hanging a painting. My foot caught in my pant leg and I hit the floor hard.
This was on a Thursday and on Sunday I begin to get a terrible headache. My wife and I went to church that morning, but after lunch the headache was so severe I asked her to take me to the emergency room.
Because of Covid they would not let her go in with me and told her to go home and wait for their call. About 45 minutes later they called and told her they were rushing me to the larger hospital in our capital about 25 miles from our home. She waited anxiously at home not knowing what would happen.
She received a call from the hospital about an hour later. They told her I would have to have emergency surgery or I would die. The fall had caused a brain bleed. For several days I was in ICU on a ventilator and the doctors could not say what, if any, damage had been done to my brain until they could get me off the ventilator.
The doctor’s report to my wife was not good. He said I might have difficulty speaking or understanding others, difficulty swallowing, difficulty walking. Yet, within ten days I was home.
My son-in-law brought my art supplies from my art gallery in the basement to our dining room. There at the dining table I painted a lighthouse scene.
Later I entered this in a contest with over 44 artists entries. I won second price in that contest. This photograph does not do the painting justice (need to get a good camera) but the colors are very bright.
Five years later, I have absolutely no problems from the brain bleed. I was back to normal in just a few weeks. God is good!
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