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Sleeping Bear Cottonwoods, Pierce Stocking Drive, Michigan
varnished for UV protection.
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First Light, Northport Michigan
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Traverse City Iris Farm, Traverse City Michigan
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November Surprise
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Along the Way, Good Harbor Bay, Sleeping Bear Dunes Michigan
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Indiana Dunes National Park, Miller Woods, Trail's End
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Blue Skies, Big Waves on Lake Michigan
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Bumper Crop, Cherry Orchard, Northport, Michigan, Acrylic Painting
This summer had an especially bountiful cherry crop for the farms in the Leelanau Peninsula and Traverse City area of northern Michigan. I just love the golden grasses and wildflowers contrasted against the olive greens and reds.
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High Water, Sleeping Bear Bay, Sleeping Bear Dunes Michigan
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Kelderhouse Farm August Afternoon, Sleeping Bear Dunes
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August Dream, Leelanau Michigan
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Kirk Park Beach, Lake Michigan
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Hot August Afternoon, Sleeping Bear Dunes Michigan
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Morning Hope, Leelanau County, Michigan
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Resting, Fishtown, Leland, Michigan
This little boat rests prettily among the waving grasses next to the river rushing out of Fishtown, Leland, Michigan. I bet it has had some fun in it's day.
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Morning Has Broken, Good Harbor Bay, Sleeping Bear Dunes
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Last Stretch, Platte River Beach, Sleeping Bear Dunes Michigan
Original acrylic painting on stretched canvas with UV coating, 16" x 20." This peaceful June morning light highlighted the campion bladder flowers on the sandy hill, and shadows stretched into the Platte River. Soon families came to enjoy the warm river water, but for a while it was all mine.
Clearing Skies, Esch Beach, Sleeping Bear Dunes
Original Acrylic painting on stretched canvas with UV coating, 16" x 20." A more perfect morning couldn't be had to paint this quiet stretch of Sleeping BearDunes National Lakeshore as the sun warmed the soft sand and lit up lake Michigan.
Along M-22
Original acrylic painting on stretched canvas with UV coating, 14" x 18." The wildflowers were glowing in this field along M-22 just south of Northport, Michigan on this hot July afternoon. I love how this old cottonwood is hanging on and letting go at the same time.
August Skies Over Leelanau, Michigan
Original acrylic painting on stretched canvas with UV coating, 12" x 16." I hurried to capture the coming storm, then ran inside to finish this colorful view of August fields and barns at this intersection just north of Cedar, Michigan. It feels like it could be a hundred years ago...
October Reflections on the Grand River, Grand Ledge MI
Original acrylic painting on stertched canvas with UV coating, 12" x 16." The leaves had just begun to turn on this magical early October day spent painting with friends at Island Park in Grand Ledge, Michigan. It's fun to capture the reflections in the water and all the variations of color this time of year.
November at Lake Narada
Original acrylic painting with UV coating, 18" x 14." This quiet little lake in the heart of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore can be seen along M22 just north of Glen Arbor. It's a favorite of mine to paint, filled with lilies and grasses and changes dramatically with the seasons.
Mama Bear--Sleeping Bear Point
Original acrylic painting on stretched canvas, 22" x 28" x 1.5." I painted this magical view from the top of the bluff at Sleeping Bear Point, in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The extra thick sides of this canvas are painted with a continuation of the scene, so it does not need framing and it comes with a hanging wire.