Favorable WInds - Watercolor Sketch Series

Watercolor Sketch Series – “Favorable Winds” (off Myrtle Beach State Park)
Watercolor, 4” x 5”

Part of my Haiku/Haiga Mini Seascape series — each piece is a study in distillation and restraint. By simplifying form and eliminating unnecessary detail, I aim to create space for the viewer to engage — to “complete the scene in the mind’s eye.”

This idea emerged while reading haiku poetry. I began sketching imagery inspired by the words, then adapted the haiku structure to my seascape studies: three lines translated into three visual zones — beach, water, and sky. The process gave me a kind of freedom, allowing me to focus more deeply on brushwork, subtle shifts in shape, and the quiet dialogue of color.

Available $225  DM for details.

 

Favorable Winds - Myrtle Beach (Haiku Watercolor)

Priming for a beach visit next month, re-posted another favorite of mine, “Favorable Winds - Myrtle Beach" watercolor, 4” x 5". From my Haiku/Haiga, mini seascape painting series. As mentioned before, a distillation of form and shape, eliminating unnecessary detail. Less is more. Enabling the viewer to contemplate, and add accordingly - "and complete them in the mind's eye."
This idea was triggered by reading haiku poetry and then sketching images of the words. Then I thought, I’ll apply part of the haiku poem formula to my beach sketches, starting with three lines, and then editing visually.
Now back to finishing this other commission before I can go!

Paintings for Private and Public places

Paintings for private and public places. I am now accepting commissions and site specific projects. Please contact me by email with inquires youngtimothyw@gmail.com. 
On view view here, 5ft x 6ft oil painting "Symphony of Shadows (The Beach Scene)." For sale.
This painting is a contemporary view done in a painterly manner, exposing the various hues that are in shaded areas of forms and cast shadows. The scene is of my two daughters enjoying a hot sunny mid-day summer at Myrtle Beach State Park, SC.
The objects scattered throughout are all significant to the family grouping of a day at the beach. The girls are both reading books from the Chronicle of Narnia series, the old beach weathered umbrella is borrowed from their grandfather. Flip flops, shovel, bucket, Frisbee, towels, etc., all items hauled down to a beach, becoming for me a visual cornucopia of values and colors in their forms and cast shadows. Even the sand divots, moon and contrail reveal a value and color.

Le Dejeuner sur la Beach

Le Dejeuner sur la Beach, oil on canvas, 48” x 48”
(For sale: $2,800, contact me at youngtimothyw@gmail.com)
Studio musing: One thing I appreciate about the painter Peter Doig is his unapologetic referencing of artists or situations that influence his work. Many fear it or obfuscate it thinking it demeans their uniqueness. To the contrary, I think it actually enhances the viewer or patrons understanding, and thus appreciation.

This thought occurred while discussing “Le Dejeuner sur la Beach” at my last exhibit during my presentation. The scene is simple and direct, hot sunny day on a beach, a figure standing in the foreground blocking the activity behind, a gentleman bending as he hunts for shells? Beach umbrellas, canopies, bathers, buildings, and bright sky, all reflect a typical day at the beach. But also reflected are my influences (for various reasons) of past artists, the sky - Rockwell Kent, the seascape scene - Edward Potthast, the ambiguity of the facial feature in the lady in blue suit - Elmer Bischoff, and the bending figure left middle ground - Manet's curious background figure in his “Luncheon on the Grass.” All this can make for a very exploratory viewing piece, and there is more to the painting. But as Doig cautions, shouldn't explain too much, the painting should do it. So I'll stop.

Path to the Cabin (Myrtle Beach State Park)

Path to the Cabin (Myrtle Beach State Park) oil on canvas, 30" x 30"
(For sale: $1,200, contact me at youngtimothyw@gmail.com)

Prelude to my upcoming "New Paintings" solo exhibit at The Robert E. Wilson Art Gallery, Merillat Centre for the Arts, Huntington University, Huntington, Indiana. September 10 - October 16, artist reception Friday, September 18th, 6:00pm-7:30pm.
This painting is of the path that leads back to the State Park cabins from the beach. The expressive painterly tones suggest the South Carolina coastal warmth and light breezes I enjoy so much, (a little Twachtman-ish.)

Suzan's Hawaii

Suzan's Hawaii, oil on canvas, 48" x 48" (in process.)
Available for commissions a client stopped by the studio, had a nice discussion on my analytic painting process, prompted me to post the early stage of this painting. One of a series I'm working on, (My daughter while in Hawaii with a friend took a shot of this scene from her room.) Originally it was formatted horizontally, I squared it to punctuate the composition and tones I was attracted to. I'll substitute my own painterly visual interests, a form of painting by proxy, as it develops.

Red Canopy - Springmaid Beach Resort, Myrtle Beach

Red Canopy (Springmaid Pier, Myrtle Beach), oil on canvas, 24" x 30"

A work in progress: A direct response of the light without the overt detail of the scene. I will be further punctuating the color passages throughout. (Maybe a little tribute to Potthast?)

Storm Front (Myrtle Beach State Park)

Storm Front (Myrtle Beach State Park), oil on canvas, 40" x 30"
For sale: USD $2,500. Does not include sales tax and shipping. Contact me for more information.

Kilo/Echo Marine Nautical Flag Series

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Kilo/Echo (Marine Nautical Flag Series) Veteran's Memorial Park, Avon Lake, Ohio. oil on canvas, 12 x 9"

Yes, another addition to my painting a day Marine Nautical Flag series. The light and sound still attracts me to these little flag moments. I backed up a few feet on this one.

Oscar/November Marine Nautical Flag Series

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Oscar/November (Marine Nautical Flag Series) Veteran's Memorial Park, Avon Lake, oil on canvas board, 12 x 9"

Another addition to my "painting a day" Marine Nautical Flag series. While visiting Avon Lake (in-laws) I walk down to the Veteran's Memorial Park over looking Lake Erie. I enjoy hearing the flapping sounds of the nautical flags by the boat ramp. The sound reminds me of a number of films by Akira Kurosawa showing flags and banners waving with their snappy audible sound.