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Paintings from 2025

Starting off 2025 with a re-do of a 2022 painting of a Hudson loco crossing the MCR bridge. The first one had a weird perspective. This is what I hope it will end up looking like:

Instead of this one.

The locomotive is NYC 5434 Hudson, based on a photo taken in 1953, showing the last Hudson being used for passenger service in Canada on the NYC

This is TODAY, Feb 3rd. Finally pulled the trigger! It was hard to paint over a painting, because you never know what you're going to end up with! Still a ways to go with details.

But it's a start.
Mar 3/25, more details added- still a WIP!

Mar 9/25, below- finished to my satisfaction. I also improved the look of the foliage under the bridge. What do you think of the final rendition?

This is the previous photo, but enhanced with AI. It's smoother, but I feel that the details have been lost a bit.

A small landscape painting, that I am calling Deep in the Woods. It's 8x10" acrylic on canvas board. Fun to paint.

Below is another small landscape painting, that I am calling Clam Harbour Lower Falls, and is a place in Nova Scotia. It's 8x10" acrylic on canvas board. This took longer than I thought it would because of all the elements & the fact that I was painting a scene from an actual location. Imaginary scenes are easier. This one probably took 12 hours, whereas the one above took about 3-4, so quite a difference. My favorite part of this painting is how I depicted the pool at the base of the falls.

Below is an example of what I do with the stretched canvas, showing painting all the exposed outer & back canvas, and applying a hanging wire. This way, no frame is needed.

	Visit my Facebook page, and "like" it. Paintings from 2025
	Starting off 2025 with a re-do of a 2022 painting of a Hudson loco crossing the MCR bridge. The first one had a weird perspective. This is what I hope it will end up looking like: Instead of this one. The locomotive is NYC 5434 Hudson, based on a photo taken in 1953, showing the last Hudson being used for passenger service in Canada on the NYC
	This is TODAY, Feb 3rd. Finally pulled the trigger! It was hard to paint over a painting, because you never know what you're going to end up with! Still a ways to go with details.
	But it's a start. Mar 3/25, more details added- still a WIP! Mar 9/25, below- finished to my satisfaction. I also improved the look of the foliage under the bridge. What do you think of the final rendition? This is the previous photo, but enhanced with AI. It's smoother, but I feel that the details have been lost a bit.

A small landscape painting, that I am calling Deep in the Woods. It's 8x10" acrylic on canvas board. Fun to paint.

	Below is another small landscape painting, that I am calling Clam Harbour Lower Falls, and is a place in Nova Scotia. It's 8x10" acrylic on canvas board. This took longer than I thought it would because of all the elements & the fact that I was painting a scene from an actual location. Imaginary scenes are easier. This one probably took 12 hours, whereas the one above took about 3-4, so quite a difference. My favorite part of this painting is how I depicted the pool at the base of the falls.











	Below is an example of what I do with the stretched canvas, showing painting all the exposed outer & back canvas, and applying a hanging wire. This way, no frame is needed.