TBT This was eleven years ago today just after sunrise on a tributary of the Chassahowitska River on the west coast of Florida.

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Sunrise, Baird Creek Oil On Linen 18" x 24"

Think this one is finished. This is just after sunrise on a creek that feeds into the Chassahoowitzka River on the west coast of Florida.

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Work in Progress Sunrise, Baird Creek Oil On Linen 18" x 24"

This was next on the list to try and get closer to finished. Not quite there, but closer!

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Work in Progress Sunrise, Baird Creek Oil On Linen 18" x 24"

Now everything has been roughly laid out in paint. There are a lot of rough patches that I want to address, but will set it aside a little before coming back to finish it.

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Work in Progress Sunrise, Baird Creek Oil On Linen 18" x 24"

Okay, so some real work on this. I'm sort of starting in the middle, where the eye's interest is, and then will move out - before refining the same areas again later...

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Work in Progress Sunrise, Baird Creek Oil On Linen 18" x 24"

This is in a Frankenstein's monster stage now; I'm moving past the marker drawing to make it into an oil painting, but it's still very rough. Now the next round of work begins.

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Work in Progress Sunrise, Baird Creek Oil On Linen 18" x 24"

Some more work on this one.

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Work in Progress Sunrise, Baird Creek Oil On Linen 18" x 24"

Just beginning this one. I had to wait until the underpainting had dried in this rainy season to start on the drawing, using felt markers. Now the real work begins.

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TBT One of my oldest and dearest friends used to live on a spring fed river on the west coast of Florida. In winter, the air is colder than the water, so this wonderful mist forms on the surface. This is from a sunrise paddle nine years ago.

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