A few more steps to " Andy "

New Orleans Northshore (Mandeville, La Lakefront) ( in progress)

Small Craft Advisory for Lake Pontchartrain

Impressionistic Lake Pontchartrain Sunset

                      16x 20 , Acrylic on Canvas

Another step to Andrew Jackson

Third session additional layers onto Andrew Jackson - Jackson Square New Orleans
20x16 canvas

Andrew Jackson

The deep contrast in color tones  and the backdrop of the blue sky,attracted me to do this New Orleans landmark. Andrew Jackson before the St Louis Cathedral New Orleans, after first few  layers.
20 x 16/ canvas

Egret over Marsh

New Orleans Streetcar

New Orleans Street Car

Sailboat on Lake Pontchartrain and Egret over the marsh

Sailboat on Lake Pontchartrain

More highlights added to water and light tones

Added a sail boat to the Lake Pontchartrain painting. 16 x 20, acrylic on canvas

What has been a very slow progress towards completion, the egret has finally been blocked - in

One day recently in taking photos for future painting projects, in an instant I had noticed a photo op .Ever since, one of those pictures captured started an obsession with painting and completing it, to the exclusion of all other simultaneous unfinished pieces. Here is where I am with it now

Prepped and ready for the Egret

The Marsh Painting,16 x 20 on canvas

More layers and new work on foreground.
Additional layers to follow and decision as to whether or not  to include the egret in this painting, or just start another painting ,
as the storm in this piece has taken over as the focal point.
The decision was made to go forward  with Egret .

Marsh

The background to the marsh painting is nearly completed.
I have revised it to include details of the cumulonimbus thunderstorm clouds, clustered in the distance.
The far end of the clouds from this vantage point  fade into the distance near the horizon.
The beveled look  to the  horizon is not actually painted that way.
Will adjust and correct to true view in the in the  image software at next posting.

Background on marsh painting nearly finished

Louisiana marsh study

Through this study, getting down the basics of tone, color, sky - water marsh, and background, for a marsh landscape, that might include an Egret

Lake Pontchartrain seawall

New study
Lake Pontchartrain seawall