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This is a scene at Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia. I painted this from photographs I took in August 2010. This study was followed by a larger painting of the same scene which I called "Peggy's Cove." I completed the larger painting using more detail and made some changes that I think improved the composition a bit. However, in many ways I like this smaller painting better. It's looser and more spontaneous, and I think I handled the foreground and background elements better than I did in the larger painting. I'm starting to catch onto the message that's often being given to me when I compare my quick studies to some of my more "serious" paintings.

I made my first attempt at painting with oils in 1977 and immediately fell in love with the medium. Since then, I have painted in spurts, often experiencing long periods of inactivity. But once I was exposed to oil painting I have thought about painting almost constantly. After I retired in 1996, I became active in the performing arts as a musician, singer, actor, theater set designer and director. Through all this, I never stopped thinking about painting, and now painting has become my primary creative outlet. I have never had any formal art lessons. From books, and more recently the Internet, I have learned a lot. Mostly, however, I figure things out for myself, and this is the most rewarding part of the experience for me. My...