Work samples

  • The River Bends
    The River Bends
    Yellowstone National Park, 16 x 20 inches on stretched canvas, original oil capturing the peacefulness of the moment in an extraordinary place.
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    11 x 14 inch oil on canvas board, Lewes, Delaware lighthouse
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    8 x 10 inch on canvas board, reference photo by Shari Gaines, meandering stream with lush vegatation.
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    9 x 12 inch on canvas board, oil, Marshland in Fenwich Island, Delaware

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About CJ

Howard County  
I love our natural environment.  My love of nature started at an early age encouraged by my father.  As a child I spent countless hours outdoors.  I stopped home for meals, but most days could be found in the woods or doing crafts such as making ink out of flower petals or creating clay animals.  I lived for the freedom of summertime. 

As I got older I relished spending time hiking, biking, camping and visiting new and exciting places.   I noticed early on how being  in nature was… more
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Landscapes

I try to capture in my  landscapes the awe in every-day scenes that we see and often pass by without seeing.  It's the angle of the light hitting the trees that captivates me, the color of the stones  in a stream, the myriad shapes and textures. 

  • Landscape
    Landscape

    Sunflower Sea, 16 x 20 inches, oil, stretched canvas, reference by David Callahan

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  • Landscape
    Landscape

    Colorado Springtime, 6 x 6 inches, oil on stretched canvas reference by Janice Barnes Richardson.

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  • Landscape
    Landscape

    South West 1, 8 x 10 inch, oil, canvas board, reference photo by Ray Nosbaum

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  • Gorman's Farm
    Gorman's Farm
    Gorman's Farm: Easily one of the most beautiful organic farms in Howard County. I created this stretched canvas oil painting after a visit there to pick strawberries. -- 8" X 10" oil painting on stretched canvas
  • Light Comes Between
    Light Comes Between

    Landscape of Zion National Park; a late afternoon sun casting shadows between the rock formations -- 11" X 14" oil painting on stretched canvas

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    • Water Ways

    Water, with the life which flourishes around it,  poses a particular challenge in painting.  These  paintings reflect some of these extraordinary environments in different seasons.

    • Water Ways
      Water Ways

      This painting is taken in Scottland, reference by David Deamer.  It is 11 x 14 inches, oil, canvas board.

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    • Water Ways
      Water Ways

      Beautiful lake at eye level, Lily Pond, oil, stretched canvas, 16 x 20 inch, refernce photo taken from a kayak by Deneena Hughes.

    • Water ways
      Water ways

      Evening Stillness, lovely marsh landscape in South Carolina, oil on stretched canvas, reference photo by Heidi Benet Magyar --16" X 20" impressionistic oil painting on canvas board

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    • Solitude
      Solitude

      This painting is a composite oil painting of serveral images brought together, impressionistic in its style. -- 9" X 12" oil painting on canvas board

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    • Around the Bend
      Around the Bend
      Rich blues in the waterway at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge. -- 11" X 14" oil painting on stretched canvas
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    • Animals

    I have always been an animal lover. I paint oils of animals I have had the privedge to know and those who have granted their permission to capture by photographs.

    • Animals
      Animals

      Mr Bibbs, 11 x 14 inches, oil, canvas board, reference photo by Olivia Michell

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    • Animal
      Animal

      This is our beautiful Patches, part border collie and part lab.  He had the intelligence of the border collie but the disposition of the lab.  Painted on stretched canvas, oil, 11 x 14 inches.

    • Animal
      Animal

      Beautiful king fisher, 8 x 10 inches, oil, canvas board, reference by Pat Hall

    • Animals
      Animals

      Beautiful Mia was a commission painting for a dear friend, 8 x 10 inches, oil, canvas board

    • Alison's Bunny
      Alison's Bunny
      Painted with her permission, "Alison's Bunny" is derived from a photo taken by Alison Epsom. The image is an attempt create a blurred photo quality while capturing the innocence of this beautiful bunny. -- 8" X 10" oil painting on canvas board
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    • Marshes

    I have always been drawn to marshes with their  diverse plant and aquatic species.  These paintings are derived from the  east coasts and shores of Maryland.

    • Marsh
      Marsh

       Lovely day last winter 2023 at Bethany Beach, DE.  This painting is an oil on stretched canvas, 16 x 20 inches.

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    • Georgia Marshland
      Georgia Marshland
      Georgia marshland, muted grasses in shades of olives greens, yellows, and red variations, -- 8" X 10" oil painting on stretched canvas
    • Fertile Marshland
      Fertile Marshland
      Impressionistic style oil painting of marshland outside the "Hobbit Restuarant" in Ocean City, MD. -- 8" X 10" oil painting on stretched canvas
    • Hidden Treasure
      Hidden Treasure

      Lovely marsh at the Kent Narrows bridge on the Eastern Shore of Md. -- 8" X 10" brush and knife oil painting on canvas board

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    • The Womb
      The Womb

      A lake in New Hampshire which looks so filled with life. A truly wonderful representation of Mother Earth at her finest. -- 8" X 10" oil painting on stretched canvas

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