My First Painting

In 1984 when I was a freshman in high school, I enjoyed watching William Alexander on our local PBS station and dreamed of being able to paint.  I received  a set of oil paints from my parents and took a chance.  While watching Bill Alexander work his magic with his wet on wet oil technique I tried my best to copy his strokes.  I wish I had the name of the original painting as I would love to try it again now that I am older (much older).   If anyone stumbling upon this blog recognizes it please comment :)
anyway...here it is...my first painting...

Shortly after this, I took a semester of art with Mr Garrett at CPP West High School.  Other than a brief drawing class at 171 Cedar Arts Center in Corning one summer when I was in middle school...this was my only art training.

This is the 2nd oil I painted and the last until 2010.  We will get to my newest foray into the world of oils in a future post as my fingers have ADD and can't type very long at one sitting :)

Somewhere in Arizona...1984
I used a photo from a trip there to visit our cousins in the 1970's.