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"Cosmos"

This seems to me to be a most unusual autumn.  We have yet to have had a hard frost and here it is November.  Flowers are still trying to look their best.  A few Cosmos which we admired all summer are still "hanging in there."  It prompted me to do this small painting.  As an added incentive, I need some small pieces for an upcoming show November 12th in Marquette, MI.

Ken

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Hemingwy Home

Winter is not far off and I was thinking about past winter-time travels. Years ago, before they priced me out of our trips to the Florida Keys, my wife and I used to love to visit the Hemingway home in Key West.  It is one of the few places where I always got a real feeling of being where history occured, in this case where he wrote many of the stories I so enjoyed.

The painting here is severly cropped but it is the best I could do right now.  Like my travel, this painting is from years ago.

Ken

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"Marsden's Little Nell"

I came across this painting that I did of Nell in 1978.  She was the greatest dog we ever had in our family.  Her hunting feats were legendary but at the same time she was wonderful around the house.  She died in 1985 and I still miss her.

Ken

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"Upper Peninsula, Michigan"   I'm still not satisfied with the composition and welcome comments.

Ken

"Bond Falls"


Yes!  I posted this painting before.  After showing it to fellow artist Suzy Decker I decided to follow her advice and soften the top of the waterfall.  She was correct.  It improved the painting.

Suzy is an excellent artist.  She also has work in the East Ludington Gallery in Escanaba, MI.

Ken

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"Bond Falls"
One of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan's most magnificent waterfalls.  I did take a few liberties with the composition.

Ken

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"Hollyhocks"

Ken Marsden