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"Blue Crisp Autumn at Walcot Mill"

Oil painting 24" x 18"

"They said the ghost of the old farmer would stalk around the buildings, move a tool here or there or sweep the dust across the floor leaving the broom leaning at some new point along the wall. On the outside, the stark white-washed barn presented a range of colors on the bright neutral surfaces of the building. In the dance of shadows, the October light was speaking in colors. It gave no hint of the inside where the shadows were deep and rich and gave room for your imagination to roam. . ."

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Safe Harbor at Grand Haven, oil painting

One of my panoramic paintings of Lake Michigan, Safe Harbor is about the smallness of human structures against the vasteness of nature.

#garth glazier #garth glazier wordplay arts #garth glazier illustration #garthglazierarts #lake michigan #lakes #lighthouses #landscapes #great lakes #seascape painting #landscape painting #painting #realism #acrylic painting #contemporary art #summer painting #summer #storm sky #weather #sailing #boats #sailboat #sea

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"First Breath of Autumn"

Oil painting 18" x 24"

Fantasy Book Cover Illustration for a self published project.

Based on the story of a dairy barn cat and the spirit of the old farmer who that haunts the property. Created from personal images taken at the rural Wolcott Mill complex in Macomb County Michigan.

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Red Squirrel Overlook at Grand Haven

The first of my Silent Night Series for Christmas 2023 featuring native animals of Michigan in winter landscapes.

#garth glazier #garth glazier wordplay arts #garth glazier illustration #garthglazierarts #squirrel #wildlife #tree #trees #trees and forests #branches #winter #pine trees #snow #winter wonderland #michigan #greeting card art #fine art #fine art prints #christmas illustration #christmas time #holidays #fineartamerica

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Silent Night Bobcat at Indian Lake

Number eleven in the series shows a full moon rising behind a red lynx nestled in the crook of a buttonwood tree. The sighting of a shy lynx is as fleeting as the gloaming when the light of day fades to give way to the veil of night and the shadows become iridescent and shadows fill with light.

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"Fair Weather at North Range Light"

A small picturesque lighthouse that is used in tandem with the main lighthouse at Bailey Harbor in Door County Wisconsin by ships on the lake to locate their position. Acrylic painting on 18" x 24"wood panel.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fair-weather-at-north-range-light-garth-glazier.html

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"Storm Warning At Mission Point Light"

A well known lighthouse in Traverse Bay Michigan with classic stark angular lines. Acrylic painting on 24" x 18"wood panel.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/storm-warning-at-mission-point-light-garth-glazier.html

#lighthouses #lighthouse art #painting #lake michigan art #mission point michigan #traverse city #garth glazier #garthglazierarts #storm sky #clouds #sky art

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My Silent Night Series of animal graphics from 2018 through 2022.

#animal art #animal paintings #animals #garth glazier #garthglazierarts #animal illustration #owl illustration #deer illustration #rabbit illustration #raccon illustration #beaver illustration #owl art #fox illustration #fox painting #owl painting #beaver pond #nocturnal animals #winter #landscapes

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Vintage Jimi Hendrix

A great face and that hair is always fun to render.

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Silent Night Mink in the Porcupine Mountains

A Michigan ermine in its white winter coat catching a trout in one of the countless streams in the Porcupine Mountains. Merry Christmas!

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Vintage Jimi Hendrix

A great face and that hair is always fun to render. I choose a monochromatic approach to emphasize shapes an create a vintage mood.

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“Buddy Rich on Fire”

"When I look think of Buddy Rich on fire at the drums it reminds me of why I create art. His joyful intensity on the drums is how I feel on a good day, when an invisible voice seems to have whispered into my ear, and said Go!, and the brush or the pen swings free, without restraint, without limits. I remember hearing and seeing him on the Johnny Carson Show. His was a wild abandon of the soul, a divine madness of creation. You can see it in his face, in the explosive expression of the boy artist never grown up. The joy was palpable and Johnny who was a drummer, loved to have him on the show for just that reason. He would always bring the house down."

Garth Glazier, 2023

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“Buddy Rich on Fire”

When I look think of Buddy Rich on fire at the drums

it reminds me of why I create art.

His joyful intensity on the drums is how I feel on a good day,

when an invisible voice seems to have whispered into my ear,

and said-go!, and the brush or the pen swings free,

without restraint, without limits.

I remember hearing and seeing him on the Johnny Carson Show.

His was a wild abandon of the soul, a divine madness of creation.

You can see it in his face, in the explosive expression

of the boy artist never grown up.

The joy was palpable and Johnny who was a drummer,

loved to have him on the show for just that reason.

He would always bring the house down.

#buddy rich #garth glazier #garth glazier wordplay arts #garth glazier illustration #garthglazierarts #jazz artist #drums #drum solo #drumset #drumsticks #musical instruments #jazz art #music art #song art #music artists #song fanart #music artwork #music fanart #portrait painting #portraiture #painting #figurative

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"The Pine Barrens"

"Along the low ridge just before the path reached the creek there was this stand of red and white pines tightly packed causing the air to hush in the needles and drop to a silent calm at ground level. If there was ever a point along the path that would raise the hair on the back of your neck this was the spot, so silent you just had to stop and stand still waiting for any sound like the friendly chirp of a bird or a squirrel gnawing on a nut, but there was nothing. . ."

Oil painting 24" x 18"

#garth glazier #garth glazier wordplay arts #garthglazierarts #garth glazier illustration #pine barrens #michigan #forest painting #forest #trees #woods #branches #fog #mystery #oil painting

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Silent Night Jack Pine RabbitI 

I picked a good subject for a truly wintery Christmas night of 2022 along the shores of Lake Michigan. Only a random rabbit in its full winter coat might be out in the bitter cold of a Michigan Jack Pine forest on a night like this.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/silent-night-jack-pine-rabbit-garth-glazier.html

#rabbit #winter #garth glazier #garthglazierarts #rabbit illustration #animal art #animal graphics #animal illustration #landscape art

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Burning Off the Fog

One of two paintings from my latest workshop in early August. This 16" x 12" acrylic painting on wood panel shows the view looking up toward the dunes from Oval Beach in Saugatuck. The clouds were fascinating. This is a small companion painting to a larger painting I am completing this week from a scene on Oval Beach from the same day.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/burning-off-the-fog-garth-glazier.html

#fog #beach #summer #sagatuck mi #holland michigan #garth glazier #garthglazierarts #beach dunes #lake michigan #landscape art #painting