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Welcome to the Whitehead Gallery
Please look around and enjoy the site.
My oil paintings are the result of a decade
of summer study in Maine, growing up in
the midwest, and most recent
challenges in Europe. Please email me if
you have any questions.
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July 27, 2010The newsletter is done, but I want to finish up a couple paintings before sending it out. For those that frequently visit this site its at news 2010. Little boat painting below will go up on ebay later this week along with a nice still life.
I've added a little image legend to the left that shows the availability of paintings on this page. I'm trying out this setup for a bit; please feel free to send me some feedback if its not making sense which paintings are for sale or any other concerns.
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July 23, 2010I'm back from my 2010 trip to Maine. The reason I went so early this year was to be with my mom and late step-father as well as other family there. I'm putting together a short online newsletter that will be ready soon; I'll email those on my list when its up. I don't have anything for ebay for the next couple days, but over the next couple months there will be some great art available. Somehow over the last couple updates I let a bunch of typos in which have been located and removed.
There is now an image legend to the left under the menu part. You'll be able to see what is available where and if something is sold. I'll go through the gallery pages when I get back from Piotrkow.
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July 11, 2010Weather forecasts have been keeping me from Schoodic and Mt. Desert Isle so I've been doing more work around Brooksville. Today was the first day in quite a few that the weather forecast was correct - rain and fog. Its been partly cloudy at most the past week, but we've had warnings of rain, gloom, and fog. I've got a small painting up on ebay now; click picture above to go to that auction; it ends next Sunday a little later than normal (11:55pm EST). Its a sunset painting of Mark Island with lighthouse as viewed before we got the fog and rain a week ago.
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June 27, 2010It feels good to have my studio computer in Maine up, running, and online and be able to get an update here; this update isn't very exciting though. One thing I need to note is I don't have my database emails here in Maine this year; this means that I can't send out email news, reminders, or auction announcements. As soon as I'm back in Poland I'll send around a well written newsletter late July.
Flight to Maine went well. Bus from Boston to Bangor was great. It took a bit of time to adjust back to English; several times I found myself speaking Polish.
I went to Bar Harbor today to stop in at the Argosy Gallery and to do some work, but somehow the work part ended up shopping for some jeans and food items. Monday I'm going to set up the studio painting area and get to work. As this is written I have no idea what the first painting will be, but I've got a pile of supplies along with canvas and some energy. I'll try to get something up on ebay by Thursday as well.
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June 22, 2010I'm going to Maine this Wednesday to be with family for a month. I'll be in my studio there, but may not be painting for some amount of time. I wish I had more to say about this right now, but it is an un-scheduled trip.
I'll have email and computer access and will be updating more once I get there. Lots of love for you, my friends and family, during this challenging time.
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June 14, 2010Two 14 x 11 paintings done that will be for sale very soon; they are needing of a varnish and final digitals. edit: Both are at the Argosy Gallery in Bar Harbor.
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June 8, 2010
After researching for quite some time and chatting with different folks I've found a good gallery to show work in and they have accepted me. Many paintings on this site are already on their way to there. I haven't decided how to adjust the gallery sections of this website yet, but currently works that will be shown at The Argosy Gallery are noted as such in the details of each painting. The gallery will be selling a mix of my work, but mostly the Maine scenes since they are located in Bar Harbor, Maine.
I've got two small paintings that will go up on ebay Thursday.
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May 25, 2010Painting below is now for sale at $215; its 9.5x11.75 inches on canvas board; its titled, Acadia Cliffs.
Wedding in Lodz was absolutely super. Beautiful couple, church, party, party, and group. I said party twice because Polish receptions last two days. Unfortunately I didn't get a lot of pictures, but I will put a couple up on my personal facebook page.
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May 21, 2010Justyna and I are going to a wedding this weekend in Lodz (pronounced Wooch). I'm still working on a couple larger works, but I made sure to have time for a couple fun paintings as well. Here is one that will be ready to sell next week.
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May 17, 2010Some of the older updates went to the old update page as this page was getting a little long. My Polish homework is piling up so today's update won't have any pictures, but I'll turn on the brush icon to the left :)
Have fun everyone.
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May 13, 2010Trip to Gdansk went perfect and I didn't do much work while there which means it was a real vacation. This past month I've been working on a couple larger paintings that are part of a small collection as I'm working on finding a good gallery in the states to help sell paintings this summer and after. I've got a couple small paintings that I'll put up on ebay this week. There are couple Maine, 1 Poland farm scene (starting tonight), 1 sunset (see below), and a couple others.
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April 23, 2010I'm going to be in Gdansk for the weekend and I should have email access. I'm scheduled to return on Monday night. Have fun everyone.
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April 12, 2010
I put a couple pictures from the streets of Warsaw (Sunday night) up on my personal facebook page in light of the tragedy here. Justyna and I felt it was necessary to be among our countrymen.
I've been selling paintings on Allegro and have one ending tonight. The paintings are small to start with as I get new customers. Here is Apple Composition V that ending tonight.
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April 7, 2010I just got back from Piotrkow, Poland for Easter and I'm trying to catch up on a couple things. The website was behind for a couple days there, but the ebay link at the top is correct now. I've got a couple small Maine scenes that will be available over the weekend and into next week.
Don't forget that my facebook: Whitehead Gallery page is up and its starting to get some content. I've got some progress or time lapse painting type content planned for it next week and will continue to put up to date paintings on it, but this page will continue to have the most current news and updates.
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April 1, 2010
In order to progress as an artist I've decided to paint everything upside down. Here is the first using this technique. This one titled, Square Plate with Apples, is 24 x 18 cm.
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March 17, 2010
Finished this up yesterday; 6 x 8 inch painting for ebay. Look for that to start this Friday and end on the 2nd Monday after. There is a Monhegan painting started this Thursday as well.
This week I started my professional facebook page; check it out here facebook: Whitehead Gallery. Currently it only has a couple gallery pages of sold work, but I'll be adding stuff for both collectors and painters as time allows.
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March 12, 2010
Finished this up yesterday; 20 x 20 cm painting for Allegro.pl. I'm having some good success applying some new techniques I've been working on with still life work. Thanks for stopping in.
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March 8, 2010
Finished this up today. Most of the painting was done last week and the week before, but after some consideration over the weekend I decided to remove the brochure box next to the front door and go with this composition. There is one more painting in my mind featuring this building complex; its a morning scene. I've done a number of mid day and into the evening scenes so I'm looking forward to the morning challenge. I'll start on Wednesday after class.
Allegro (similar to ebay, but popular in East Europe) has been doing better and I'll have a couple still lives for that next week. Today I went out to the large grocery store and picked up a very odd collection of produce to paint. The checkout clerk got quite a laugh at the items I had.... Two small pears, a lime, palmagranite, grapes, micro green cabbage head, a granny smith apple, some other normal produce, and of coconut. I'll try to have a couple new still lives for ebay in the next couple weeks as well.
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February 15, 2010 My first painting on Allegro.pl ended last night and with a good number of views. The second painting, titled, Pomorska Wies will start this Wednesday at 22:35 CET (4:35 pm EST)
I've made a couple small updates / changes to the site and corrected the tag words on one of the ebay paintings. I'll be working on some advertisements for the rest of today, but I'll have some great paintings later this week. The previously sold art on ebay page got a couple changes and updates; there is no formal link to this page on the left menu; there is a link on each auction.
Evening edit: I was able to get some good digitals of these two paintings (below) that are now available in the Europe gallery.
 
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January 28, 2010(edit) Crab with Barnacle and Seagull Buddies sold; thank you.
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January 23, 2010Its been a little while since I made an update as I've got a bunch of new things going on. Firstly there is a painting starting on allegro.pl this Sunday. Allegro is the Polish version of ebay and quite similar. The first painting for that has been in my gallery here for a little while and I think it'll make a great starter for allegro. Justyna helped me with the translations for the auctions. For now I'll just be selling Polish scenes on allegro and American compositions on my website and ebay. There hasn't been much demand for paintings of Poland in the states so it'll work out well.
On a side note I'm back in class again learning Polish on Wednesday and Fridays.
I've got a couple new works that'll be available here for a time and then go up on ebay (see below); the third one is a vertical painting.
Starting last month sold paintings that are seen on this page will have a red border; if there is no red border and its newer than this post then click the picture for a larger view and details.
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January 12, 2009Large work in Progress; its from work done this past summer. Apparently they repainted the red house a different red sometime between 2007 and 2009. This painting is still needing some refinement / detail and some tonal changes; I'll announce completion later in February.
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December 24, 2009Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
The online gallery will be open through the holiday, but I will be out of town until Sunday night. Be safe everyone and have a wonderful time with family and friends.
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December 21, 2009Several new paintings are ready for your wall. The second one there is a vertical painting (edit sold); click images for larger view in new window.
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December 17, 2009This 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 painting got finished up and signed today; the scene is of the lighthouse building complex on top of Monhegan. I've been working on it for quite some time along with another that'll be done soon. This is one of those tremendous paintings; it'll go up on ebay with a reasonable buyout later today.
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November 26, 2009Still working on the larger painting; the red I'm using is taking quite a long time to dry and I'm doing some dry brush techniques that take a dry canvas. I finished up a couple other small paintings that will go to the Maine gallery in the next couple days. Both are 10x8 inches on canvas board (see below).
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November 12, 2009I put a nice new painting up on ebay that will end on Tuesday, Nov. 24; its from Monhegan and features some warm rock forms from a facing between Whitehead and Blackhead. These past couple weeks I've been quietly working on a large Monhegan painting and its coming along very well; if all goes well it should be done by Wednesday. Bar Harbor Antique Auto is available now in the Maine gallery. Have fun.
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October 19, 2009
Great Head Acadia is done; it'll go in the Maine Gallery in the next few days and be listed at $275. This is the rock facing just southeast of Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Maine. The rocks in this area are especially nice to paint as they have a tremendous variation in hues as well as geometric form.
I've got a couple 5 x 5 inch canvases that will get painted on in the next couple days so look for those; I haven't decided on subjects, but will come up with something interesting.
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October 15, 2009 Thanks for stopping in. This painting is scheduled for ebay starting tonight. I'll admit that its not the most exciting painting in the world, but my goal with it was to remind myself of the cool salty coastal air. Perhaps that smell I remember is the smell of seaweed at low tide.
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October 11, 2009I moved a couple updates to the weblog where they will be going in the future. The first page will be reserved for new paintings and artistic bits.
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October 7, 2009New painting starting on ebay tonight and ending 2 Sundays from now. (see above) I painted this in Maine and brought it back to my studio in Warsaw; there are a couple more similar to this that will go up on ebay in the near future.
Ebay has changed things up quite a bit for sellers while I was working in Maine; I don't qualify as a bronze power seller and won't have the top rated seller seal on my auctions despite having good detailed feedbacks. I'm not going to try to reach the bronze seller goal in order to get the "top rated seller" icon as this goal is production based for me now and I'd rather focus on improving skill and keeping customers. There might be a rant in there somewhere, but I've got too many unpainted paintings in my head right now.
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August 28, 2009Thanks to everyone that took advantage of the sale. We'll be departing Saturday afternoon; its a 10 hour flight between here and Chicago. Starting now I won't be able to ship any of the paintings on the site until I get back later in October. When I get to Maine and start working the new paintings will be available as they are completed.
I won't be able to update this site until September 10th so please stop back then.
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August 17, 2009I've been working on some 6 x 6 paintings of Maine and have a nice set forming. Together they are going to be called the Gems of Maine and I'm trying to get 16 of them done prior to August 29. The focus of these paintings is to tell small stories with attractive subjects without portraying complex relationships. I don't have a link to the page on the left yet, but use this one for now. There are 6 paintings done so far and they are not priced yet, but will be soon. See sample below
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July 29, 2009New paintings in Maine and the Other categories to the left. I also added a Maine painting demo in the learn section; that painting will be up on ebay this Thursday. I found a broken link too on the frog painting demo page; please email me if find anything broken with the site. I'll send out an email to everyone this Thursday night.
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July 7, 2009Lots of great paintings coming up soon. Some are bright and some cloudy, but pretty much all of them are Maine. There is an American Bullfrog painting too. I'll send out an email when they are up on the site and ready to sell.
I'll be in the states starting August 29 and into October. The first part of my trip is to visit friends and family and then I'll be working in Maine for 3 or so weeks. My studio will be welcoming visitors by appointment and I'll still be getting email and logging into skype.
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June 19, 2009Have a super Father's day weekend. I'll be out of town and away from the internet until Sunday night.
As promised I've completed the wedding slideshow movie thing. Its based on pictures from our photographer, Piotrek Grzywacz, and some that I took years ago. There is a zipped folder that can be downloaded and its a little larger than 100MB and will hopefully provide about 20 minutes of entertainment. Click for English version or Polish verion; both are the same except for the title page. Once you unzip the folder open the start.html file with your browser. You will need the free adobe flash player to play it; if for some reason you don't have it you'll get a link for it in the slideshow.
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June 16, 2009A bunch of Maine paitings are coming soon. Until then I put the Obama painting up on ebay. The past week I've been working on putting together an online movie with wedding pictures and I'm trying my best to get it done before this Friday. Have fun.
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June 12, 2009There are a couple Maine paintings that were added to the Maine gallery on the left. Most are 14 x 11, but there are a few small ones; all have great prices.
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June 4, 2009 Painting to the right is up on ebay starting tonight and ending Sunday the 14th at 11:15pm (EST); click it to be taken to the auction in a new window/tab.
We are still waiting on wedding pictures to get back. Our photographer is doing a bunch of post processing to some of the photos.
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August 21, 2008 The painting to the right starts on ebay tonight and will end on Sunday the 31st. Its has an attractive loose stroke will look good in about any room while not being a focal type painting. Click image to be taken to the auction please; it starts Thursday night at 11:17 eastern.
I just looked over at my drying area and there are quite a few paintings that are not posted here yet so keep an eye out for those in the future. Have fun.
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