Painting on 8" wooden plate, of the Washington Monument

Washington Monument with Cherry Blossoms

In the bottom left of the painting, a white moon emerges from a light blue sky. In the top right, a yellow sun floats in a deep purple sky. The areas of the sun and moon are separated by thick white brush strokes that run from the top left to the bottom right. All of the paint strokes in the painting are thick and confident. The texture is pronounced. A border is painted along all four edges of the canvas in black.

Moon Sun

A painting of a woman outdoors. She is wearing a pink dress and headwrap.

Untitled

A painting of a doorway, through which there is a hospital bed, a window showing a lavender sky at dusk, a bright light, an IV pole, and other small medical equipment. Next to the doorway, on the wall outside the room, there is a wooden sign reading: "Welcome". 

Welcome Back

A picture of two sheep on a green grassy knoll bordered by an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean and a Irish landscape backdrop.

Wild Atlantic Way

It's lightly raining. A small light green dragon with a gold colored belly and golden eyes crouches on a branch of a lilac bush, hiding from the rain under leaves. Steam is rising from the dragon's nostrils. Heavy drops of rain bend the leaves.

Rainy Day Dragon

Portrait of a white haired gentleman peeking out from behind a patchwork quilt of yellows, blues, and reds.

Ronald

A painting of a young girl walking under a waterfall of surrounded by trees.  Blues and black and greens and white.

Waterfall

Over Her Shoulder

Black canvas with a purple full moon and red and blue crescent moons.

Messed up Phases

Dead Red-bellied Woodpecker in snow. I came across this bird in Minneapolis after a heavy snowfall. It is a species that has recently migrated north in warmer months but cannot winter in this climate. However due to the recent extended warm Autumns it remained in Minnesota and froze to death and fell from the tree branch into the snow where I found it. 

Casualty of Climate Change

A still life of three mottled green pears in a dark brown wooden bowl, all dramatically lit from the upper right against a black background. The trio bursts forward with light, color and vibrancy in their somber setting; they are life, freshness and beauty in place of darkness

Notta Pair of Pears

Black and white portrait view of self wearing sunglasses, painted impasto in bright sunlight with wind blown wild hair.  

U.K. self-portrait

A still life painting of a small leafy plant in a blue pot with orange fruits adding a fun pop of color. 

My Fake Citrus Plant from Target's Dollar Section

Peonies

A painting based on a drawing done by my four-year old son. 

Daddy: Self-portrait

A whimsical rainbow watercolor painting in the background, with a brightly-colored, happy girl standing tall in the middle. 

Colorful World 

A painting of a late summer rainy day in the prairie. Majestic clouds rolling peacfuly over the little farm and a subtle rain.

Let It Rain

A colorful, expressionistic painting of a lone turquoise dock on a lake with the early morning sunrise filling the horizon with soft pink and pale yellow light offering the viewer an opportunity for quite self-reflection and a spiritual experience with nature. 

"The Dock"

A painting of bright pink sedum and dry leaves (close-up) in my rock garden.

Sedim Leaves

A portrait of a dog investigating his world.

A plein air painting of a rocky shoreline with scattered pine and birch trees along the coast of Lake Superior. Cool slate-gray water and sky suggest an overcast, chilly day. Rust-colored lichen on the rock is echoed in faint warmth in the clouds on the horizon.

North Shore at Cove Point

Primary color with paint brush pen on canvas, free form shapes and scribbles 

Toddler Art

This is an 8 X 10 abstract painting. I was working with acrylic and metallic based acrylic paints  which results in vivid and vibrant almost iridescent colors. The painting has a "wind shear" quality with swaths of Copper,  Azul, and crimson yellow.  A light dusting of glitter gives the work a hint of sparkle in the proper light

Abstract8X10

An abstracted aerial view of paths taken through dense blue woods and occasional streams and lakes.   The pathfinder seems to be going around in circles.

Long Way

This is an abstract painting composed of organic shapes, curvy lines, and cool and warm colors. You might imagine a birds-eye view of a spring landscape. A mint green shape resembling a cool stream flows in the lower section of the painting, while bright yellow shapes hug the irregular shoreline. The texture is smooth and orange lines accent fluctuating shades of yellow. This painting evokes temperature changes in the air and on land.

Mint Flow

In 2016 UMD studied and tested the St. Louis River estuary water and sediment for PCB and mercury levels. These chemicals are toxic and had been found building up in fish eaten by the neighboring communities. Women of child bearing age, nursing mothers, women considering getting pregnant with in 7 years and children under 15 were advised to eat only 1 meal/week of bluegill bullheads and perch, 1 meal/month of bass, carp, catfish, crappies ad walleye under 22". This group was advised not to eat any muskies or walleye over 22". 

Reading Near the St. Louis River

A painting recreation of Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh on a pair of canvas shoes

Starry Night Shoes

Colorful landscape of trees with bright yellow morning sunlight shining through the negative spaces.

Washington Monument with Cherry Blossoms, 2016

Darrell O'Day