colorful bright place

A very close friend of mine told me I don't have any "happy paintings". This is what I have so far, and hopefully I can take it to a finish real soon inbetween projects. The national geographic image is reference for the palette I'll be going for. Colorful right? Btw, he runs a very well known sushi restaurant..so if he gives me any lip...I'll go in there and tell him how to cut sashimi. =)

speedpaint of a sunset

Had some free time inbetween projects, so I wanted to paint a sunset hitting some water, and this is what I ended up with. Hopefully I can take this to a finish later. Some parts of the painting I don't really like, so we'll see when I have time.