Jack Rogers

Sketchbook Page studies for Jack Rogers

Light for the Artist

Morning Pine Tree Sketch 2

Morning Pine Tree Sketch 1

"Without light, there is darkness. With no light at all, there is absolute darkness. We seldom encounter absolute darkness in everyday life. To fully understand the effects of light, we must understand what happens in its absence. Without light, we do not see. Everything becomes blackness, and all differences disappear. Darkness tends to smother differences, reduce all contrast and definition. Darkness blurs such distinctions as colors, forms, and textures. Light, conversely, defines. Things become distinguishable as soon as we turn on a light in the darkness. With light, we see variety. Light shows us changes of color, gradations of value, contrasts, textures, chromatic changes, forms and detail. The action of light, then, is to define, as the action of darkness is to obscure. In order to suggest the effects of light, we must learn how to suggest the effects of darkness. A large part of painting consists in showing this opposition."

Ted Seth Jacobs from Light for the Artist

Under the Juno Pier

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
Under the Juno Pier

Setting up Camp

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
Setting up Camp, Jupiter Beach

More Morada Bay

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
Morada Bay Dinghy

Blowing Rocks

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
Coral Cove Rock

9"x12" Acrylic on Panel

Coral Cove Rocks

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel

Anna Maria Tiki

Beach Rescue

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
Rescue Surfboard

Staying Cool in the Florida Sun

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
Beach Towel 1

Old Florida, the Citrus Connection

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
Florida Citrus Still Life 1

Florida Art and Palm Beach Color

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
C.Orrico, Palm Beach

Say One Thing and Stop

9"x13" Acrylic on Panel
Via Mizner, Palm Beach
I have been reading Charles Hawthorne's book Hawthorne on Painting, and I'm finding myself underlining the whole book, which would kind of defeat the purpose for future reference, right? But it's hard to restrain myself. The man was a well spring of refreshing thoughts and quotes on painting. Summing up his philosophy of painting, he said this:

"Painting is just like making an after dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop."
and my new favorite:

"Study by doing fresh starts and stopping when you tire. If you get it into your head that you do not have to finish a thing then you will be able to stop while it is still right."

Beach Access

9"x13" Acrylic on Panel
Coral Cove Beach Stairs

Swing a Bigger Brush

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
"Worth Ave and Hibiscus"
Somebody once said: "Take life seriously, and not yourself". Charles Hawthorne, a wise teacher and great painter, put it best, "Swing a bigger brush, you don't know what fun you are missing."

Tip-Toe Through the Sea Grapes

9"x12" Acrylic on Panel
Sea Grape Path

Art on the Half Shell

9"x12" Acrylic on Panel
Boy and His Boat

While We're on the Subject of the Beach

3"x4"Color Sketch
Guard House at Carlin Park
3"x4"B&W Sketch
Guard House at Carlin ParkThumbnail Pencil Sketch
Guard House at Carlin ParkReal Live Actual Sketchbook Page

Beach Umbrella Required

9"x12" Acylic on Panel
Guard House at Carlin Park 1

Purple Haze or Green Flash?

"9x12" Acrylic on Panel
Purple Island Shadows at Morada Bay

Free Lunch at Robbie's

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
Robbie's Kayaks

The Girl from "Siesta-nema"

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
Girl from Siesta Key

Deep Greens and Blues

9"x12" Acrylic on Panel

Palms in Deep Greens and Blues

State of Liquidity

11"x14" Acrylic on Linen
Key West Liquid Sunset

We Seceded Where Others Failed

Aloha Y'all, I'm Kelly Tracht. I'll be sharing my paintings of my travel adventures in Florida. I hope you enjoy them. Just let me know if you would like to purchase one or two, or twenty.

11"x14" Acrylic on Panel

Comanche