This painting is inspired by the song "Old Friends" by Simon and Garfunkel. One of my favorite songs, and has been imprinted in my mind for decades. For sure the song becomes more meaningful as time passes. "Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly, how terribly strange to be 70". The words haunt me.

So I'm thinking of two old friends, sitting on a park bench as they have been doing so for so many, many years. It might be Central Park or Golden Gate Park or any park. It is Autumn and the leaves are falling, the air is cool, and these two old friends are having a talk. The talk is inconsequential to you or me, but to them it's resolute. Old Friends.

The original is currently available at:  http://dailypaintworks.com/artists/mike-caitham-5490

Prints are available in many sizes at:  http://www.mike-caitham.artistwebsites.com

                                  Old Friends

Hi Folks,

SPECIAL PROMOTION on art prints.  From now through 11/02 all PRINTS of my paintings are discounted 15% on Fine Art America. Lots of paintings, lots of options, lots of sizes to choose.  Be sure to use Discount Code:  PJUYHH

Here are a couple of favorites.

    

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Hello Folks,

I'm into autumn and painting it.  It's my favorite season and I'm enjoying painting it.  I just completed this painting and it's for sale at a great price.

                               Walk In The Park
     

It's available at:
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Hi Folks,

I have 3 prints available at special prices of $75.  Only 7 days, and only 2 of each are available at this price.

Courtyard 1

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Full Moon

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Aspens and Mesas

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Hi Everyone - I just completed this oil painting.  I'm still on my autumn kick.  I thought I'd paint a cluster of autumn leaves to show off the beautiful October colors.  I love the turning of colors of the leaves this time of year.  These brilliant, beautiful colors.  This painting is on auction at:  http://dailypaintworks.com/artists/mike-caitham-5490

                                  Colors of October

                                            

This is a painting of the Downie River Bridge on Hyw. 49 in Downieville, CA. Downieville is one of the California gold rush towns.   This is a spectacular area of California's Sierra Nevada mountains, beautiful any time of year.

I painted this a couple of years ago and it has been a most popular painting.  Several prints have sold on Fine Art America, but the original is still available at a very low price.  Actually, it is currently on auction at:

http://dailypaintworks.com/artists/mike-caitham-5490


                                        Downieville Bridge
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Hi Folks,  

Just finished painting this autumn country scene.  Seems like every year I want to paint a pumpkin scene.

                                  Pumpkin Time

The original is Sold but prints are available at:
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California Redwoods, the tallest trees in the world. These are the most majestic trees in the world. They grow only in California and a bit of So. Oregon. 90% of the old growth trees have been cut, but fortunately the remaining strands will be preserved forever. And the best report is that the practice of selective foresting is now actually helping to increase the growth. 

Here is a second painting of these magnificent trees. Hope you enjoy it. This painting is for sale and currently on auction at:

http://dailypaintworks.com/artists/mike-caitham-5490

                                                              Redwoods Majestic 2

Last night I watched a program about the California Redwoods, the tallest trees in the world.  These are the most majestic trees in the world.  They grow only in California and a bit of So. Oregon.  90% of the old growth trees have been cut, but fortunately the remaining strands will be preserved forever. And the best report is that the practice of selective foresting is now actually helping to increase the growth.  

Here is a recent painting of these magnificent trees.  Hope you enjoy it.  This painting is for sale and currently on auction at:
http://dailypaintworks.com/artists/mike-caitham-5490


                                Redwoods Majestic 1


                        

This time of year my thoughts turn to autumn, and I want to paint the season.  These two oils are 7" x 14 ", and are available on my gallery at:

http://dailypaintworks.com/artists/mike-caitham-5490

I always try to keep my paintings reasonably priced, based upon the time and detail I have put into them.  Hope you lke them.

                                  Autumn In The Air

                                Autumn In The Air 2

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Hello,

I just completed this painting.  I love driving around on the back roads.  There are so many surprises, so many scenes.  So much to paint.  So I was driving down a country road and I saw an old brick building, and it gave me an idea to paint an old country one room schoolhouse.  This was in September, so I incorporated autumn spender.

                        The Brick Country Schoolhouse

This painting is available at:

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Hi Folks,

OK, so I don't like hot weather.  I live in a city in the San Francisco Bay area and don't usually need air conditioning, as the Pacific Ocean breeze provides it naturally.  But sometimes the inversion brings extremely hot weather with no breeze.  The air turns dead and the temps rise to 100+.  This is when I head for the ocean, and this painting is from a photo I took while driving on a country road down to the cool Pacific coast.

                            Old Barn Sonoma County

Click on the link if you like it.

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