Paintings and a weblog https://www.davidbogle.com/ 2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z David Bogle https://www.davidbogle.com/paintings/octopus-2-levity/ 2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z 2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

my fav color combo: orange and blue.

<p><img src="https://www.davidbogle.com/img/-D8KFnJIKA-960.jpeg" alt="Levity"></p><p>my fav color combo: orange and blue.</p>&lt;p&gt;my last octopus was a harbinger of doom, and this one is here to remind you that you are lighter than you feel.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;everything that floats, flys, and everything that swims, soars.&lt;/p&gt; https://www.davidbogle.com/paintings/laser-loon/ 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z <p><img src="https://www.davidbogle.com/img/3yJCr3rhCf-960.jpeg" alt="Laser Loon"></p>&lt;p&gt;Painted for the Nos Cuidamos rfundraiser with Tokki Tokki Tattoo. The first painting I ever sold! I had a hard time figuring out how to photograph it without light reflection. Oils take forever to dry on wood.&lt;/p&gt; https://www.davidbogle.com/words/croatias-blue/ 2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z 2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z <p>clearest waters<br> swimming in sapphire blue</p> <p>sea urchins signaling secrets<br> fish zigging with amnesia<br> an octopus waits silently<br> to go unnoticed</p> <p>the salt of mother earth’s mystery<br> lifting me to the surface<br> reassuring me<br> I belong there too</p> <p>I hadn’t thought this would be so new<br> but the ocean was so proud to teach me</p> <p>everything that floats, flies<br> and what swims, soars<br> people belong in the water<br> because in their hearts they fly</p> https://www.davidbogle.com/words/water-taxi-memories/ 2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z 2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z

this is a poem and this is its description

<p>am I guilty of tall tales<br> stretched truths<br> or rose-tinted glasses</p> <p>if I simply remember</p> <p>lightning framing moonlit clouds<br> towering over us<br> inky waters rushing beneath our speedboat<br> our chariot in the dark</p> <p>the ocean’s midnight air<br> salty wind kissing<br> our intertwined hair<br> and intertwined laughter</p> <p>your cheek against mine<br> my arms around your waist</p> <p>all wrapped up<br> in what we just discovered<br> we pinched ourselves<br> amazed we would not wake up</p> https://www.davidbogle.com/paintings/wanderer-above-a-sea-of-clouds/ 2022-12-04T00:00:00.000Z 2022-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Imitation. Caspar David Friedrich is my favorite non-living painter.

<p><img src="https://www.davidbogle.com/img/R1lwxKbuPh-960.jpeg" alt="#tinypaintings - Wanderer Above a Sea of Clouds"></p><p>Imitation. Caspar David Friedrich is my favorite non-living painter.</p> https://www.davidbogle.com/paintings/mandalorian/ 2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z 2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

This is the way

<p><img src="https://www.davidbogle.com/img/EdX4vA7fWA-960.jpeg" alt="#tinypaintings - The Mandalorian"></p><p>This is the way</p> https://www.davidbogle.com/paintings/girl-with-pearl-earing/ 2022-11-25T00:00:00.000Z 2022-11-25T00:00:00.000Z

A tiny painting. Girl a with pearl earring

<p><img src="https://www.davidbogle.com/img/NJ1IAlhSBW-960.jpeg" alt="#tinypaintings - Girl with a Pearl Earring"></p><p>A tiny painting. Girl a with pearl earring</p> https://www.davidbogle.com/paintings/ships/ 2019-09-22T00:00:00.000Z 2019-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Imitation of 'Boston Harbor, Susnet' by Fitz Henry Lane

<p><img src="https://www.davidbogle.com/img/rJFI69Bix1-960.jpeg" alt="Ships in Boston Harbor"></p><p>Imitation of &#39;Boston Harbor, Susnet&#39; by Fitz Henry Lane</p>&lt;p&gt;I saw this painting and I loved it 100 and wanted it in my house, so I attempted to copy it myself. This painting was the beginning of my inspiration to seek classes in oils and learn how to use the medium properly&lt;/p&gt; https://www.davidbogle.com/paintings/space/ 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z <p><img src="https://www.davidbogle.com/img/5m1HDHrdgj-960.jpeg" alt="Space"></p>&lt;p&gt;My first oil painting ever&lt;/p&gt;