Company's Coming, 14"x11" oil on stretched canvas
Cat Nap
Cat Nap 9"x12"oil on stretched canvas
This is the first of several painting with the same model as the subject. Kacie was a delight to work with.
John Muir's Jug- First Painting I've Listed in Daily Paintworks!
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| John Muir's Jug - 9x12 oil on stretched canvas |
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| Detail of John Muir's Jug |
Day 29- Behind The Scene
So much hidden work goes on to make things look easy on the surface.
Day 26- High Wire
My largest abstract painting to date. I know more are coming!
Day 23- Helen
Day 23- Helen, 20x16 acrylic on stretched canvas
I met this woman Monday when I was going to the Post Office to mail a package. She had a walker and was approaching the entrance, so I held the door for her. By the time we got into the long line, we’d already laughed together twice and knew each other’s names. I asked if I might take her photo for a possible portrait painting and she was perfect- agreed, didn’t show me all her teeth and held still while I took the shot. Heaven. I loved her beret and her glasses on the chain and how ‘graphic’ she looked. I’ve only painted one or two portraits in acrylic years ago and I uttered lots of bad words the whole time. This one went better.
Day 22- Swim The Huge Fluid Freedom
Swim The Huge Fluid Freedom
16x20 acrylic on stretched canvas
The title for this painting is from a poem by Rumi, It goes, "Are you jealous of the ocean's generosity? Why would you refuse this joy to anyone? Fish do not hold the sacred liquid in cups. They swim the huge fluid freedom."
I take it to mean that the world holds much to enjoy and nothing holds us back from its experience and its beauty and the freedom offered, but ourselves. And even more... don't resent others who dive right in!
Day 11- work in progress
28x22 oil on stretched canvas
Work in Progress
Day 10- Leaves Of Grass 6x12 Oil on cradled panel.
Fwd: Day 10- Leaves Of Grass
Day 10- Leaves Of Grass
Leaves Of Grass 12x6 Oil and cold wax on deep cradled wood panel.
Day 9- One Size Does Not Fit Us All
Day 9- One Size Does Not Fit Us All
12”x12” Mixed Media with Monoprints and patterns on painted cradled wood panel.
I discovered the method of making monoprints with a gelatin plate recently. Each print is unique and a surprise- a huge part of the appeal. I used two of those artworks in this one.
I really like this one.12x12, Mixed Media on painted cradled wood panel.
Days 7 and 8- Hide and Seek, and Lofty Story
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| Hide And Seek 8x10 oil on stretched canvas
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| Lofty Story 11x14 oil on stretched canvas |
Day 6- Twist Of Fate
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| Twist Of Fate 24x36 oil on stretched canvas |
It was fun to work larger today... but how to fill all that space? I started with the dark Payne's Grey line swooshed across the middle from left to right, then started lower left and swooshed another palette knife line to upper right. The rest was just trying to make what I did seem like I had a reason for doing it. Like explaining something you did without thinking. The first half of the time I worked only in turquoise and the dark grey. It was clear I needed more color, so brought in the ochre and the white. I used a brush and a thick foam pad that came as packaging in something I bought. And added a skippy kind of line with the palette knife here and there. You're not supposed to have the focal point in the middle, so maybe I blew it. But although the lines converge there, I'm going to reason that nothing holds your eye there, so let's say there's a moving focus. Yeah, that's it. A moving focus. Yeah.
Day 4 Accidental Landscape
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| Accidental Landscape 8x10 Oil and Cold wax on stretched canvas |
and before I knew it, a landscape of sorts appeared. I have painted few landscapes. Faces are my bailiwick. but I do like how this turned out. Broken color appeals to me. Like a mosaic of tiny bits that read as something from a distance.
Day 2 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days
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| San Antonio And Vicinity 12x17 Mixed Media |
Three of the vertical panels consist of mono prints I made and then pieced into the furrows of the tray. One of the mono prints was made on a map of San Antonio. One panel is acrylic paint marked into with a silicone tip, and the last is a piece of hoarded tissue paper, decoupaged into place. This piece was a pleasurable puzzle. I'm pleased with the result. Now what to do with the remaining hundreds of the microscope trays?
30 Paintings in 30 Days- Day 1
Turquoise Tour
8x10 oil on stretched canvas
I'm way off my beaten track to explore how it feels to paint abstractly. Confidence low, excitement high, Thirty days of this experiment should tell me something... but what?
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