Homage to WW

Homage to W.W.

11X14, Oil on Matboard

Private Collection

An homage to one of my favorite contemporary painters.

Bomber

Bomber

5X7, Oil on Panel

Private Collection

Another old one.  I have quite a few new pieces that need to be photographed.  I will be posting them soon.

4 Peppers and a Bowl

4 Peppers and a Bowl

11X14, Oil on Canvas

Available

Another old one.  Simple but fun little still life.

Red Oak and Fossils

Red Oak and Fossils

10X12, Oil on Wood

Available

 

Here's another transfer from my other blog.  I hope to get all of the content moved over to here soon so I can shut that one down.

I enjoy painting leaves. They are, however, more difficult than they look. These particular leaves started curling shortly after I began the painting. By the time I was done, the color had faded from nice red to the much more dull orange and the one on the right had curled almost double upon itself.

3 Peppers!

3 Peppers #1

4X4, Oil on Panel

Available

3 Peppers #2

12X12 Oil on Panel

Available

 

 

I have a couple more counties complete and two others moving along nicely.  I should get around to photographing those two completed ones soon.  If I can get the other two in process done before the end of the year, I will have met my goal of 20 counties in a single year! 

 

But until then, here are couple of pepper paintings from 3 years ago.  These three little jalapenos were straight out of my garden.  The paintings were done a day or so apart and are the same 3 peppers.  They were very fun and I really should do more still life I think.

Three Fallen Brothers

Three Fallen Brothers

7X9 Oil on Board

Available

This one is from a few years back but I still like it.  I had posted it to my other blog but I am going to slowly work to phase that out and delete it eventually. Sometimes, I get on a still life kick in the fall.  I didn't happen this year because I was so intent of completing the works from my southeast Arkansas trip.  These three leaves were from maple tree on the trail behind our house. I just couldn't resist trying to get these colors down.

There are some things I see here I would like to get back into my current work.

Daffodils

Daffodils

8X10, Oil on Panel

SOLD

I've been having some issues lately with getting pictures of new paintings from my camera to my computer so they can be processed for uploading so here is an older piece.  Hopefully I will have another new painting to publish here tonight.

I really should paint flowers more often. 

I seem to like to do still life during the spring and fall for some reason. I know a lot of people would quote some composition "rules" on me about this one but I really like the composition. I think the splash of the warmest yellow in the center of the opening blossom is more than sufficient to overcome the convergence of "pointers" that some would say work to pull the eye out of the frame. This was a conscious choice. I looked at several different arrangements and subtle variations of this one and I just kept coming back to this general setup. I thought there was great tension in the relative positions of the flowers within the frame.

It was amazing how fast the one blossom opened as I painted them. It was barely cracked open when I was designing the image but by the time I was done the petals were diverging quickly! Had I needed another couple of hours, I think it would have been fully open. I did chase the shape some before I realized what was happening.

Buffalo River Artisans Guild Demo Painting

I was invited to do a demo for the Buffalo River Artisans Guild last Saturday so I traveled up to Marshall, AR in the heart of the Ozarks.  I was hoping the weather would cooperate and enable me to do a plein air landscape painting but with the heat, I thought it would be best to keep everyone inside.  I had never done a demo like this in front of people who would be watching everything from beginning to end and expecting some commentary.  But as it turns out, this was a great dry-run for something I will be doing this fall.  I have been selected to be Artist in Residence on the Buffalo National River in September.  In association with this, I will be giving a workshop so the experience here was invaluable.

This painting will be auctioned by the club in August.

Some Jalapenos

As promised, here a couple of still lifes I've done recently.  They were definitely very fun and a great change of pace from the landscapes.  I'm beginning to feel rejunivated and my confidence is picking back up for another run at plein air painting this Saturday.  The top one is about 4X4 and the bottom is about 12X14.  The peppers in both paintings are the same!  The greenish pepper in the top painting ripened very quickly overnight and was a nice bright red when I went to paint the 2nd painting the following evening.