Saturday, November 14, 2009

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

By the Water



5 x 7 inches Oil on birch

$99. +S/H



I thought she'd like to see the water and maybe be in it. Turns out I was a big doll player when I was little. So maybe there's something to playing with paintings. It's a good thing.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Canoeing



9 x 13 inches Oil on masonite (MDF)


Before when rock reflection too long



It was painted in summer, but this is fall view

I'm so used to working on location, and painting scenes as I see them without editing. I know for composition you are told to move a tree or rock etc, but with my extensive photography background, I never felt cropping was legitimate when making a good photograph, so I've just assumed doing the same thing with a painting is not as good either. Isn't that something? And I thought touching up on paintings done on location was a no-no. It's about time, I get OVER that syndrome ...don't you think? So all I have to do is have a general flavor of what I have in mind, then alter whatever needs adjusting in order to capture what I'm going after. So we'll see how the future paintings unfold. ( Painters are funny aren't we?)

Since I'm getting things cleared out and cleaned for winter skiers, I'm not going to be doing much painting for the next month. Then we'll be on the road, and guests everywhere, so not too much painting either. Perhaps I'll travel with pastels ?

Friday, November 6, 2009

Girls Chatting



14 x 14 x 2.5 inches Oil on cradled birch SOLD



Detail



Version on location, posted in August

I decided to darken the water on right, lower Carol's leg, dumb down the white dock on far side of lake, and added some leaves to birch tree. (A bit of discrepancy in light of final one when I photographed)

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Reclining Nude



8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas board

Well last weekend I was in Manhatten, and it's pretty darn exciting on a glorious day down 5th Avenue. Went by some interesting sites, that all would make fun paintings (if I could focus to work from my photographs)

Lipstick bdg, and billboards of torsos juxtaposed against concrete and shapes.
And then there was the Kandinsky show filling the Guggenheim. I have never painted someone looking at art in a gallery setting, but I have taken photos of them over the years. I can see how tempting it is to paint, with a nod to Karen Jurick and Robin Cheers (do they have an exclusive on it as painting subject?).

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Roses for Phay


16 x 20 inches Oil on canvas



Start over an previous portrait!




Two other women's pastel version of Phay

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