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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Added darkest values, mapping out the composition more clearly, now will define a few blossoms in the foreground by washing off dark areas and paint with pure colors from the tube and bring back to the cheery lights and brights that were present at the start.
The Fourth of July
Friday, June 20th, 2008
The Fourth of July, 36 x 48 x 2 inches Acrylics on wrapped canvas. Work in progress. Rarely do I draw outlines to start paintings. I just start splashing paint in a frenzy around the canvas, responding to the subject matter. Very little detail is planned for this painting, just the recognizable shape of growth habits and a few flowerettes.
The final results will be posted on the Fourth of July.
The Fourth of July - Click here to view the post and progress details of this preliminary Oil Pastel drawing. Not only does the Orange Milkweed remind me of fireworks, but it was on July 4th last year that I stopped to photograph the vibrant wildflowers growing alongside the highways in Kentucky.
Rocky Mountain Vista finished
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Above: Rocky Mountain Vista detail images, each portion approx 14 x 24 inches
Left: Complete, 48 x 24 inches, Acrylics on stretched canvas. Paintings that are proportionately longer than wider don’t photograph well or show impressively on screen, so I split Rocky Mountain Vista into four seperate detail images.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Rocky Mountain Vista 48 x 24 inches Acrylics on stretched canvas after one more day of work, still in progress and almost finished.
Rocky Mountain Vista
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Started last night, work in progress: Rocky Mountain Vista 48 x 24 inches Acrylics on stretched canvas.
Northern Delights
Friday, April 4th, 2008
Northern Delights - Quaking Aspen - 24 x 36 inches Acrylics on stretched canvas, started this morning (left) - work in progress - above: after a few more hours. Will keep brushstrokes and colors fresh and uncomplicated in this one.
Bluebonnet Season
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
It’s Bluebonnet Season again! The Abstract below is not typical of my work, but when studying any subject it’s enlightening to see it from different perspectives and try many styles; it’s very liberating for an Illustrator to paint Abstracts, or an Abstract Artist to try illustrating once in a while…switch it up!
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Bluebonnets - 24 x 36 inches Acrylics with "box-frame"; painting extended out 2" onto frame * see 'First Snow' for an example of a box-frame. | |
| $550.00 |  |
Emerge
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Above: this morning’s emerging Myrtle leaves, an addition to the Heart Shapes in Nature series.
Upcoming exhibitions:
1. Polypore Fungi is on exhibit at the VAST 40th Annual Spring Exhibition in Denton, Texas April 10 through May 29, 2008. Opening Reception Thursday, April 10th 6:00 - 8:p.m. at the Meadows Gallery 400 E. Hickory, Denton.
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Polypore Fungi - 58 x 41 x 2 inches Acrylics and modeling paste on stretched canvas. | |
| $1,500.00 Framed | |
2. Firewheels, 18 x 24 x 2 inches Acrylics - Texas and Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition at the Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, Texas April 26 through May 24th, 2008. Opening Reception Sunday, April 27th 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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Firewheels - 18 x 24 x 2 inches, Acrylics on stretched canvas. Painting extends out onto narrow frame. | |
| Framed $550.00 | |
WIP - Crossing Borders
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Work In Progress: Crossing Borders - Thousand Islands skyline, New York / Ontario border - 5 framed panels each 26 x 11 inches - Oils sculpted with palette knives…will finish with Acrylics when completely dry, probably in about 6 months. Above: playing with the vision using digital pen.
Oil and Water - never the twain shall mix? This work will challenge that, and experiment with crossing those borders. I think the oil resisting acrylics should make for some interesting effects and textures; the places where there are layers, dips and holes should fill nicely with acrylics. If I’m not pleased or the idea isn’t working I’ll finish it using oils, but I’d like to give this idea a try.
Below, click on thumbnails: A few details of the panels as they are now at Stage 1, layered with palette knives on the lower half, mostly with black; intentions are for the black to show through in the finished pieces, and to contrast with bright colors applied over top when dry - see you in 6 months or so with this one!
Mattipaul Trees
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Mattipaul Trees, Costa Rican Grasslands - 11 x 14 Oil Pastels and pencil on paper. The unusually wide umbrella-like shape of the trees presented a problem for a while, as they appeared cartoonish, but after sitting for a while out of sight, then work with a fresh perspective, I think maybe the problem is finally solved.
I’m quite sure these are Mattipaul trees (Ailanthus tripysa), but can find very little information about them. They have such presence you’d think they would be one of the better-known trees. Costa Rica is not well known for it’s relatively flat open grasslands, but north-west and central areas of the country flatten out a little, with mountains of rainforests and volcanoes on the horizon. Mattipaul trees grow with with entirely different habit under the canopy of the rainforest than on the open grasslands.
Part of the Paper Places series, all with white double mats and white classic-style wood frames, total size 22 x 26 inches.
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