Daisy
Apr 22, 2015
Daisy. 12x12, oil on linen panel. 2015. This is another small painting for which I did a color study. Like many of my recent works, I spent more time on the edges than anything else. They helped to give the figure some life and prevent it looking like a cut-out....
Painting the Light (A Work in Progress)
Apr 19, 2015
Stoney Point. 14x18, oil on linen. 2015 WIP This is one of those paintings that sits in the studio for a long time while I chip away at it. What drew me in was the way the point of the roof looks against the light of the sky. Unfortunately I started without a clear focal point in the picture, a...
Fall at Oakland Green
Apr 16, 2015
Fall at Oakland Green. 11x14, oil on linen panel. 2015 In this painting I tried to capture the sense of fall by mixing all the colors with reds, oranges and yellows. The palette is phthalo blue, alizarin permanent, cad orange and cad yellow medium. This was based on some photos I took during a paint...
Kuku
Apr 15, 2015
Kuku. 12x12, oil on linen panel. 2015 This is one of those paintings that was stuck in my head and had to get out. The main idea behind the orange background was to do a painting that would complement the blue green in Portrait of 817. Although I didn't set out to have the orange so domi...
Hay Bales by Furnace Mountain
Apr 12, 2015
Hay Bales by Furnace Mountain. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2015 On the way home from a paint out last fall I stopped at the Point of Rocks boat ramp. Although nothing about the river caught my eye, on the way out I noticed a mowed field by the side of the ramp access road and felt it had some potentia...
Wicket
Apr 9, 2015
Wicket. 12x12, oil on linen panel. 2015. The wild rabbits living in our neighborhood are always at risk of being painted. This little chap was hiding under a bush the other day when I managed to take his picture without spooking him. He still had his winter coat and was adorably fluffy. The surface ...