Late December

Above is what the studio looked like this morning. It's been a crazy three days of work. Long story short; a new exhibition possibility popped up this past week and the deadline for consideration is the same as another show's submission deadline. I couldn't pass up the new opportunity and so counter to how I have been thinking I worked toward finishing 5 additional works quickly so that I would have 11 pieces to to split between the two submission packets.

Painting with a deck brush.

Rejected Possibility.

The following four images are what I am considering to be completed along with the image with the orange tulips on it from my last post.  At least they will done for now, I think I will probably work on them after the submission process or any subsequent shows if they are accepted.

Two Weeks of Work

Tried working "outside" in the garage this weekend. It was too nice to be in the basement studio. 

Weekend Work

This portrait had become lost toward the end of last week, it is beginning to materialize again.  

Working with the figures in this composition has been enjoyable. The foreshortening in the larger seated figure is not correct yet.

Long Time No Post

Things got busy with transporting work for a show as well as a crit on campus last week. With that being the case time in the studio was a little less than normal, below are shots of the images that were worked with over the past week+.

 Oil paint was used to begin to tighten in some detail on portions of the green lamp piece. I think the contrast of some more in focus detail may be a needed balance to some of panels that are mark making focused.

Spent a majority of time working with this piece. The last photo here really shows how the image got away from me, but the opportunity to salvage it should make the image more interesting than where it was going earlier in the week.  

There was a good deal of paint left over on a palette and rather than saving it, the paint was dumped onto these panels along with some of the water from the cleaning bucket. Panels and palette were stacked on top of each other to dry, hopefully they will stick together and when pulled apart something interesting will happen.

Work from 8/15 - 8/18

Prepared surface ready for another oil sketch.

Getting ready to do some pattern work, masking tape starting to be applied. Some work was also done to the portrait that you can see peaking out from behind the pattern piece.

Work 8/4 - 8/10

Finally wrapped up the new panels: 15 24"x48" Rectangles, 15 24"x24" Squares, 4 24"x24" Triangles, 10 12"x12" Squares and 8 12" x 24" Rectangles. It was starting to feel a bit obsessive with the fabrication and the urge to make a great deal more small panels was there, but it was time to stop and get to painting.

Trying to get back into the painting.

New panels, 2 small squares, 1 small rectangle, 1 large rectangle and 1 large square. The panels were worked together and once they dry will be broken apart and rearranged and than something else applied on top.

Beginning of an oil painting of a hanging fern and American flag on our front porch over this past Memorial Day.

Work: 5/13-5/5

Further oil explorations with the bananas:

Other progress in acrylic: