A few favorite landscape paintings

 These are mostly from 2022, but a couple are earlier.

A few faves: people

 After a long absence, but lots of painting in the interim, I’ll just add a few favorite people paintings right now. 

Ami looks angry.

This is model Ami, from a 3-hour session at (the aforementioned Joanne Mehl's) Brush & Palette. We will have Ami back next week, and hopefully won't be snowed out for it. She is a gorgeous woman of Ukranian descent, dressed as a gypsy. You may not get any of that out of the painting, I'm never trying to do a portrait, although I am happy if there is some likeness. What I see here, after a few days of not looking, (and then looking again), is an expression of irritation and distrust. I think I'll leave off with her looking just that way. I painted her on "inauguration day." (Of what needs not be spoken here, I have other venues for that.)

January 20, 2017

Jorge

Joanne Mehl orchestrates model sessions at the Brush & Palette, and has begun again in the new year with model Jorge. We got snowed out of the 2nd session, but with this one, I wouldn't have carried the painting much further, anyway. I would have liked to do another painting still, tho'.... to do a full figure pose. It may still happen.

January 6, 2017
(whoops, out of chronological order)

Jesus of Cuba

Ha! I like that riff on Lawrence of Arabia! This is Jesus of Cuba, our wonderful, knowledgeable and compassionate tour guide for the November 2016 trip to Cuba. I was a bit too exacting in the underpainting, and now I don't want to go into it with color. I'm not sure I'd have much to add to the image in terms of portraying the essence of him. I quite like this stage. We'll see as time goes on.

January 13, 2017

Life's Illusions

I did a lot of little paintings at the beginning of January (1-10), some successful, some not. The Strada Easel company was the impetus for them, but I knew I couldn't stick to it and do some of my other actual work. Be that as it may, here is my favorite of the ten, and perhaps I will post some others later. A place saver, so to speak.

Jan. 1-10, 2017

Cuba!!!

I forgot to post the Cuba paintings. Several not finished, and this isn't either but it's closer than the others. So this post is a place saver. Squeeking it in so it's posted in this year which is almost over.
Happy New Year!

November 9, 2016

Another Tony

Painting Joanne's son Tony again, this on his birthday. In progress. 9"x12", oil on linen.

December 30, 2016

Christmas Angel

An angel to watch over us. 9"x 12", oil on canvas.

December 23, 2016

Stonington, Fall

Started in Stonington, Maine.... finished in PDX.... entered in Big 500.

November 2016

Glass ball, vase, and late-season dahlia

This isn't at all as I envisioned painting it--and I just realized, I forgot to do the cast shadows. Tweaks tomorrow! The setup didn't strike me as being retro, but it sure came out that way. The glass fishnet ball and a small glass vase are aqua, the perfect foils for an orange flower. I gerry-rigged some lighting and put the glassware in a cardboard box to create this still life--first time I've done this here in my studio. I'm not a big fan of still life, but I know it's a very good exercise.

Ballerina

Whoops... missed one when I updated the blog yesterday. Did this last week but forgot to include in it's proper chronological place. This is from a photo taken at one of the Falcon sessions, back when I had space there. Pic must be eight or nine years old now, but I've wanted to do some "mud heads" from the photo series, so here's the first crack at it. A likely Big 500 entrant.

Rome

Work in progress, from photo taken in Rome two years ago. (Three?) These trees have so much personality, I should go back and paint trees all summer. (If wishes were fishes....)

Jennifer.... again.

This is the second painting started last Friday during a live model session. It's as far as I got in the remaining two hours of the session, and I'll probably leave it as is.

Girl's got serious hair!

Jennifer is so fun to paint, I think this is my third one of her. Done during a live model session (less than 40 min.), and then finished later in my studio.

Morning Meditation

Almost finished, and one of my favorites of the month.

Stop and paint the roses

From photo of one of the roses that blooms on the path out back--the sweetest smelling one, omg! This one's headed for the Big 500.

At the Milonga

Work in progress for the Big 500.

Leaf Peepin'

This is for the OSA show, "200 for Under 200," coming up next month. It's another from a photo taken in about 2000 during peak leaf season. That's my sweet dog, Sophie. (Snif. Don't go there.)
12" x 12"

The Radiant Road

I took so many photos out in the Helvetia area during the plein air event, it's just breathtakingly beautiful out there. This is the llama barn again, but no llamas in evidence. (Painted from photo.)