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.