Oil on 8x10 archival canvas panel. Very close to being done...but not quite there yet. I think the wolf itself is pretty well developed. The background and foreground need a little work. When I sleep on it and see it with fresh eyes, I might make a lot of changes.
Oil on 9x12 archival canvas panel. Sorry I missed posting yesterday....life sometimes gets in the way. But here's one fresh off the easel.
Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel. I first created an abstract background using acrylic paint. Most of it remains visible. I then painted the dragonfly and its enlongated shadows with oils. Lastly, I raised the values in selected areas next to the dragonfly with oils.
Acrylic on 5x7 masonite. Thought I'd go back and revisit a style I used several years ago. This employs many layers of thinned transparent acrylic. The painting was then brought to a finish with thicker opaque lights. In this particular painting I pushed the value contrast and chroma.
Oil on 9x12 canvas panel. In this painting I played the grayed blues against the warm colors. I liked the outcome.
Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel. It's been awhile since I've done a landscape.
This painting was done some time ago. I wanted to post it as an example of really pushing color.
Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel.
Acrylic on 12x9 mat board. Here I played with the abstract possibilties of the backround. It was fragmented into geometric shapes and the brush strokes were accentuated. I was happy with the outcome.
Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel. The close up is more accurate in color than the full view.
Oil on 11x14 archival canvas. I finally gave into myself and painted the entire sky and added to the forground. I'm more pleased with it now. Hope you are too.
Oil on 11x14 archival canvas panel. I'm not sure at this point if this painting is still a work in progress or a finished piece. I'll probably wind up doing quite a bit more to it. The entire sky is acrylic...I first toned the entire canvas with this reddish color. I like this color played against the colors in the steer. That's why I'm tempted to leave it as is. But then again, I may go over the sky with oils that closely match the acrylic color.......Ahhh the choices one must make....
Oil on 9x12 canvas panel. Unavailable.
I didn't have anything prepared to post today, but I came across this commissioned painting done some time ago. I did this for a fellow musician. He's an excellent sax player. We played in various bands together for several years.
Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel. Once again I had a great time applying the paint thickly. I feel this adds interest and visual excitment to the artwork.
Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel.
Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel. Please email me if interested in purchasing this artwork.
Oil on 8x10 archival canvas panel. My first painting of the year. Ya know, I'm glad '07 is finally here! It was a struggle for me to sign my paintings with '06 because that 6 ain't easy to paint. Lol.
