Cricket

Here's the cricket again. I did a few small but important changes to this painting.
Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel.

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Bear With An Attitude

Oil on 11x14 stretched canvas. Sold

Cricket

If I keep this up, I may have to rename my blog from Deanos Den to Breezeway Buddies ;). Here's a cricket who came to the end of its music making in my breezeway...much like my pal the dragonfly from a few posts back. When I took the time to paint it, I realized there's a lot more to a cricket than I had ever imagined.

I won't put this artwork up for auction for a few days. I want to time this auction so that Thanksgiving won't compete with my views on this item. If you are interested in purchasing this painting before I list it on eBay, email me and we will make arrangements.

Gone Fishin'...Bear

Oil on 11x14 archival canvas panel. This one is loaded with texture.
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Dragonfly #3

Here's my ol' friend, the dragonfly, revisited. Fascinating to paint! The more I observe while painting it, the more new details I see.

Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel.
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Bears...The Confrontation

This piece has an added element which isn't usually included in my other paintings...drama. I tried to support this element through my selection of color and composition.
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Wolf...Close Up And Personal

Hopefully, I'll have the next several days to do nothing but paint. Until then here's another blast from the past.

Oil on 12x9 stretched canvas. Sold

Elk

I had a great time painting this light struck elk. This painting is presently with some of my other work at Gallery In The Vault in Wooster, Ohio.

Oil on 12x9 canvas panel.

Swan

Here's another blast from the past. For this one, I was experimenting with pushing higher chroma. Oil on 9x12 canvas panel.

Elvis Tribute

I have been an admirer of Elvis ever since he first put on those Blue Suede Shoes. In his latter years, he projected more of himself and became even more charismatic.

Oil on 7x5 archival canvas panel.
Thanks for looking, Dean
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Grazing Cow

Oil on 11x14 stretched canvas. Sold

Standing Bear

Here's my ol' friend, the standing brown bear. This painting has been on my blog twice before. The 1st time, there was little reaction, so for take #2 I repainted the background which I felt was a nice improvement. Still not much reaction which in my thinking = a flop. This time I repainted the sky and did a lot of work on the bear. Well, here he is again all groomed and brushed out, ready for inspection. Hope you like it.

If you think that I'm stubborn...maybe I am (a little...Lol). But the larger fact is that I look upon this repainting as a challenge in problem solving. A very helpful learning tool.

Oil on 14x11 archival canves panel.

Textured Cat

Ahhh! It always feels good to lay the strokes on thickly and just let the paint do it's "thing". I really enjoyed doing this one.


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Upright Grizzly

Sorry, I missed posting a painting yesterday. I got involved with technical problems with my printer and had to resolve them so that I can print mailing labels...hate it when something gets in the way of my painting! Here's a painting from the recent past which is already sold. I liked this one for the stance of the grizzly and how the color and strokes turned out. Not too sure about the sky, though. The close up of the face tempts me to do a painting of it.
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Hummingbird #2

There's just something almost magical about these wee creatures.
Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel.
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Laid Back Wolf

Oil on 9x12 archival canvas panel. I was happy with expression on the wolf's face. Also with the fact that I believe I managed to quit in time to prevent overworking.

Close Up Cow

Oil on 9x12 canvas panel. Sold

I Kid You Not

Oil on archival 9x12 canvas panel. Sold

Essence Of Wolf

Today, I felt 'up' for something different. I've been mulling this over in my mind for awhile. The idea is to just paint the essence of the subject and leave all the details out. With the greatest economy of strokes what would make a canvas cry "wolf"?

Much of this surface is just toned with acrylic. The essence is done in oil.

Oil on 7x5 archival canvas panel. Sold

Bear With Cub

Oil on 11x14 stretched canvas. Sold