I've really been turning on the juice in my paintings the past couple of weeks. Painting thicker and yummier than ever. When you do this, it is a bit less important with regard to what is painted and more important as to how it is painted. It doesn't hurt to have great subject matter, but when the paint is beautiful on the painting, no matter how you turn it, it is still appealing to the eye. I want to remind you that these are all small paintings and therefore seem much less detailed as others on this website... simply because of the size. but yes, there are some nice loose areas as well.
March 2010
I'm almost finished with Peaceful Evening... I have high hopes for this painting. It is fun when you start out with a great subject... captured beautifully by a professional photographer. Thanks Stephen Lau.
This is my first long day on this sunset painting. I am going for DYNOMITE ! I want something that grabs folks from across the street ... not just across the room. I began this morning by blocking it in with acrylic paints... this way I could push the color levels without worrying about getting things too "stirred up" and muddy if I had to correct. Now I am beginning to put down some thick lose oil paint in the sky.
February 2010
Jerimiah 10x8
Below are a couple of small study paintings that my wife snatched up - excited to see this delicious paint.... (rooster and pigs-- delicious in the paint... not necessarily in the ham and chicken)
three little pigs 11x14
Rooster 11x14
Evening in Paris 9x12
In the Sun (Venice) 11x14
A Perfect Day 9x12
sledding 9x12
Pigs in the Garden 9x12
Passing too Close 6x8
Aware of what is coming 6x8
January 2010 :
In my quest for "more juice!" in my paintings... more bravado! More yummy! I felt I needed to paint another while I was on a role. I want something looser than I attained in Beach Bums... So I started a little portrait below: Kaely!
Here I have established lights, darks, color key, on top of a fairly dynamic under painting wash of green, yellow orange and brown. I can tell already I want to noodle this to death! Hold me back! Hide my little brushes!
much more establishing of shape and form. I didn't allow my self enough time to paint this painting, so I will be doing some wet on dry paint to get the "juice" flowing again today.
a new day... big piles of paint and a medim brush... not small ones at all. If I think I need a small brush, I'm looking too close
I've "expressed" or "interpretted" what I see in the photo with large strokes and soft edges. I'm almost finished. I want to zero in on the chicken and work of a few edges. Hope I don't lose it
I love painting this way! I hope you aren't too nervous about that idea. To accomplish the same look and yet have all the yummy paint makes a painting .... well.... a painting!
