In Progress 1

I thought I'd document the process of a painting. I sometimes photograph states of a work, but decide to post some here (mainly so I can easily check it myself, with the dates).

This will likely be one of a series of still lifes with colored tissue paper (though this one's will be white).

I've been trying to mute my palette for a while, and "Parsnips" was one of the first ones where I did that, so I think this one will be similar.

Self

A fairly quick (2 hours?) oil sketch. I haven't painted people in awhile and I'm warming up on my own face. That sounded odd, but ...

Jamie W.

I think I'm finished with this one.

Well I thought so before then kept messing with it.

Oil On Linen, approx 19 x 15

Jamie W.

This is one I'm still working on, but I sort of like how it's going. A little smoother and tighter than I intended but that's how these things go. Sometimes the painting tells you how it wants to be painted.

Oil on Linen, 20 x 16

Parsnips I presume?

I believe these are parsnips and a turnip. So I'm told. I choose things to paint without regard for name, flavor or utility. I just like the way they look.

Trio, Oil on Linen 15 x 16

"You are so talented I would love to see you do something less boring and uninteresting. Try figures. And look up some design books."

Ouch. This was a recent comment on an Art Website about my work.

Provincetown

I'm packing up some paintings to send to the Egeli Gallery in Provincetown, (Cape Cod) Mass. The gallery is active mostly for the summer months, and should be open till late September. Stop by if you're in the area and ask for Arthur. And rave about my work loudly so people will hear.

Jamie

Thought I'd post something that isn't a still life. I'm doing some drawings and paintings of a friend of mine, Jamie. Working on a painting of her but had to stop all painting for a little while while I had my studio rewired. I nearly had a fire from a burning  and smoking wall outlet.

Back to normal now.

Pencil on paper, 14 x 11

September

Turban Squashed

This painting and another small still life have been juried into The California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition for 2009, opening April 26th. 

www.californiaartclub.com

Oil on Linen, 20 x 16

Apple Peeling

Apple Peeling, Oil on panel, 12 x 9

Here's an odd little one I recently finished. I say odd, because I don't always know why I paint certain things, and I actually sometimes like that they seem odd to me. Not weird, just slightly different than I intended.