Six Weeks, Second Job, "Plum Buddha" 8x10 - SOLD

 

Six weeks plus is far too long to go without posting... I've picked up a job after eight months of looking and that has bitten into my painting schedule a bit.

 

I purchased a 10-pack of 8x10 double oil primed Ray-Mar panels last month and I think I've fallen in love with these things... They even smell good. It's frustrating to finish a painting and have it not seem as good as the surface deserves. I've painted a bunch lately but there are only a couple of survivors that I'm not going to immediately recycle through the "Paint Over This" pile. I picked up this Buddha statue at Whole Foods, of all places, and right near it was a bin full of "Texas plums". The plums tasted awful, but they were good subjects.

"Plum Buddha" - 8" x 10" oil on double oil-primed Ray-Mar canvas panel

SOLD!

 

"New Lily" sketch to get back in the swing of things - SOLD

 

That creaking noise is the sound of rusty artistic gears beginning to turn again... I've been away due to lack of supplies, and some time well spent with other people socializing (gasp!) this past weekend. I'll have pictures of that event up on Flickr later. In the meantime here's a leftover mother's day lily - really a quick painted sketch of a late blossom, painted cautiously with some new paints:

"New Lily" - 6" x 8" oil on Ray-Mar canvas panel

SOLD!

 

"Single Red Rose"

 

Another "title says it all" painting. Somehow I forgot to list this one, I had everything uploaded and ready to go, and then I was interrupted and forgot to go through with the posting.

 

Unfortunately I am currently nearly out of supplies. My next round of panels and paints are on the way, and I will be back to more regular posting shortly.

"Title" - 6" x 8" oil on Ray-Mar canvas panel

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"Experimental Rose"

 

Title says it all. My inexpensive single roses were coming to the end of their service life. I decided to try a fast sketch on an old 6x6 board by building in deep color from back to front, painting directly without much of my usual pencil drawing on the board - sort of a compromise between direct painting (which doesn't work well for flowers in my experience) and careful build-up. I also went heavy and almost random on the color choices, not a lot of mixing, just picking stuff straight from the tubes.

 

"Experimental Rose" - 6" x 6" oil on Ampersand Gessbord

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"Single Peach Rose" and some photos

 

The local Upscale Market had some single roses on sale, which were a godsend as I'm all about saving money on supplies and subject matter, and I've been on the hunt for flowers that cost less than an Andrew Jackson. First up this week is an individual peach rose, which have special significance for me for reasons I won't disclose (she knows who she is). Happy birthday J!

 

"Single Peach Rose" - 8" x 6" oil on Ray-Mar canvas panel

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I've also been adding some photos to my Flickr. I thought this one was of artistic interest:
 
I swear I didn't pose anybody in this photo. It looks like a painting by somebody who's name I can't recall.

Link and run - Peter Funch's photographs

I love this kind of thing:


Peter Funch builds composite images out of photographs taken over the course of several days. As a people-watching artist with a hangup on all sorts of confusing and interesting social phenomena, I must say that these pictures are my cup of tea. I can't help but be reminded of "The Matrix" looking at some of his photos.

I'll be back with more paintings tomorrow.

"Wednesday Rose" for a Friday

 

I may be approaching my goal of "not terrible" with flowers. They are a challenge, or perhaps I'm trying to paint out of a rut... I'm not sure. Maybe I should blame the warm muggy weather. In any case here's the second one this week that I'm almost satisfied with (almost - since complacency is an artistic sin!).

 

"Wednesday Rose" - 6" x 8" oil on Ray-Mar canvas panel

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