A Day at the Races

Oil on linen panel / 18 x24 / $2400.00 US

 

Some Figurative Work and more SNOW!

I took a few photos while hanging out in a waiting room recently and had fun doing this graphite sketch and quick oil study of the same man. 

Graphite and white charcoal on newsprint /  18 x 14

Waiting Room Blues / oil on linen panel / 14 x 18

And a few photos of our wintry  landscape....

Two Figure Studies

Red Cheeked Reclining Nude / oil on linen 14x18

And the preceding quick ala prima oil sketch on art board

Nude oil sketch / oil on artboard / 16x20

Nude Study

Nude Study / oil on linen / 12 x x12

What a great model.

 I am running on empty today and promise to reply to all who commented on my last post and to visit your blogs as well just as soon as I can. Many thanks to all who visit my blog and take a moment to comment and tell me your thoughts!

Daryan at the Portrait Society

Daryan / 18 x 14 / oil on linen panel

Feeling very free with both brush and paint, this alla prima figure study was done from a photo taken of model Daryan at the Reno Portrait Society. I loved her clothing and tall black boots, I loved the way the light caught her features and her hair - and well, I just loved painting her!
And, by the way, congratulations to California Chrome! What a magnificent horse!

To Contemplate What Lies Beyond

To Contemplate What Lies Beyond / oil on canvas panel / 20 x 16

Oh my gosh! She was great fun to paint!

An Air of Inevitability

An Air of Inevitability / oil on canvas panel / 14 x 18

Painting on a Wing and a Prayer

Oil on linen panel / 24 x 36

I have no title yet for this rather overly ambitious piece. I worked on it for about 3 hours and feel drained so knew it was time to stop for today. So many decisions as my only references are the sketches I did in life drawing, each one from a different vantage point in the studio so each one with different light source - and of course, done in graphite. So the lighting and the color are a conglomeration of imagination, whimsy, trial and error and past experience. Perhaps this is what painting is really all about. I am not displeased with this second day of painting this piece but I hope I can maintain my interest and stamina. Its a big painting and quite a challenge!