Exit Row

24x18

oil on 2" cradled panel

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A Hard Day's Night

 

6x6 oil on panel

$125 + s/h - sold

Coffee Break

6x6 oil on panel


I actually broke out some small panels last week in the hopes of getting a few paintings to send to the "6 inch Squared" exhibition and sale at the Randy Higbee Gallery. The one above is shipping today and the opening reception is December 8th.

Color Guard

12x9 oil on cradled panel
sold

Happy Halloween everyone! I've been running around like crazy the last few days between a weekend campout, Halloween prep, school activities, etc. I hope this isn't the slippery slope into the holidays. I need to be doing more painting! 

Sidestreet Study

30 minute sketch

I love this exercise! It seems almost unfair to spend so short a time, but get such good results. Truly, a few more minutes could refine this to a gallery ready painting. Its about 7 inches square on a loose piece of linen. This week, more of these and I'm going to start "gallery" works with a 30 minute "flash dance" as a friend commented! Love that. First thing for Monday though is our weekly figure session at a coffee house. Can't wait for that for many reasons.

Afternoon In Austin

20x16 oil on linen

Still trying to capture light. Especially the intense sun that shines on Austin many months of the year. I am still not completely satisfied with this and almost think it would have been better smaller. I like to work somewhat small I guess - I prefer to finish my paintings in one session. Many times my galleries ask for larger works but I think my scenes and brushwork just lend themselves better to a smaller scale. And not everyone has big empty walls, right?

I mentioned awhile ago that my gallery in Vermont, Studio 47, invited me to have a solo show this year. After talking with him, we decided to make it a three person show. I was just not sure my audience would be large enough to make it worth his, and my, while. Hopefully with three of us, it will be an exciting show and draw in a good crowd. I'm very excited and feel a little less pressure. It will be a good start for me. More details to come, of course.

Also, I will soon update here or my website with info on where these new gallery paintings go.

Anything But Pedestrian

12x18 oil on panel

To celebrate my city I finished up a painting I started awhile ago. This is along Congress Ave. downtown Austin. The sunlight hitting this woman walking with the yellow scarf over her salwar (?) just stood out so beautifully.
This photo doesn't do justice to the painting. My camera doesn't pick up yellows well. So its a little washed out - esp. the ground, which is warmer than it looks here. And her scarf is much more vibrant than this. Think lemon yellow!

West Side Shadows

12x8 oil on panel

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I am still working. I just can't seem to finish anything. And I can't seem to find inspiration for smaller things. I suppose I have to get the larger scenes out of my system!
This is a scene from NYC - the West Village one sunny morning. I eliminated any background really and focused on the light and shadow. I am now working on a larger scene of this same corner. Hopefully I can finish it this week. :-)

City Beat V

6x6 oil on panel
$100 + $11 s/h - sold

Below are some pencil sketches I did today of my dog. She is a very relaxed schnauzer and, as such, wonderfully relaxing for me. I was trying also to teach my daughter a bit about drawing what you see, rather than what you know. Perhaps she is too young for that yet. ?