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coffee cup and spoon

Posted on by Wess Foreman

Yet another coffee cup painting. I can't get away from it. I guess it's a somewhat popular motif among the art-loving world, and I'm pretty much on board with it as well.

Coffee Cup and Spoon, 24x18"

gull

Posted on by Wess Foreman

I painted this gull painting nearly a year ago and I might have shown it at one art show before deciding that I didn't like it at all---too boring. So yesterday I pulled it back out and reworked it, mainly adding interest to the background of the piece. Adding all those horizontal layers of "water" and the suggestion of a dock in the background, as well as all the drips (which always fools a few people when it rains at art shows). Now I can and will show this canvas proudly at the next show.

Gull

24x18", $300

spectacles

Posted on by Wess Foreman

Every now and then I create a piece that captures my own imagination--art reflecting back at life, I suppose. Something about this one I like. I added enough reality--especially combined with the title of the piece--for the viewer to decipher the subject matter, but I intentionally omitted enough detail to let the painting live entirely in the world of the abstract. One would not mistake this for a photograph of a pair of eyeglasses. It is abstract. But one can clearly see the lenses and the bridge between the two and one of the temples (I looked it up and the arms are called temples; who knew). The monochromatic nature of the painting gives it a certain romance and mystery, as do the irrational shadows taking up half the painting. In its essence it is a simple line drawing in painting form.

Look for more like this one in the future. 

Spectacles, 20x20", $300

three apples

Posted on by Wess Foreman

Just a quick rendition of three apples. I always loved the look of multicolor handmade prints--the way one color might not match up with the next color--so I kept that aesthetic in mind, letting the first-pass color red peek through around the black sketch.

Three Apples,

8x18", SOLD