standing alone #2
Standing Alone #2, 8x11", SOLD
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Index
untitled blue
Untitled Blue, 11x11", SOLD
sunset with clouds
Painted with pallet knife on Masonite hardboard.
Sunset with Clouds, 8x10", SOLD
standing alone #1
Standing Alone #1, 11x16", SOLD
caught in the majesty
Another pallet knife painting with majestic clouds.
Caught in the Majesty, 8x14", SOLD
a bend in the river #4
Maybe I should start a pallet knife series. I like pushing paint with a pallet knife, just don't do it enough. This one is another "bend in the river" painting---accomplished with pallet knife of course.
A Bend in the River #4, 16x16", SOLD
sailing the last light
Another sailboat painting. They always get attention from sailboat enthusiasts, but I don't always have them on hand.
Sailing the Last Light, 16x16", $200 (no. 1011)
geese landing
Geese Landing, 16x16", SOLD
NOLA City Park Bridge
With this large painting I was going for lots of texture [if that's not clear from seeing the image itself]. I achieved this effect with layers of paint applied with brush, with textured roller, with pallet knife, and with splashes and drips of paint. I gave a little relief to this texture onslaught with a wash of white in the center above and below the bridge---this little change helps to push this area to the background and helps the bridge stand on it's own in the foreground.
NOLA City Park Bridge, 44.5x47"
the river, diptych
The River, diptych, 2-16x20", SOLD
The River - detail
the river on a cloudy day
A quick painting with some pallet knife work. Painted on Masonite hardboard.
The River on a Cloudy Day, 16x18", $200
jackrabbit
Jackrabbit, 14x11", SOLD
fairy dust
This one started as two head-and-shoulders portraits---didn't like it so I scrapped the one on the right and put in a simple background of trees; then the fairies took over and the painting took on a life of its own. Now I've got this high-fantasy painting with a hint of anime styling to the large-eyed face and a painting that doesn't fit with the rest of my work, in terms of subject matter.
Anyway, if you know anyone who would love this painting, let them know I've got it for sale---and tell them to ask for a better price, you never know with artists and it doesn't hurt to ask . . . .
Fairy Dust, 24x30", $300
Here's a detail of the face. Maybe I should do a series of small paintings of faces---that would be fun---look for it soon! That is all.
dapper man
Wanted another figure painting to pair with the Portrait of Mrs. White painting. I was initially going to make the entire coat out of newspaper but after applying the left side, I liked it better this way. He is supposed to be a Victorian-era gentleman but I think this could be from any era up to current times. Perhaps I should have added the dead-give-away oversize mustachio . . .
Dapper Man, 24x18", $300
coffee and beignets #6
I've done a number of coffee paintings and a number of them with beignets, and I don't know exactly how many. Anyway, I'm calling this one #6, though maybe I should give it a more memorable name. "Breakfast at the Cafe" or "Intellectual Stimulus" or "A Cup of Joe and a Plate of Pastries". I dunno.
Coffee & Beignets #6, 16x16", $250
orange lantern
This was a quick study of an orange lantern with a white pillar candle. This lantern was hanging outside on our patio and I couldn't resist painting it.
Orange Lantern, 14x11", $75
wish tree
Several things are glued into this painting---a seed packet for sunflowers, a price tag, a bit of string, and four or five pieces of aluminum foil---making this a mixed media piece. This one, like many others, started its life as a different painting altogether---a painting not quite ready to be painted, perhaps. I had the idea of painting a simple tree shape, trunk and branches, and then I started adding the stars [for some reason]. The blue sky was too blue, so I went in strong with white latex house paint which, being of a thinner consistency, began to drip down the painting---this looked fine to me, so I continued to let it drip and dawdle down the painting. I left the bottom part alone until a dark shape near the trunk appeared to me to be a person kneeling (I had already named the painting "Wish Tree", so a person kneeling, making a wish, seemed to fit).
From Wikipedia: "A wish tree is an individual tree, usually distinguished by species, position or appearance, which is used as an object of wishes and offerings. Such trees are identified as possessing a special religious or spiritual value. By tradition, believers make votive offerings in order to gain from that nature spirit, saint or goddess fulfillment of a wish."
Wish Tree, 30x24"
a deep sleep
Another gender-nonspecific portrait done in a primitive style---I don't know, but I like it.
A Deep Sleep, 14x11", SOLD
portrait of mrs white -- 2
I spent a long time changing the color of the hat, having already deciding on the yellow/orange background with the peach/violet face---for some reason the hat color gave me fits---then I decided to break out the newspaper. So now it's a mixed media piece. Acrylic and old media.
Portrait of Mrs. White #2, 16x14"
backyard with orange umbrella
The strongest part of this painting is the expressive energy; it's fresh and untamed and honest. The weakest part of this painting is the weak title I gave it---what!? If a better title springs to mind, post it in the comments. I might rename this one. That is all.