Sunday, January 17, 2010

A few new paintings



I have a lot on my art plate right now. A lot of people are asking for my "time and talent' without a lot of people offering up the moolah for either. But...it's exposure and I like the organizations, so...I'll do it.
In addition to my own classes that I take and the 8 that I'm teaching, I've been asked to: donate a few, do a painting that will be included in a book that will be auctioned off, create a kids table and chairs, design and paint a set for "Alice in Wonderland", my own classwork, and somehow find time to work on building up my own stock of 'ready to go' paintings.
This month I have 8 paintings hanging at the Chamber of Commerce in Dunwoody, Ga. There's not a ton of foot traffic, but a solo show is always nice and of course looks good on the old resume.
This week, I finished two works. One watercolor and one oil . They were both kind of fun and while niether of them fulfill any of the above required works, I'm happy with them.
The smaller watercolor image comes from an image in a commercial. As that is someone elses work, even though I've altered it...I wouldnt put it up for sale, but, like I said, I like it.
the larger oil is just a still life that I snapped a photo of while trying to use up some fruits and veggies in the house.



enjoy.




Thursday, January 7, 2010

quick painting sketch

I have a small solo 'show' at the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce this month. A lot of the paintings I have available right now are pretty large so I wanted to do a painting that was about 16x20 to have something relatively smaller to hang with the rest. To that end, I did this kind of rough, quick painting. I had a canvas that I had previously painted black and I like the way the colors really pop in this one. It's a pretty simple composition, but I like the way it kind of keeps you moving.