"flight" 24X48 acrylic on canvas

Today, I laughed with a friend's pet bird.  At first, when he perched on my shoulder I  would laugh nervously because he bites just a bit and he was close to my face, but every time I would laugh he would laugh.  It was such a great experience.  I came home and this almost flew out of me (pun intended).  "flight"

A Little Color

 

 

Starting to add a little color to this sweet little dog. 

Avenue of the Arts (Philadelphia)

 

30x40 acrylic.  This painting is heading north this week.

Sketch

Beginnings - Portrait of a Girl

I am super excited to be entrusted with this portrait.  Here are the first stages.

Sketch.

 

 

 



Canvas tint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under painting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Basically two more layers that add the detail and highlights!

 









Cow update and new paintings

Well, so far I've just now finished removing what I hope is all of the top varnish from the cow.  It is smelly hard work and so I took a small break and have done a couple of paintings.  Next I will sand and bondo the damaged parts (15% of the cow in my estimation), then sand, re-prime, re-paint, re-gel, and re-varnish.  Whew.  anyway...here are the new paintings.

 

This poppy painting is acrylic and was my first experiment using texture medium.  Quick and fun.

 

 

 

This painting is a small oil.  11x14  I plan on doing more like this one, but I need models!  The search begins.

 

The New River Gorge Bridge

I had so much fun painting this.  This is the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, WV, my hometown.  It is within walking distance from the house I grew up in.  It used to be the world's longest steel arch bridge, but now I think it is only the longest in the western hemisphere.  The painting is impressionist and I purposefully left some of the drawing lines exposed.  Acrylic on 30x40 canvas.