This is my second painting of pancakes but this time I orders blueberries with them. I received many comments regarding my first pancake painting that I felt obligated to paint another. I really enjoyed painting the strong blue purplish blue berries. Good enough to eat !
This painting of three pears in a basket was inspired when the other my wife brought home some fantastic pears. I took them outside and situated them in the sunlight and began to sketch them. I really enjoy the cool greens against the warm tones with the strong bluish shadows.
This small still life is part of a series of small paintings that I've been experimenting with. They are painted on 3/4" poplar, painted on the sides and ready to hung. These paintings are meant to be fun and full of exspressive texture and color. I will on occassion go really small, but find that it can be challenging to the eyes and to the composition to paint. However, I do like the intimacy the these small paintings bring. Please enjoy.
This small still life is part of a series of small paintings that I've been experimenting with. They are painted on 3/4" poplar, painted on the sides and ready to hung. These paintings are meant to be fun and full of exspressive texture and color. I will on occassion go really small, but find that it can be challenging to the eyes and to the composition to paint. However, I do like the intimacy the these small paintings bring. Please enjoy.
I started a series of small paintings. These small paintings are meant to be fun, fresh, loose and rich with color and texture. I've always enjoyed painting these small little miniatures. They draw the viewer in and forces the user to stop and look. Compared to a very large painting which strikes you from a distant, these little paintings pull you toward it.
This very expressive still life illustrates a very retro coffee maker. My intention was to create textural surface with rich dark and colorful reflections. The composition is very traditional but the technique used is very untraditional.
This painting is very different from many of my other peices. For one thing, it is gigantic compared to many of my current paintings. I felt like getting a little risky and paint a little more freer with a larger canvas. Call me crazy ! This particular painting of a Diner is a stylish view of one of many great American Diners throughout the country.
This silver set contains a silver creamer, sugar container and an antique salt shaker. This fine silver piece belonged to my wife's Grandmother who was an avid antique collector. The painting is very abstract and painted in a lose fashion with very expressive and bold colors.
This painting was started before breakfast - can you tell. The joke at home here is that every Saturday my wife and I go out to eat at a local Diner and I always order the same thing - Pancakes. My wife got a kick out of this painting. Hope you enjoy the painting as much as I enjoy eating breakfast.
Since Spring is almost here, I felt the need to paint some flowers. I incorporated a cup of espresso coffee in the mix. I found the warm colors in the flowers enhanced the cool tones of the cup and the cool grays.
In this painting I tried a little different technique. Many of you are probably familiar with the old masters approach to painting. I painted the panel with several monochrome underpaintings and then after it has completely tried I glazed it with a local color. This approach requires patience, which I have little of, and extreme deligence. I must admit, this approcah is time consuming but the results are stunning. The transparent glaze allows for light to travel through layers of transparent colors and the impasto surface becomes more dynamic.
