6 x 6"
oil on linen
$125
This is Gracie. I covet Gracie. She will never be mine. She almost was, but alas, my friend Ann-Marie persevered and changed Gracie from a vicious beast into a fluffy muffin. She now lives happily with her brother in fur, Roscoe. He's a tad bigger but Gracie rules the roost. When we jam, she'll jump up on the couch, stand on her hinds and lick the inside of your ear. Not a great feeling, but since it's Gracie, I don't mind it one bit. I also have my eye on Roscoe. We'll see.
16 x 20"
oil on canvas
SOLD
Icky day. These kinds of days usually make me happy. Oh well. I'm working dailies and commissions and neither is near done, so I'd like you to meet Shelby. She was a commission I did a few years back.
6 x 6"
Oil on linen
$125
This is the second in a series of the branches from the rhodadenren bush outside my studio window. These are more fun than I've ever had painting. Took me back to that great feeling of warmth and safety I'd inevitably feel whenever I'd take out my brand spanking new, 3-tiered box of crayola crayons, run my hand over the rough, nubbley, newsprint surface of my coloring book and settle down on my bedroom floor to stay within the lines for hours. Such a simple time. All I had to worry about was which dress I'd wear to school the next day. Yes, back in the day we actually had to dress up to go to school. But, again, I digress.
The linen, painted black is my new favorite surface to work on. When I press my brush against it—it gives and I get that warm, gooey feeling again. Just perfect. I think I'll be doing one more of these and group them. We'll see. Beautiful day here. Soon be time to rake some leaves.
16 x 20"
oil on canvas
SOLD
I'm working on a series of dailies and haven't finished so again, I'm posting a commission, actually a gift. Sometimes I really like leaving the toned canvas as a background. I'm really glad it's Friday. Enjoy.
6 x 7.75"
Oil on board
$125
This started out as a lot of fun. This is my third daily on board and it's been 2 weeks of waiting for the paint to dry, puttin' this puppy in the oven, the use of a hair dryer and a less than toasty, early fall, sun soak. I just decided to put it out of it's misery and force a finish.
I love the subject matter. It's the headstock of my Paul Reed Smith guitar. I've taken a lot of graphically lit closeups of it and I'm going to do more, just not on board. The boards and I have officially decided to go our separate ways. Sad but true. Perhaps himself will enjoy the remaining seven left in stock.
18 X 24"
Oil on canvas
SOLD
Working on a commission today and thought I could get it far enough to post, but no go so I'm posting a recent commission. I'm afraid I went a tad overboard clover-wise but I couldn't help myself—himself is Irish. I like this because it's less a portrait and more a painting.
Also, I'd like to apologize to anyone who left a comment here that I haven't responded to. When I began blogging there were no comments made, obviously, because who knew I was posting except me and my closest relative, so I just assumed I'd never get any feedback. Fast forward to today, I noticed one and then I noticed lots! I do apologize and hope no one thought me rude. It's not a real big deal, I know, but if someone takes the time to comment on my work/ranting, I feel it's only proper to say thank you, assuming of course the comment was nice, which they've all been...so far. So thank you and I apologize.
5 X 7"
Oil on canvas
$100
If you've been following my musings/whining, you'll remember the wedding cake and the visit from our friend, the artist. Well these puppies were among the gifts he brought. He told me what they were, but I forgot. I wanted to do these on linen but none were dry enough to work on since I painted every surface black yesterday after my happy time with the leaves. Plus, I want to post a painting every day this week, so I had to rush this, but, I think it works.
