Golden Sun Flowers

 

I never get tired of painting sun flowers.  There is something about them that keeps me coming back.  Perhaps it is that they have been the subject of so many great artists before me.  I totally "get" their attraction to the subject, great shapes, great colors, great meaning to people.  Here is my latest sun flower painting entitled Golden Sun Flowers 24x18 oil.

 

 

Progression of a Still-life

 

 

Here is a new 20x16 oil painting still-life, so new it is untitled.  I attempted to shoot photos of the painting at different points of completion.  It offers a look at how I work.  I generally map in the design.  Then I add my middle tones, then my darks and then my lights.  I like the idea of a progression to show how I work.  Perhaps in the future I will attempt this with a better camera or perhaps a time lapse, but for now this will have to due.

Incgonito 2014 Santa Monica Museum of Art

I was very honored to be included in the Santa Monica Museum of Arts 2014 Incognito Show.  To be in a show with so many talented artists was very cool.  I was even more happy that my painting sold to benefit the museum.  None of the art is signed on the front so the buyer has no idea who the artist is, thus the art is sold on its own merit and not on the artists name or reputation.  Thank you to the person that picked my painting and thus contributing to the museum.

I'm Being Watched!

 

 

As the paintings stack up in the studio...sometimes I feel like I'm being watched!

Charity begins at the studio...

I am asked periodically to donate paintings to charity and sometimes I do. This year I donated a piece to the Western Heritage Museum in Cheyenne,WY. I also donated a piece, as I do annually, to the Bradford School auction. The Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design approached me about painting a canvas for their upcoming auction. I became acquainted with the school during my last show on the campus at the Steele Gallery. It is an excellent art school and I felt honored to have a show there as well as honored to be asked to paint a canvas for there auction. I painted one of my favorite subjects a partially peeled orange. The 3rd annual Art Bash is December 6th and the funds go to the scholarship fund. These auctions are a great way to get a painting (sometimes at a significant discount) and at the same time donate to charity.