Sea Breeze

 

 

Here is a better view of the final product from the previous post.  I have called this one Sea Breeze it is 20x16 oil and I like how it turned out.  I like how the colors play off of each other.  I like the movement, it captures the moment I was going for.

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.

Seaside Morning

Seaside Morning 11"x14" oil

 

It is amazing the vibrancy of life living by the sea and enjoying the sun dancing around with the sea breezes.  I always want my paintings to be visually interesting to look at.  I want to the viewer to come into the painting and move around, engage with it.  I also want to convey that moment of beauty or place or good.  I think this piece does both.  It pulls you in as you move around the subject and it also captures that moment of peace, beginning, sun etc.  Nothing is still about nature and most still life's painted very still...but in the moment many still life's are life, vibrant and changing.  

In the Wash

 

 

Here is a new painting called "In the Wash" 9"x12" oil.  I am still enjoying painting this subject matter.  I love painting the figure in motion, in a seascape for all the colors and action.  The subject lends itself to becoming a painting.  The abstract water is always a fun experiment and this time the experiment seems to have worked.  Let me know what you think.

Surf Jumpers!

Well we have settled into the SoCal pace and flow. The beach is close and is providing much inspiration. Whether it be the water itself or the figures running around the subjects are many. I'm currently working on more paintings that feature this subject matter in addition to the subjects I already love to paint. Here is the latest painting. It is alive with the ocean and the joy of youth in the waves.