New Work More color

I've been working...changing refocusing seeing more differently.
Hue, value. Bumping color up, making things more intense.
Feeling akward but driven to keep going.
As of late I have not completed a painting...I've worked on several studies.

Here's one I am currently working on.

I'm determined to show strength ..lot's of contrast warms and cools...values.
Brush strokes...

The Lioness's and Babybear continue

This painting this creation is teaching me to be patient and respect the way it needs to form.
I'm learning to breath between movements and the acute ability to accept and recognize the way things need to be to become what I want them to be. A great exercise in muscle mind growth.

So here's the progress thus far

The Lioness's and the Pussy Cat

Babybear has worked his way in to my next painting...all12 pounds of him. No big deal he's hanging with the heavy weights . Nonchalant is prevalent.
This is a 30 x 40 oil on canvas. I'm getting excited by the negative space and thick application of paint.  The next adventure.....The lioness's are Lion Tiger and Bear residents...sisters, Jillian and Suri. Babybear resides with me.

so here it is so far

Finch Painting

This may be a first. To my recollection I have never painted a finch. This beautiful male was a visitor in our backyard. They love grape jelly. We had been putting jelly out for the orioles and found out theses finchs love it just  as much. So here is the beginning of a new adventure. This is an oil on canvas...not yet done.

Second Place and Honorable Mention Wildlife in Art 2015

Two of my paintings were accepted into the Wildlife in Art 2015 Exhibition in La Mesa.
Sumatran Brothers received 2nd Place and Smell 'N the Air got an honorable mention.

Sumatran Brothers

                                                    A Smell 'N the Air

This Kestrel was at the event. They are small falcons/raptors . Kestrels can hover in still air, even indoors in barns. Because they face towards any slight wind^[1] when hovering, the common kestrel is called a "windhover" in some areas.

Conrads Den

Conrads Den probably done.
Enjoyed working the contrasts.

"Conrad was a young male captured in 2007 {tagged #502} by California Fish and Game while roaming near an elementary school in Redlands California  LTB adopted  him so he would not be euthanized".  

So here he is  22" x 28'' Oil on Canvas.

mountain lion oil painting

Conrad the montain lion

Here's what I have been working on. This is Conrad he too lives at Lions Tigers and Bears.
Thank goodness for this wonderful sanctuary giving homes to displaced creatures of this unniverse.
So here is. Mountain lions  are generally shy creatures, Conrad was all comfortable in his den.

This is a 22 x 28 inch oil on canvas. Not done yet...soon.