Painting Wildlife Again

Well I'm preparing for a show at the end of March.

My concentrate will be animals and people in the moment.

Here's a new piece.

Something New

Here's a painting I'm working on. It's a special painting. A friend, a special friend has commissioned me to do this painting as a surprise for a loved one.

I'm enjoying using all my various learning's from the past few years to create this piece.

Warms, cools, brushstroke,values,colors, direction, movement and more.

Hope they like it.

Portrait of Rachel

"Rachel " is a beautiful young woman who I recently had the pleasure to paint.

This is a commission to be given to Rachel's mom for Christmas.

It is an 11" x 14" oil on canvas board.

Yet another Painting

Okay this was a tough one for me to paint. I took this photo out at a friends ranch. A fire in a tall industrial can was started but the wood was wet thus lot's of smoke.My colors were limited and it was hard for me to stay in all those grey/blue tones of smoke. So there is an occasional splash of color.

Large Painting of Model

Okay this is a large 36" x 48" painting that I completed recently. I used big brushes to obtain textural variation and color. I painted this from a model I had in the Figurative class I've been attending.

So here it is.

A new Painting

This painting is from a class I've been taking on Figurative Painting . The model was placed under strong contrast lighting. We were to create a believable sense of space by incorporating components of the physical environment. Create atmospheric perspective using contrast and edges. So here it is

Break Through

Recently I embraced texture,reflection, color absorption and better use of negative space. I've become less fearful of laying down a stroke of paint, of leaving it and moving on. Then coming back later and joining the strokes I've laid down. Letting one color enter another. Using larger brushes . So here's a new painting. I've used a very limited palette and had some fun.