How I Spent my Sunday

"View from the Pier"

5 x7  Oil on Paper

$95

"Day at the Beach"

8 1/2 x 5 1/2 Oil on Paper

$95

A perfect way to spend my afternoon.

Palm Trees - SOLD

"Distant Hills"

5x7 Oil on Linen Panel

I enjoy painting these really tall palm trees.  I find myself searching my California photos for palm trees in the hope that there will be a scene to support painting the trees.  Weird, I know.  But whatever floats your boat.

It's all about the Surface - SOLD!!!!!!

"Sloping to the Right"

6x6  Oil on Board

$95

Everytime I finish my painting obligations, immediately I want to experiment.  I've never painted on board until today.  What fun.  The brush skims across the surface & paints react differently.  I painted this from an old study that wasn't particularly appealing but now I really like the view.  Might have to paint more on board but it's back to figures tomorrow.



Playing with Knives - SOLD!

"Lone Tree"

 8x6

It's such fun to pull out my palette knife and paint away.  There's freedom that happens and not that the fundamentals aren't still necessary but you can get away with a bit more with palette knives.  It's a way of loosing up, not taking such a serious approach to painting.  I like to use palette knife paintings as studies for more serious works.  I find that once I've done a study, I sometimes lose interest in the larger piece but a palette knife study feels different.  Maybe it's because its such a different technique from how I usually paint. I have a couple of commission studies I need to work on, so you will be seeing a few "Playing with Knives" paintings.  Who knows, there maybe a series in the works.  

  

Through the Palms

"Through the Palms"

6x6   $95