colette's rose

a woman at the library gave me this rose to paint when she saw the painting books i checked out, and i remarked on the roses displayed on the counter. she grew them, and has offered to cut me a bouquet as well. so nice!
oil on linen, 9x12"

old red (retired)

a painting i've had on my mind for some time, 11x14" oil on linen on masonite.

color chart

i believe i found a versatile red that will create oranges and purples! it's gamblin quinacridone red. did a little testing today.
look at the pinks created with raw sienna, too.

templeton barn

went for a lovely drive in the country and found this wonderful old barn. wish i could do this everyday, i felt like me there. think the painting needs a little finishing, but am happy enough with it. 9x12" oil on masonite.

african violet

i'm happy, i painted this a. m. oil on yupo, 6x8"

colony home

no rain today, actually got out to paint. this little adobe has been catching my eye when dropping my son off at school. about 2 hours, premixed my colors from lemon yellow, napthol red, ult blue, raw sienna and white. the panel was pretoned lite beige. 9x12" oil on masonite.

digi fun

some digital practice, unfinished.

march view

unfinished, on sennelier oil pastel paper, about 12x17. exploring my limited palette, feel like i'm learning something...

daisies, day 2

some refinements 12x16" oil on panel

daisies

cheery flowers on a cloudy day, oil on pintura panel, 12x16" unfinished.

yay! painted today

about 1 hour, unfinished. 9x12" oil on board
premixed some colors, limited palette to cad lem, nap red, ult blue, raw sienna and white. i like!

swatches

played with a limited palette today.

digi fun

a little digital play

ship

my best woodcarving, basswood, about 9x12"

spring thing

its raining, and i had hoped to go out to paint. tried this from my head, its not working. failure is just a part of the process.

button flower

unfinished basswood carving. about 9"x12.

pull out the carvings...

a practice carving done some years back. basswood. about 4x10"

paper

crumpled paper, oil on yupo, 6x8"

life is gettin' in the way of painting!

yes, it's true, REAL LIFE is intruding on my creative time! here's a woodcarving done a few years ago. looking at this makes me want to clear off my bench and carve! arghhh, so many interests, so little time!!!

finished freesias

brought this to a finish. oil on masonite, 11x14".

mystery post

don't know what i'm going to post today.

a digi abstract from last summer.

freesias

one of my favorite early spring flowers, beautiful with an intoxicating smell. unfinished, 11x14" oil on panel.

placeholder

too pooped to pop, as me da used to say. not a painting in me today.

popcornish

my idea of a perfect hour, eat popcorn and paint! dual duty food, painting fodder, ha!
6x8" oil on yupo

sunlit meadow, redux

fiddled with one from a few weeks ago, exploring.

candle

lit candle, oil on yupo, 6x8"
not crooked irl

more sailin'

after some consideration i removed the sun and feel it's a better painting.

sunset sail

an actual painting i actually did today. needs adjustments, and some might call this 70's trite, but you know what? i like it! (and i'm the one to please!) 10x20" oil on stretched linen.

chili con queso

an oil pastel done last summer, 9x12" art spectrum paper, a dark brown tone. still suffering from busy-ness, short on painting time.

i am enjoying revisiting some older work, can see what i've learned.

fun with paint

just paintin'...yupo 8x10"

digi landscape

a digi thang done awhile back, no time for painting today.

some adjustments

i thought i was done, but then i noticed some things...
for better or for worse.

finish salinas river view

9x12" oil on pintura panel. started in the field, finished at home.

4th butterfly, update

none of these are as ez to paint as the first one. sigh.
5x7" oil on panelli panel

butterfly series, eyespots

update. 5x7" oil on panelli panel

butterfly series, monarch

been avoiding these, lost my best liner brush, and ran out of the medium i like to use for fluid lines. too broke and busy to shop. don't know if faking it is gonna work...

digi tulips

busy day, pulled from archives. digital paint.

chix in the sketchbook

i'm fonda chickens! no painting time today, pulled a drawing from the sketchbook. 9x12" graphite on drawing paper

lovers day

sweets. 8x10" oil on linen

cerro vista mas

another hour or so on this. 9x12" oil on masonite

cerro vista, block in

went early to work and did a bit of painting. 9x12" oil on panel

salinas, feb

a wonderful day for painting 'en plein air'. the salinas river is wet for the time being...this view is from cemetary drive. 9x12" oil on pintura canvas panel.
this is the lay-in, and i'm quite happy with it so far.

church hill view

6x8" oil on yupo. a little finish, sunlight in a meadow

church hill block in

6x8" oil on yupo

sweethearts

candy for love day. a little more work, 8x10" oil on linen

a work in progress

oil on linen 8x10" approx

page from the sketchbook

think i have not posted this b4. graphite on drawing paper, cropped to 8x10".

progress eye spots butterfly

a little more on this one 5x7" oil on panelli gesso panel

butterfly series 1,f try again

tried to post this yesterday, but blogger had a problem. and it will not let me edit yesterday's post to add this.

5x7" oil on panelli gesso panel. i posted the underpaintings for this series of 4 awhile back.

cat basket

have a little energy today, did something painty.

oil on linen, 8x10"

old seaman

a drawing from a while back, a fun method where you don't pick the pen up from the paper. fine line marker, black ink. 8x10"