7/25/11

Today I started on a painting of water, grass, and reflections. The colors in this photograph that I took are amazing and once I played with the contrast in the photo editor it became clear that I had to paint this. I steered clear of the brushes and just used a palette knife to block things in. Palette knife was fun but I want more and that will come from my brushes. Hope to use my extra extra long filberts on this tomorrow. Also, this is a 24 x 36 canvas so it is taking up gobs of paint. yay.

Lakeside Ohio 7/15/11 to 7/17/11

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 This is a nocturne completed of the Lakeside Hotel. This is only my second nocturne so naturally I was a bit queasy about the whole thing. Not to mention that I had to use a giant Mag Light flashlight that was losing its battery. Odds seemingly stacked against me, I painted it. I couldn't see the paint on the canvas, too reflective. So I just pointed the light onto my palette and painted from that. This was very disturbing because you usually look at how one color relates to another on the actual canvas. So I went with my gut and painted bold and said we will see how it turns out. Turns out.... I loved it. I loved it a lot and I wanted to take it home and hang on the wall. Someone else loved it so much that they bought it to put on their wall. Definitely more nocturnes to come in the future.

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 Ahhhhhh. My favorite painting of the lakeside adventure. So much of the old style with a splash of the new. I love its simplicity, its loose-ness, its life. Love it. and I got to keep it. Bonus.

 Painted a sunset at Lakeside. Was a challenge because the actual sunset lasts maybe 20 minutes and it is changing the entire 20 minutes. So I kept it loose and kept it real. a sunset.

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I painted a home at Lakeside that was named Tapestry of Life. The house was beautiful with the sunlight and shadows dancing across its face. This is in pastel. I ended up selling this one also. Oh, and I forgot to photograph it before it was framed, hence the reflections.

7/9/11

So today I revisited a painting that I had made in February at the midpoint of my initial 90 day journey. I gave this portrait another whirl and I was shocked at how much color I now understand. The initial painting was cool and weak and I really feel that I nailed it this time around. Also my simple facial structure seems to be back... I have only had that once and that was at the Art at the Arnold when I nailed that portrait. Tee Hee!

7/6/11

This morning I mustered up the courage to paint the Short North in Columbus. Painting city streets kind of freaks me out. I love cities for people watching and to listening to all the urban buzz but when I paint I kind of like to escape into my head. Needless to say, its kind of hard to focus when I paint urban scenes. So, this is this mornings painting. Tah-dah. 

So its been a while....

So it has been a while since I last updated my blog. I have been going through some transitions in art and I kind of lost focus on posting my work. I have been doing commissions lately and trying to get back into some sort of routine with art. Kind of hard when I have absolutely no schedule.

As of most recently, I have begun the return to oils. I tend to switch mediums every couple of years. I think that I was in pastels for the longest lately with about three solid years. But as time will show, I will keep moving mediums. Not a bad thing if you ask me because my work is consistent in all mediums. It has the same feeling and energy.

So, here is today's quick plein air painting at the Park of Roses. Felt kind of silly being at the Park of Roses and painting lilies.