New Still Life-WIP #2

Been laying in color. since this is essentially all white on white the value transitions are very subtle, as a result it is a painstakingly slow process. I tweaked the composition a bit by adding the broken egg shells to give the composition a little more balance. So far I have worked on this for five days including the initial drawing. I also have a second painting started as well. I have been using all hand ground pigments with the exception of cobalt violet, the rest of my palette is make up of pretty traditional colors. I am using lead white mixed with poppyseed oil because it really gives a close to pure white pigment.

New Still Life-WIP

This is a new painting started yesterday on a good 16 x 20 canvas. Spent a good deal of time on the arrangement and finished the initial drawing. Still did some tweaking of it this morning as I was laying in color. Now I am simply trying to get the canvas covered. I will post more from this as I progress. Have made a commitment for now to paint only from life, tired of working from sketches, memory and photographs, time to get real.

Dunes- Stinson Beach

Oil on linen on board 5 x 7 Plein Air

Still Life-Bowl and Egg Shells

11 x 14 oil on 3/8" Artboard panel

Rose #1

9 x 12 oil on board

Finally back in the studio after 10 day visit with family in San Francisco. I had started this still life before leaving and finished it today.

Day 2 Still Life WIP

Covered the complete canvas with color notes that are quite close to the subject. Made an adjustment on the size relationship between the bowl and the egg shells. After yesterday's painting session my lab ate the egg shells, so had to improvise a bit with two new ones. Hard to get mad at him when he looks at me with those sad eyes, he is too adorable.

Still Life-WIP

This is a new still life painting that is a work in progress, it is 11 x 14 on an Artboard panel. I began laying in paint today after doing a drawing on a grid and using the grid to lay it on the panel. I found an old tube of cobalt violet which is working wonders in the shadows of the cloth. I will post more of this work in the coming days. This painting leans more toward realism as opposed to impressionistic. I find it pleasing to word in this way since I am really drawn more toward art that has a realistic interpretation.

Lost at Sea

2 1/2" x 3 1/2" oil on gessoed board

This is from my continuing series of miniature paintings, quite a departure

from my recent painting of the Maine Seacoast.

Early Sunset Mid-Coast Maine

18 x 24 oil on 3/8" board

Done from sketches from one our family camping

trips to Maine.

Sunset the Dalmatian Coast

2" x 3" oil on 3/8" Artboard panel

This is the first in a new challenging series of miniature oil paintings. That assumes that both my nerves and my eyes can withstand the challenge.

Old Friends

9 x 12 oil on linen panel

Another of my continuing series of paintings from my Route 66 trip. These two sit in an open field next to the Route 66 Motel in Grooms, Texas. They seem to be smiling and telling us "we have some real stories to tell about this ole road."

Lavandia-Sicily

16 x 20 oil on 3/8" artist panel

available please e-mail for purchase information

A young woman doing the weekly laundry at the well in the village of Balata, Sicily, very near to my hometown.

Villaggio

16 x 20 oil on stretched canvas

Decided to take a break from my Route 66 series to do something a bit bigger and a subject near and dear to my heart.

Phillip 66, McLean, Texas

6 x 8 oil on gessoed panel

This is another in my continuing series documenting my trip along Route 66. The Phillip 66 station remains as a historic site and a remembrance of the past.

U-Drop-Inn Cafe, Shamrock, Texas

9 x 12 oil on 3/8" gessoed board

The U-Drop-Inn was built in 1936 in art deco or period architecture. In Shamrock, Texas, it stands as a monument to a time past but not forgotten. This painting has been reworked and some refinements added, it is now offered framed.