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Surface #1

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I’ve been steadily plugging along at the large scale paintings.  Somerville Open Studios is about a month away and I want to have a cohesive body of work showing.

The first of the big candy paintings is done.  I’m happy with the piece and learned a lot in the process.  Just like the cans, everything gets a little more challenging when it is scaled up.  I’ve been using more glazing techniques and multiple layers to get the reflective and color qualities that I want.

Surface no 1 : Oil on board. 18″x24″ 2017

 

Catching up

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Catching up on posting some work that’s been in the works.  The past few weeks have seen the completion of a new painting for Echoes, a commissioned painting for a wedding present, and scrambling to get everything organized for Brickbottom Open Studios!

Since I haven’t finished the commissioned landscape or photographed the Echoes painting, here are a few new pieces of candy:

untitled : Oil on wood. 6″x8″ 2016
untitled : Oil on wood. 6″x8″ 2016 (SOLD)
untitled : Oil on wood. 6″x8″ 2016 (SOLD)
untitled : Oil on wood. 6″x8″ 2016

 

Some weekend work

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I haven’t posted in a couple weeks because I have been plodding through a larger piece. It’s coming along, slowly and with effort.  I’m at the point now where I wish it finished for the sake of it being finished;  I know if I set it aside and work on something else I will likely never return to it.

Also, in advance of open studios I have been ramping up my painting on days that I don’t work my full time job.  Normally, on a day off, I will putz around the house, and paint for 2-3 hours in the afternoon.  In the past two weeks, however, I have spent a total of 5 days off, painting for a 2-3 hour stretch in the morning, and another 2-3 hour stretch in the afternoon.  That’s a lot of standing in front of the easel!

But it pays off!  This week, in addition to the work on the larger painting, I completed two smaller works.  Thanks to the urging of friends, what started out as exercises have developed into small series.

untitled (dream study VII) : Oil on wood. 8″x10″ 2016 (SOLD)
untitled : Oil on wood. 6″x8″ 2016

Green and Orange and Green

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Still playing with surface, reflections, throw-away-culture, and a limited palette.  These have moved somewhere past the exercise of the candy and beer cans and slightly into an idea.

 

untitled (Dream Study III) : Oil on wood. 8″x10″ 2016
untitled (Dream Study V) : Oil on wood. 8″x10″ 2016 (SOLD)
untitled (Dream Study IV) : Oil on wood. 8″x10″ 2016

All of the donuts!

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Still continuing the sweets theme this week.  A couple more donuts added to the collection.  I’m happier about the surface of these two: the jelly had to be wiped off and repainted at one point to better understand the sugary texture on top.

However, both suffer a bit in the shadow area in the bite.  I’m not sure exactly what to mix to convey shadows that are both cool, deep, and yellow… every time I mixed up the colors I came out with something of a grey green approximation.  Maybe the next study will be a focus on just that part.

Enjoy.

“untitled” : Oil on wood panel, 6″x8″ 2016
“untitled” : Oil on wood panel, 6″x8″ 2016 (SOLD)
“untitled” : Oil on wood panel, 6″x8″ 2016 (SOLD)
“untitled” : Oil on wood panel, 6″x8″ 2016 (SOLD)
“untitled” : Oil on wood panel, 6″x8″ 2016 (SOLD)