English Bulldog Determination
6 x 6
oil on masonite
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If you know Bikram yoga, then you know the teachers say this all the time. English bulldog determination!  This guy is a cast iron piece.  He used to be a (piggy) bank.  He still has a slot in his back, but he has been soldered together so now he is a doorstop.

Tiger

6 x 6

oil on masonite

Two new tigers, to represent bengal tiger strength

Bengal Tiger Strength

This little tiger has been soooo hard. I think mostly it's the stripes - added interference. And the color - somehow tiger orange doesn't show up on my palette. There were more tiger paintings but they got rubbed out before they dried.

But there are two more that I did last night, that will be scanned and posted as soon as they dry :)

Another Rabbit

6 x 6 oil on massonite

Rabbit

6 x 6 oil on massonite

Camel Follows Tortoise

Two more from this week-end. Camel and tortoise. Better with practice - like yoga itself. The question is which do I do tonight, camel painting or camel posture?

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SoldSo I have agreed to put up a show next month at the yoga studio. I could have put up paintings that I've already done but it didn't seem right, so I'm going to do a new set of images that relate to the practice of yoga. And here is the start - rabbit and tortoise - two of the floor postures. Not pictures of the postures themselves but of the totem animals. I bought several plastic and stuffed toys to use as models.

These are the first in this series. And of course they do not seem up to snuff. It takes awhile to learn how to portray each new subject. There are a couple of paintings drying in the studio that look better than these. I"ll post them next week.

Up close and Pearl-sonal

12 x 12

oil on Masonite

Pearl-ously Close

12 x 12

oil on masonite

These have been around for a about a week. Finally got them scanned and posted. Now I'm caught up.

And, um, sorry about the puns.

This one looks like some sort of sea creature so I'm calling it "From the Deep". And it is monstrously large at 12" x 12". Still it is oil on masonite.

It's been awhile since I've posted. I plead that I have been busy with the new job and I just needed to put the painting on pause. But I'm back and here is one more in the series - Bad Jewelry. This one has been sold.

Morgan's Brooch

6 x 6

oil on masonite

Arabesque

6 x 6

oil on masonite

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I've been doing these brooches for a couple of months now. I think they are improving, but I still can't get the iridescent quality of the gem stones.

A few more jewelry pieces all 6 x 6 oil on masonite

Diamonds are a Girls' Best Friend

12 x 12

oil on masonite

entry for the Daily Paintworks Challenge - The Sound of Music

Duck Brush

6 x 6

oil on masonite

Rhinestone Brooch in Profile

6 x 6

oil on masonite

Paint With

6 x 6

oil on masonite

Pearl Brooch

6 x 6

oil on masonite

I haven't posted for awhile. I'd done other paintings but they will never see the light of day. They just didn't cut the muster.

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Thanks Mark!

Half of Two Flower Pin

6 x 6

Oil on Masonite

This last few works are from a series I'm calling "Bad Jewelry." There's going to be lots of close-ups of sparkly stuff. I do want to get back to the Rubber ducky too. So many paintings so little time.

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Thanks Mark!

Two jewelry paintings

6 x 6

oil on masonite

Lilacs

10 x 10

oil on masonite

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I've been looking at frames for these 6 x 6s and I've found these.

Rough Waters

6 x 6

oil on masonite

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Lilacs on Yellow Background

Thanks Mark

6x6

Oil on Masonite

A co-worker, who is an amazing gardener, brought some lilacs to work. So brief is the season for lilacs! I had to do a couple of paintings of them.

Life of Ducky

6 x 6

oil on masonite

Calling this one "life of Ducky" like "Life of Pi" as is alone on the ocean. In this case the ocean was a blue tee-shirt. Also wondering what the correct spelling of Ducky or Duckie. Not sure.

Another ducky.

6 x 6

oil on masonite

This is my answer to this weeks' daily painters challenge. This time the challenge was to use a complentary color scheme, with direct, split or triadic. I chose triadic.

Duckie Went to Sea.

6 x 6"

oil on masonite

Sneakers

6x 6"

oil on masonite
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Crazy like a Chicken

6 x 6"

oil on masonite

Tea Brush

6 x 6

Oil on Masonite

Gettin' Mechanical

two paintings of the same pair of pliers

6x6 inches

Oil on masonite