Dusk

8x8"

Sunset 1

8x8"

Swirl

8x8"

10" I think

oil as always

Rising

12" square

oil on board

Running West

and a small study that I did first.

6 x 6"

Some recent paintings.

oil on board 

various sizes

I have been painting lately but I haven't posted them on the blog.  I had a little coffee shop show to put up by the first of October and found that I didn't have any stock. Frantic painting ensued and I got enough to meagerly fill the walls. Nine or ten paintings I think.  So glad that's over! These several are ones I've done since then. 

Like Marmalade

6x6" approx.

Chunks of oranges thinking about a possible future. They didn't make it to jam.  I ate them. Bwaa hahaha!

Margaret

6x6"

Singular

6x6"

Are they daisies or black-eyed Susans? They are for sure the last good ones of the season. The rest aren't worth picking. The garden is fading.  fall seems a little early this year.

Artificial

6x6 oil on masonite

238 Bird practice

6x6" oil on masonite

I found another bird figurine at an antique shop. Normally they seem to want upwards of $5-7.00 for such things, which I think is outrageous. but this one had a chip on off the beak, which doesn't bother me since I'm just going to use it as a model, so it was priced at 75 cents. Better still I think my mom had one like it when I was growing up.

Anyway, this is a practice board, a great way to learn how to paint complex objects. The size of the board is 6x6" as you already know, and I subdivide it into 3x3' quadrants. Each quadrant contains a single 10 minute exercise in capturing the subjects' likeness. This method really reduces the stress of painting. Which is great as I can get a little stressy about things. Thanks to Carol Marine for introducing me to this exercise.

I love my practice boards. I can't imagine anyone wanting them, but I also can't imagine selling them.