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Hugs & Kisses!

I'm about to pass 1000 views on my blog!

I never would have believed it, Thanks so very much.

(next week I'll paint an eyeball! ;)

Oils on gesso'd board 5"x5"

Mornin' Coffee

I saw this sunrise the other day.

What a wonderful way to have have a cup -o- joe.

I snapped a pic and went off to work.

Mornin' Coffee II

When I got to work, I saw folks leaveing to

go to work with coffee in hand.

I put my work aside, and pulled out the

palette & paint.

Mornin' Coffee sure is popular around here.

I wonder if the rest of America has a cup-o-joe

to go on..let me know!

Ashcan Art

Today I painted with a student of mine. He wanted to

try out the zorn palette.

Jeff introduced me to some Ashcan art. I was amazed

how beautiful it was.

This piece, called "The sand artist" was originaly painted

by George Luks in 1905

Using Titanium White- Yellow Ocher- Cad. Red- Ivory Black

I toned the board with yellow ocher and a bit of red.

scketched out the figure in charcoal and began painting.

I put down a brush stroke, and left it!

As tempting as it was to fiddle, I just kept putting down

brush strokes.

Once all the base color was applied, I went to lighter tones.

The darker tones I did last.

This is the result of this method.

Although it seems primitive, I want to explore this painting

method more. I hope to get more refined in time.

7.5"x5.5" oil on gesso'd board

Promise

I wanted to paint something other than a snow scene.

Thinking about all the people I'm meeting doing

this blog thing, I wanted to paint something to reflect

my hope for good things to come. For everyone.

To me a rainbow represents hope, promise, and a play

of light.

I painted this from a photo I took last Spring.

I promise to give my best this year, to all of you.

A leap of faith that it will happen. To play with light.

approx. 5"x7" oil on gesso'd board

Front yard

This is a scene in my front yard.

The nest in the tree is home to some gray squirrels.

I painted this at the studio from memory,(no photos)

as an exercise, and had a little wine.

5"x7"Oils on gesso'd board. 2hrs.