Search results

Materials: 20 x 24 inch gessoed gallery wrap canvas from Michael's coated with watercolor absorbent ground. Oil and ink. There were a lot firsts with this painting. First time painting on canvas this large. First time using absorbent ground on canvas, and using ink pouring with oil paint...

I think I'm done throwing stuff on this painting now. I surprised myself by actually making some straight lines by hand on the rays. Gouache and acrylic

I think I have love/hate relationship with acrylics. I wanted to be able to quickly layer here without disturbing the lower layers so I chose acrylics. I grumbled as I took them out "damn acrylics now I have to make sure to not let it dry on the brushes, they're going to make a mess of...

14 x 22 gouache and acrylic This was my first time trying out gouache. I like it but layering is a little tricky. I am not sure about the the bare paper sky but otherwise I am quite happy with this one.

There was a little cursing involved here.....the yellow streak was one of those happy? accidents where there was a staining green on the brush that wasn't supposed to be there, and in trying to wipe it out I wiped too much and I said to hell with it and then impulsively put the streak in. I...

This old watercolor was off on the side downstairs. It had no people and wasn't varnished so it was kind of dry and boring. So for the market I added the people and then varnished it and the colors popped out and this went from meh to pretty good. I came up with the title "Together" ...

I brought twelve paintings to the food market yesterday. A large indoor space with empty booths and tables. Two guys are going to hang them. I'm getting a table in one corner. I'm glad it's a corner. It's only for four hours on Saturday mornings. So my children have gone out into the...

This is an old painting that I just did some mods on to get it out the door. Now that I have I almost want to keep it. It's a scene from a photo I took during a road trip. This was one of the first acrylics I did after just using watercolor and I realize now that there is no end to an...

I'm sorry I'm being silly but...... For the first time, in few weeks, I'm going public with my paintings for sale. Setting up in a food and craft fair. This means deciding what to show. Now I can present nice landscapes and they would probably sell. But the problem is that I'm bored of...

Gardiner's Island is a small island in the Town of East Hampton, New York, in Eastern Suffolk County. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiners_Island It's a pretty cool place. I like the look of it. I've been near it. It's beautiful. I want it. So I painted it. 12 x 20 Watercolor It might...

I originally had no plan for the people or the house but the painting just asked for them. I protested, saying this was to be an abstract, but the damn painting got it's way. I grudgingly must admit that I like them there. People. Like they're a part of nature or something. :) 11 x 14...

Caution....this may cause nausea. Just a little bit of motion. And I took out the color wheel for this. Threw it in the corner. First watercolor in four years or so. Now I remember...... it's temperamental. It's a bit of a mess but at least I broke the ice and finally painted...

Abstract paintings confuse me. But I stumbled across this vid and he points out some ideas I hadn't thought of before and clarifies some others. Interesting. At least the first 25 minutes or so as he is talking about an abstract painting. I may know some of it intuitively but putting it to...

....and I suspect that us artist types may need it more than others. :) I've been having some rumination/anxiety/self criticism over the latest stupid thing I've said to someone, and I just ran across this guy on YT. He's quirky and great. I don't know what his profession is but essentially...

Stuff that I guess I knew about but need reminding of. Some great art and artists presented. Contemporary and abstract art is where the best art comes from IMO. Always has and always will. The rest is just decoration. Doing what has been done before. A comfortable constant. Profundity...

Previously known as Motel Art Piece. I'm liking the idea of painting over texture. Can put some bones down first. Adds interest and the effects one can get with it are pretty cool. I've been a little suspicious of acrylics, fighting them a bit, but I'm warming up to them. I started as a...

I don't think I showed this one. It was an attempt to do the acrylic texture and minimalist landscape thing. Sometimes they look good to me. Reminds me of hotels. They're easy to look at and promptly forget while falling asleep. I had it in on the wall for a little while. My mother in...

After the last geometric method driven abstract I wanted to loosen up a little. It wasn't supposed to be representational but still ended up having a landscape look. I think. Is it a landscape? I was trying to make something interesting to look at. It's anywhere you want to go...

Well I think I finally made an abstract that doesn't look too much like a landscape. The purest abstract I've done yet. But I still see landscape elements. Maybe I just have landscape on the brain. A learning experience. It took a surprising amount of time for such a small painting. My...

Did this from a photo my friend Donald took of his house. Maybe I'll straighten the trim a little more. Hopefully they want it because I'm giving it to them. I'm done doing paintings of houses for a while. :) 10x8.5 inches oil on paper. Thanks for looking.