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Revisiting an old theme of mine and an old medium(acrylic) too. "Weeping Beauty" acrylic on 15" x 30" stretched canvas. comments welcomed

"Three Sultans" - Acrylic on 30" x15" stretched canvas fun fact - Brunei, Malaysia, and Oman all have ruling Sultans, and all three are worth multi-billion dollars. comments welcomed

Based on a street photo I took years ago of people waiting in line to see a movie. "Coming Attractions" - oil on 15" x30" stretched canvas. comments welcomed

"Pablo" oil on 16" x 12" canvas panel. comments welcomed

"George" oil on 12"x16 canvas panel comments welcomed

For reference, I used a photo from my street photography - taken many moons ago. "Ciga News" oil on 15" x 30" panel comments welcomed

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Another beautiful day - we've had three in a row! Lots of beautiful old brick apartments in this area. Didn't want to do another "building portrait", so I'm including a parking lot. the sketch. Seeing how much I can get away with NOT painting. blocking in: defining shapes adding...

This clip shows the proper way to attach a wire to a "d"ring to hang a painting. I've always just made a mess of it and hoped no one would notice. This is for a large (huge) frame - but the technique is the same for all sizes.

I've done the front of this Jack in the Box, now I wanted to do the drive-thru with all the security poles in the parking lots. It may not look like it, but it was so bitter cold I bailed. The next day the weather had warmed and I went out to try it again -- but now There was a ratty old...

I've passed this house many times and there is always weird stuff on display, today's offering was relatively constrained, my interest however, was the architecture. 16255 is the street number, and it has this strange bright blue door. Notice not a single shadow to be found. I thought of...

"That's What She Said" oil on 12" x 16" canvas comments welcomed

I ran across this fix for cheap acrylic paint that is too thin or transparent. https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxnUkawGYWE8Wo9VifdwVk--kokwY2aJ_-?si=ew8c-H9qpgK7VT_f and when you buy that corn starch, be sure to tell 'em bongo sent you.

"Robert Ross" oil on 12"x16" canvas panel comments welcomed

A rare sunny day. I did this once before, hoping for better results this time. This was the only place to set up and get a good angle - Would just have to live with the sun/shadows on the panel the sketch. This setup put me just a few inches off the curb, and having to wait for cars to...

(15525 is the street address) I've painted the courtyard in the back of this building, the side of this building, the apartments across the street , the bridge down the road (multiple times) Why? No reason. set up and sketch -(I could not have picked a more challenging angle) working on...

probably has the best hamburgers, and the worst fries. I set up under the stanchions holding up a sign for the plaza - that's also right across from BK What worked out was no cars could park in my view... but a couple cars pulled up, rolled down a window, and chatted. One of them was a woman...

Not only has packaging gotten smaller, now they're not even filling them up. the bottle is milk plastic - so gives the illusion of being clear while at the same time hiding the true level. I paid $8.00 for .53oz of glue - that comes to $242.00 a pound. It's become somewhat commonplace with...

An amazing light show looking south the set up on a pedestrian overpass. Not only did I not have a plan on how to paint this, I did not have a clue. So I just got loose and let it rip - whatever happened happens. happening happened "Looking South" oil on 16"x20" panel painted Dec 29 -...

The building in the background used to be Sears. Empty now for years. My tools The sketch I figured it was time to do something about that eye-sore, so I took matters into my own hands(brush). "Urban Renewal" oil on 16"x 20" panel comments welcomed.