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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The Morning News

                              6x6; Bid on This Painting

Wow! I can't believe I last posted over  month ago! I think that's the longest "dry spell" since I started this blog. We were in Arizona and I did do some painting there, but my improvised studio is not as compelling as my studio here in Seattle. The biggest reason, however, is that I have access to an AWESOME clay studio, and I was busy making totems and tiles. I made tiles for our bathroom backsplashes, and then barely finished the kitchen splash tiles before we left. I did a mosaic over the stove, and I'm pretty happy with it; all it needs is grout....

So....the first painting upon returning is my submission to the DPW Challenge. I like figurative, so this was a good one to start me off. I also did some revisions to the larger pieces I painted in Arizona. I'm working on ideas for more larger paintings, but hope to get back to doing frequent (if not daily) smaller paintings. It's good to be back!

Monday, December 12, 2011

The Daily News

                                             16x20 oil on canvas
This is another of the paintings derived from photos I took in Telluride. I usually take photos of people sneakily and discreetly, but this time I told the gentleman I was a painter and would he mind if I took his picture. I think I'll try that more often; it's probably more considerate and i bet most people wouldn't mind at all. BTW, has anybody received a message that their Google profile is not allowed to comment on various blogs? I used to get it occassionally, but now I get it whenever I try to comment on anybody's blog. I don't know how to fix that!