Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Moonlight Coyote


Moonlight Coyote
Oil on Canvas
14x11"
$308

     Here is a handsome coyotito. He lives at Animal Ark. 
     My journey with color has many chuck holes. I did not know this would turn out so midnight-ish by drawing with prussian blue, but the moon can cast shadows just as the sun does, so I decided to allow my palette to lead me on into the night even though my subject was photographed in bright midday.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Sunny Side Up


Sunny Side Up
Oil on Canvas
11 x14"
$308

     The matilijas near me at Sierra College, Nevada County Campus, were in such a huge, dense array that people slowed down to look, got off their bikes to take pictures. I liked the way this shot showed them in a sort of tumbling cascade.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Not Gene


Not Gene
Oil on Canvas
6x6"
$100
 
     Painting these little faces is my favorite studio time. I always start with someone specific in mind, but as I paint, the face so often turns into someone else. That someone seems so real to me that I allow it to be and enjoy it instead of fretting over not capturing the likeness I had in mind at the beginning. I realize this kind of thinking would not take me very far if I were in the portrait painting business.


Saturday, September 3, 2016

Winking Fox


Winking Fox
Oil on Canvas
11x14"
$308

     We enjoy visiting rescued wild animals at Animal Ark in Reno where I took this picture. I thought this adorable fox was asleep on his little shelf, but when I looked more closely I saw that he was watching me.

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Matilija 2


Matilija 2
Oil on Canvas
12x9"
$216

     The matilija poppies are big wonderful wildflowers growing everywhere in early summer. They are known as the Queen of California Wildflowers. (Some people think they look like fried eggs.) They are large, maybe 6" or more across. They are pretty fabulous to see growing in huge clusters as you drive along. Painting them is a good discipline in painting white.