This is a 30″x24″ canvas. I’ve been working on paper or panels and they take the paint differently. The texture grabs the pallette knife and the brushes bump across it. I guess once I get enuf paint on it, it will feel more familiar. Art on Depot is trying to talk me into doing another screen. I’m a tough nut, yeah. We bought the panels this morning. Painting on a large surface 80″x56″ when it’s cold and miserable outside is my idea of FUN!
another day of painting
more rural architecture
I think I’ll call this “Snow on a Cold Tin Roof”.
Day 1
not Francis Bacon
Compression, tension, conflict vs. concentration. That’s what I started with and this is what I got. Phooey. Maybe I need to read the news first, that should put some tension in the figure.
If at first you don’t succeed…
Maybe there are artists that know exactly what they are doing, but I’m not one. I’ve added more paint and energy to these figures. I’m looking for the balance point, where a woman’s body goes from being familiar to being alien, consumed and contorted 
by the monster, Cancer.
Door #4
Portraits are hard! Oh well, it’s a Christmas present, maybe he’ll be polite.
Sneaking up on G’s portrait
I’ve planned a 4 part portrait. Needless to say, I’ve left the head for last. However, anyone that knows him would recognize his feet.
prehensile toes
I’m not kidding!
G’s portrait
This is one of four parts that I plan for his portrait. A little Hockney influence, different views of one subject.
A prize winning velociraptor
I offered to do portraits of my family for Christmas. Money’s tight, but I have paint. I work from photos. This is F. and his prize winning velociraptor.
