New Work....Duel Sunsets 2

This new series called Duel Sunsets...is such a great outlet for being creative.  I start with shells I find or buy,,,then the fun begins.  Since I live on the central coast,,,there is unlimited great pics of sunsets, so I put the two together.   The next post will start from the beginning of the next work...with airbrush demos to the finish...stay tuned !!

Water Hazard steps.   Another painting of the series I am working on with a hidden golf ball.  Started several years ago with the idea that golfers need a surprise gift for their walls.  Very fun to paint...and love the reaction.  
This piece is posted about half finished...working of color and surface detail.  The main focus will be red kelp and other things you might find in a tide pool.   But the golf ball will be the last object you see with surprise I hope.  Almost finished..will post in the next couple days.

 1958  Porsche Tractor ....  this subject is one of my favorites....first off,  because I did not realize the Porsche made a tractor...few in the states do.   And because its unique and try and paint it in a contemporary  composition.  Enjoy !!!

This " Water Hazard" has been repainted....the golf ball is still in there...getting great response...so will be painting more with the hidden golf ball.  The older one is still posted...

Very honored to be  represented by a new gallery in Carbondale, Colorado.  The White Dog Gallery, will have their opening this month....Nov 2012 .

I am going back to a few painting I completed some time ago....after seeing them in a gallery setting,,I am not totally happy with the color on both.   My pallet has changed to warmer colors,,,so lets get to it.

Coastal Twilight

 This one is finally complete...now up in my studio at STUDIOS ON THE PARK,  in Paso

Time to finish...about another week

Have not been able to work on this large seascape...other projects are now over...its time to finish.

New start of a local beach here on the central coast....the sky will be the focal point...sure doesn't look like it at this point.

Tide Pool 8

Interesting macro shot of a very small tide bubble...then to enlarge it to see all the detail that normally is overlooked.   Then with layering of color and reflections to get the 3D pop.  Love the challenge !!!!

TIDE POOL 7

After several weeks of adding color layers and pushing back some of the details,,,but saving the best for last....the main bubble and its reflections.   Its always a process to make the main focus of the painting to POP.  If it does not...the work seems dull.

First Steps

Just starting this "Tide Pool Bubble" showing beginning steps...working on texture and composition...then next will be the  glazing in color..then opaques then more glazing.  This detailed process is where it starts to get fun for me...

New Work for upcoming show ! "Oops"

Studios On the Park will be hosting a new show Dec 1...called "Winter White"  This painting will be juried in ( maybe) for the show.  Notice the snowflake crystals.  Thats my addition to winter.

PORSCHE DIESEL

Several weeks ago,  Paso Robles celebrated its once a year "Pioneer Days Parade"  this tractor pulled the Studios On The Park float.  Its a 1958 collectors item, imported from Germany several years ago,,,who knew?  Never really thought about painting a tractor,,,but because its a Porsche,,I had to attempt it.

" Two Sunsets" 18x24 acrylic

This shell has been around a while....I have wanted to come up with a painting with the shell as the focal point,,,but did not want it to look like every other sea shell painting that we have all seen.   I guess if you study it long enough,,,something will come,,,and it did.   I will be painting a much larger canvas , similar idea soon.  

Long Horn & Magpie / background change

After finishing the Long Horn...and seeing it in different settings,  the background of solid gray,, just really bothered me.   The painting  needed a horizon line and color for the sky and foreground, now I'm happy with it.

Above the Tree Line

Working on a few more paintings for my solo show in Lake Tahoe in Aug.   This one is taken from the Desolation wilderness in the Sierra"s

Longhorn complete

Longhorn three days in

For the first time painting a longhorn,,it seems be going fairly fast...should be completed next week,,,,getting ready for the Festival of the Arts show in Paso Robles   May 28th

Long Horn & Magpie

Beginning of several longhorns I will be painting....this is a first, but should be fun.