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2007 Part 2

September 2007

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September 23rd, 2007 just off the easel...

There are a few artists out there who have elevated deserts to high art, with the great grandaddy of them being Wayne Thiebaud, but some other artists I like also have tackle the subject with skill, as can be seen here, and here.

I'm perfectly content to stand in their shadows on this one, but I just had to take advantage of the last little bit of birthday cake I had left over from my birthday...

Approximately 5 X 7 inches on canvas...

Sketch (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
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September 16th , 2007 just off the easel...

What more needs to be said... Devil Ducky!

Approximately 5 X 7 inches on canvas...

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September 15th , 2007 just off the easel...

Last week I did a painting of some bypass pruners. This week is a return to another essential tool...

Approximately 7 X 5 inches on canvas...

Sketch (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
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September 8th , 2007 just off the easel...

Approximately 7 X 5 inches on canvas

I sat down at the easel with the intention of painting a freshly cut rose. For whatever reason, it just didn't sing to me. But the pruners did...

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7 X 5 inches on masonite panel...

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current status (click image to enlarge•
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September 3rd , 2007 just off the easel...

7 X 5 inches on masonite

Another study of the Kwan Yin bust. This time in natural daylight, against a green background. The way whites change as a result of dominant local color an light is endlessly fascinating to me.

5 X 7 inches on canvas...

Sketch (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
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September 2nd , 2007 just off the easel...

The roses won't last too much longer before fall, so expect to see more of them...

5 X 7 inches on masonite panel...

Sketch (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
In progress (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)

5 X5 inches on masonite panel...

August 2007

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August 19th, 2007 just off the easel...

Almost like doing a portrait!

5 X 7 inches on masonite panel...

August 18th, 2007 just off the easel...

Today was all about orange.

5 X 7 inches on masonite panel...

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5 X 7 inches on canvas...

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August 12th, 2007 just off the easel...

I had to move fast to catch the light. This is the view to my left from my studio.

5 X 5 inches on masonite

August 11th, 2007 just off the easel...

Another duo... Once again a paper airplane (it's really the same airplane in every painting), and then some gold fish...

7 X 5 inches on masonite panel...

Sketch (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
In progress (click image to enlarge)	current status (click image to enlarge)
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4 X 4 inches on canvas

August 5th, 2007 just off the easel...

4 X 4 inches on canvas

This airplane was an interesting challenge-- backlit on a silver metallic paper.

I have progress shots, but I'm a little too lazy too carve them out and post them at the moment.

The colors look a little muddy in this image-- I'll re shoot for better color when it dries.

7 X 5 inches on canvas

August 4th, 2007 just off the easel...

4 X 4 inches on canvas

August 4th, 2007 just off the easel...

I bought some colored paper to serve as more varied background material for object painting. This little bugger gave me some grief in the middle (see the erased part), but I think I brought it back well enough. I ended up chasing the light a little on this painting-- the values and colors were starting to change pretty dramatically from when I started a few hours before. I had to stop it where it was, or I'd still be at it tonight...

5 X 7 inches on masonite panel...

Sketch (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
In progress (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)

July 2007

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July 29th, 2007 just off the easel...

More paper airplanes. They're fun to paint for a couple of reasons: interesting edges, neat composition, and challenging light play. Although the shapes are deceptively simple, they take as long as anything else to paint. No progress shots for one of them-- my camera's batteries need charging!

7 X 5 inches on masonite panel...

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current status (click image to enlarge•
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July 29th, 2007 just off the easel...

I'm the Art Director for the game studio that makes Microsoft Flight Simulator, and as such, airplanes are near and dear to my heart...

7 X 5 inches on masonite panel...

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July 28th, 2007 just off the easel...

A little chipped sugar bowl.

5 X 7 inches on masonite panel...

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July 27th, 2007 just off the easel...

Today is a 'two-fer' First a rose, then a figure study.

They are both still very wet. I'll likely re shoot the images tomorrow for better color.

Update July 28th: puttered a bit more on the figure painting, and re shot both paintings for better color.

Each is approximately 5 X 7 inches on canvas...

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Where it ended (click image to enlarge)
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July 21st, 2007 just off the easel...

Metal push pins.

5 X 5 inches on masonite panel...

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July 18th, 2007 just off the easel...

This time a butterfly...

5 X 5 inches on masonite panel...

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July 16th, 2007 just off the easel...

Another bottle of bath salts. This one I painted twice: both times on the same canvas. The first met an untimely end, so I wiped it down and returned a few hours later.

5 X 7 inches on masonite panel...

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First time :

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July 15th, 2007 just off the easel...

This is a bottle of tunisian bath salts, with salt from the Dead Sea.

5 X 7 inches on masonite panel...

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In progress (click image to enlarge)	current status (click image to enlarge)•
$ 425 (framed) available a	sold•

July 15th, 2007 just off the easel...

Tiny hula girl...!

It's weird painting something so close to my subject matter of choice over the years— people, but rendered in a crude cartoony fashion. I have a hard time looking at the face, although it is very close to the actual figure's features.

5 X 5 inches on masonite panel...

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current status (click image to enlarge)
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July 14th, 2007 just off the easel...

This is a another small rose from my yard. Once again, the heat made it wilt after a couple of hours...

5 X 5 inches on masonite panel...

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July 10th, 2007 just off the easel...

This is a small rose from my yard. The heat wave that's swept the west coast made it droop after a couple of hours, but it lasted just long enough...

5 X 5 inches on masonite panel...

Sketch (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
In progress (click image to enlarge)	current status (click image to enlarge)
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July 8th , 2007 just off the easel...

This is a small suitcase lock that I found while I was cleaning the house today.

About 5 X 7 inches on masonite panel...

Sketch (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
In progress (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)

current status (click image to enlarge)
suitcase lock US$ 100 (framed) contact

July 7th , 2007 just off the easel...

Keeping with an asian theme of sorts...

When you're working this small, surface is increasingly important. I haven't yet found a surface that I'm truly happy with. Off the the art supply store, I think...

About 5 X 7 inches on canvas...

Sketch (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
In progress (click image to enlarge)	current status (click image to enlarge)
US$ 425 (framed) available at	US$ 100 (framed) sold• (f

July 6th , 2007 just off the easel...

Two more sake bottles. I thought it might be interesting to mix it up and do a light on dark as opposed to Wednesday's piece. The color on the final shot isn't the greatest (although it's not bad)-- the paint's still very wet, so I'll probably update the image tomorrow.

10 X 8 inches on masonite panel...

Sketch (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
In progress (click image to enlarge)	current status (click image to enlarge)•
US$ 425 (framed) available at	US$ 100 (framed) sold•

Update July 7th: After looking at it for a day, I just had to go in and lighten the background. The picture above is the most recent version. Click here to see the older version

July 4th , 2007 just off the easel...

I forgot to take progress shots, but here is a rarity for me: a still life.

This is a small sake bottle, with a very uneven glazed surface. I got the inspiration from looking at Duane Keiser's blog.

I've been thinking about doing more still life/object painting in any case... but gosh, you see Keiser's work, and it makes you want to dash off to the easel tout suite.

10 X 8 inches on masonite panel...

June 2007

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June 24th , 2007 just off the easel...

Sometimes when you put a piece away, it stays put away.

I thought this might be such a painting, but inspiration struck and I put it back on the easel.

Here is a link to the earlier progress shots.

June 24, 2007 just off the easel...

This piece is 16 X 20 inches on linen.

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June 23, 2007 just off the easel...

Roughly about 8 X 10 inches...

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June 17, 2007 just off the easel...

Since I've been a little scarce over the last month or so, I thought that I'd show extra steps of progress along the way. This piece is 16 X 20 inches on linen.

This is the third time that I've painted this particular image-- the first time about two years ago. That original piece was a disaster, and I knew that I wanted to paint it again. I painted a study for it in November. This feels much closer to the painting that was in my minds eye.

	Sketch (click image to enlarge)
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In progress (click image to enlarge)	In progress (click image to enlarge)
In progress (click image to enlarge)	current status (click image to enlarge)
	US$ 800 (unframed)