5x5" oil on canvas, SOLD
Growing up in the midwest, my family did not have air-conditioning. Instead we had a fan in each room. Those fans were pretty darn important on a summer night when the temperatures were in the nineties and the humidity about the same. For some odd reason, my family had names for these fans based on the sounds they made; purring, rattling, whining, etc. You get the picture. Anyway, my fan was named Whispering Smith, hence the name of this painting. I know the painting has nothing to do with a fan but there is some whispering going on here. And Smith seems like a respectable name for a bird.
5"x 5" oil on canvas, SOLD
Remember going to the pool when you were a little kid and you couldn't yet touch the bottom and it was kind of scary and kind of exciting at the same time? Remember holding on to the slippery blow-up inner tube for dear life but still trying to look brave? That's the inspiration behind today's painting. Trying to look brave.
6"x 8" oil on canvas, SOLD
Sometimes I feel like I spend more time thinking of what to write about a painting than I do actually painting it. I hope this one speaks for itself...I really need to get outside and enjoy this gorgeous spring day in San Diego.
8"x 6" oil on canvas panel, $100 in MY EBAY STORE
I love to paint faces that are full of emotion and curiosity. I always try to give my portraits depth by attaching a story to each face while I'm painting.
5"x 7" oil on Belgian Linen panel, $100 in MY EBAY STORE
This is a painting I did in January. I was working on another Beach Baby painting today but my own beach baby is home from school on Spring Break and we needed to have some fun (and go to the orthodontist!). So tomorrow I will post the sixth painting in the Beach Baby series and for today my "Melancholy Girl". I happen to love this painting so I'm happy to re-visit her again.
6"x 8" oil on canvas, SOLD
This is actually a painting that I did some months ago. It just needed a little tweaking. Funny how this practice of "daily painting" accelerates the learning process so that paintings I thought were finished, not all that long ago, now seem to be finding themselves back on my easel. One of the most difficult lessons in painting is knowing when to stop. I'm not planning on revisiting many of my older paintings. The idea is to go forward...not backward.
30"x 20" oil on canvasThis is a large piece I've been working on this week in between my daily paintings. I really like all the stripes. I'll post it again when it's finished.
7"x 5" oil on canvas panel, $100
Painting people takes a lot longer than still life for me. I'm always experimenting with combinations of colors to get the best skin tones. I usually rely on red/green combinations but this one is blue/orange. This piece is a nod to two of my favorite painters, Malcom Liepke and Milt Kobayashi...painters of those luscious lips.
8"x 6" oil on canvas
This was actually yesterday's painting, just didn't have time to post it last night. It's loosely based on a photo of me. Really, only the hair is close. I have red(ish) hair and that probably explains why I like to paint so many red heads. Whatever color, I think it's hard to paint hair without making it look lumpy.
6"x8" oil on canvas
