Fly Balls

10x8 oil on canvas, SOLD

Some days are just like that…It’s all you can do to keep all the balls in the air. Today was one of those: non-stop chaos, interruptions and construction next door. Good thing I painted this yesterday! Talk about foresight…actually I’m just trying to loosen up a bit after completing a commission. I’ve been doing quite a few commissioned “portraits” of late and I find that even though the commissions are always done in my style, there’s so much focus that goes into painting the “essence” of the person. (Have I lost you yet? A little too Southern California fluffy?) What I mean is the people that commission me want my style in the painting but something has to feel like the subject so there is that magical connection. It’s all a bit nebulous. My point is that after working on commissions it feels really good to invent my own wacky people with flying balls—don’t go there!