new painting Tag

This is what I look up to see quite often.  The "not as nice" one.  Staring over the edge of the stairs.  Just watching.Creepy.It was fun to paint.  All creams and shadows.  A good chance to add some colour in and play a little....

I'm having a bit of a run in the new painting space.  I'm juggling four or five big paintings, moving them on and off the easel as inspiration for how to tackle each one comes and goes.  Unfortunately none are done, but I think this...

So the last couple of weeks have been sort of wonderful in the painting arena.  I've had friends buy a number of paintings from me, and I've had the opportunity to have my paintings in a local fabulous store, Lalli Loves It!  And last week two of them sold!...

Ugh.  Patience needed.  Patience lacking.First I painted out this big canvas, used lots of paint gooped on to give it a cool texture.Lots of paint gooped on takes a long time to dry.Dry.Dry dry dry dry dry dry.Got impatient and scratched in the heart I...

OK, so what makes me think I'm not a big-headed egotistical maniac, having a blog of my own paintings, is that I'm a learner, and I know that.  I'm working to improve but I'm still early in the trip.  So in that light, this is...

This is a little different for me.  I was reading a book about autism, Love Anthony by Lisa Genova, and was taken by how a character in the story writes from a non-verbal boy's perspective.  He describes how thoughts he has and actions he takes are organized into rooms...

Do these look very different to you? Yeah, me neither.  Man this painting business is haaaaard!I was thrilled to carve out a few hours for painting and decided to go back to this old one from the spring.  I had known it wasn't finished then...