PORTRAITS and FIGURES
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"Tending His Flock"
In painting this piece, I was carried along by the pastel statement that it was becoming. It had begun as an acrylic portrait of a model with a blue cloth behind him. Because he was holding a long straight walking stick, I decided to turn it into a shepherd's staff with a hook on its end. The blue background became endless shades of green, upon which I planted several sheep, both closeup and in the distance. The hills beyond seemed to complete this pastoral image for me. I enjoyed the sense of how it was evolving, almost on its own.
"Channeling Matisse"
I began this painting at least a couple of months ago working from a simple figure I had drawn in a drop-in figure session. It was an experiment to see how I could take one of many drawings I've done, and embellish and develop it as a more complete piece of work. The ceramic pot is loosely interpretive of one that I own that I've painted into a watercolor still life that's on the page "Still Life Paintings", on my website.( See the site map to the left) After I began painting the piece, I put it aside, not sure how I wanted to proceed. This is the way I completed it tonight.
"Walking Our Heritage Into the Future"
See my post on my blog December 13, 2011 for more information about this painting.
"French Canadian Trappers"
Acrylic on Canvas
"Cheryl, Sing Us a Song" Acrylic on stretched canvas 24"w x 30"h
Strumming away,
our model enriched our day...
"At the Milliner's Shop" Acrylic on canvas 24"W x 30"H
Straw hats, the model, and a friendly mannequin made for a pleasant sitting. I loved the romance of an invented scenario, and the invented tete a tete of the lady and the mannequin.
