Norman

 

Norman, Oil 8"x 8" After painting two other dogs for an owner and having them a little tighter then I like and not so goofy. I got this photo from something posted on facebook ... no commission. I love it, I call him Norman cause he looks like a Norman....could be anything. This painting was fun, it is loose, off center, and has a crazy background, all of which makes this a more lively painting. I can't seem to do this with every dog I paint, but when it happens I just love it.

Duke

 

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Duke, oil 8x10. Boy what a good looking dog. After doing 50 small landscapes I had a hard time jumping back into painting bigger and other subjects, that why I painted the three little panels prior to this, and it help in doing this one. Tried to stay loose with bold brush strokes.

Three Good Friends

These are all on very small 2x4 panels. I was having a hard time painting and these helped me get back in the swing of it....no pressure to do a great big beautiful painting. Two SOLD

New Painting Sketch

This is a sketch in oil I did the other night at a painting and drawing group I had in my studio. When I am just playing around I like to make oil sketches on canvas torn from a canvas pad, not on a panel. I tape the loose canvas on some plastic, paint it with a colored gesso (normally black) and sketch away. This was a still life apple I had set up for the group, it's about 5x7. When this drys I can and have in the past framed these small sketches under glass. SOLD

Two Landscapes

Abstract Trail, oil 6x6. This is from my mind and is what I see when walking the trail out at Ano Neuvo State reserve. In the fall and spring there are all kinds of colors and shapes popping up. This is very loose and abstract. SOLD

Forest Fog, oil 8x8. This is from a cropped photo I had of a forest with fog coming in. This is hard to pull off, this was a painting done before I did a smaller one for the 50 paintings in 50 day show. This one came across, I get it, but the smaller one I don't think worked as well. Oh well,

Sleeping Dog and a few Other Paintings

Sleeping Dog, Oil. This is Bill again this time sleeping, very cool dog very boney. I just found out that Bill the sleeping dog passed away, he was a great dog as all dogs are. Glad I got to paint him.SOLD

Three Cherries, oil 5x5. This was done as a demo I like doing fruit, it is fast and good practice and can be fun...good thing to do if you have to throw out bad fruit. SOLD

This is from my 50 painting in 50 days show, please check out my blog that has all these for the show on August 24, 2012. SOLD

More Paintings

Ano Nuevo, Oil 8x8

The Bark, Oil 6x6

What to do with cherries when they go bad, paint them.

Oil 6x6 SOLD