Jan 27 still life in progress

 

1st session of still life (assorted peppers and tomatillos) fri-jan 27 hope to finish in one more session on Sun. jan 29th. 

oil on canvas 9"x12"

treescape 1/27/12

 

back to these for tonight. low level but still restless sort of energy. working out ideas for a big one. another new piece from direct observation tomorrow.

‎8"x8" acrylic ink on canvas

still life- Big Ass Seed Pod

(note to self: add Big Ass to any painting title for significantly more traffic on blog.)

 

3"x4" oil on canvas

 I can't seem to get a great photo indoors (it is harder with oil/alkyd paint) so I may replace this post with another shot in sunlight in the morning. (Big Ass) Seed Pod (they actually are not extraordinary for Texas, but I find them impressive and beautiful. I gathered a bunch last fall.)

still life- Big Ass Acorn

                                                                      yes , it really is.

                                                             4"x4" oil on wood panel













                                                          

guitar pedal

My second and possibly last guitar pedal enclosure. (first one here) The subject matter was by request, not my first choice for a theme, but I try to be flexible. Sometimes a suggested theme can shake me out of set patterns of thinking. Other times, well....

So the request was to include an owl and a tesla coil.

I have to use pretty toxic enamel paint that even makes me feel dizzy when I'm outside (and painting outdoors isn't always possible due to weather). Unless I can find a paint that can adhere to metal that is not so noxious (along with other considerations that I can't really go into here) I doubt I will continue with it. Oh, well.

On to other projects.

triptych

 

triptych: total size 2'x3' (2'x1' individual paintings) acrylic and acrylic ink on canvases. This is the completion to  this project.