Saturday, June 30, 2012

End of June Wrap-UP

I would like to introduce two sets of paintings that belong to and are exclusively composed of other people's families. I recently finished both sets of tiny-small commissions and wanted to share the final product. The first is group was painted for the Davis Family and consists 33 paintings that range in size from a 2"x 2" to 4" x 4". The group shot and several individual paintings are below.


















Group two is for the Cole Family, recently shipped the second set of 5 paintings their way and wanted to share a few of the results. They are either 2"x 3.25" or 3.25"x 3.25". 






Currently, in my studio the following work has been brewing.....

a new 30" x 40" painting start




the 30" x 22" paper piece taken at the angle to avoid glare

the latest version of Follow Me, 16"x 20"

the finished(?) version of Croquet, 20" x 24"

Friday, June 15, 2012

painting not posting

Here are a couple of updates on several works that you have already seen in progress and a couple of new surprises!

1. Follow Me, the working title for this 16" x 20"painting....

2. We Could All Be 30, the working title of the previously titled work Dad With Floating Hands...

3. Fresh Starts, the newest painting featuring Marc Stone (my favorite husband and person), my niece Aliya, and a young version of my mother. The photos of Marc and Aliya are from our wedding...it's only taken three years for me to consider painting from them...sometimes I move a little slow. Also this work is on a 20" x 24" canvas, and I really like the dimensions. I am going to have to order more soon.

4. I also painted my kitchen, which doesn't really count...but I did use oil-based paint so I am adding it to this enormous blog post. 
 before is above, below is after

5. Last but not least, I am working on a collaborative project with the wonderful poet Liz Robbins. We are each making work in response to the others. I am making original works of art based on her work, and in turn she will do the same. Our efforts will be part of a 3 weeks exhibition at Flagler's Crisp Ellert Art Museum (CEAM) in the fall. Here are two finished drawings done in response to different poems, titles are shared by both.
the archer, 9" x 12", graphite and white acrylic paint on paper
snow white and the seventh sin, 9" x 12", graphite and white acrylic paint on paper
I have also pulled out a large scale (4' x 5') charcoal drawing on canvas that I started and never completed 3 years ago, I think I can take it somewhere.