"SUNDAY MORNING CONT."SOLD

"Sunday Morning #6 - SUNNY BENCH"SOLD

This was another image from my Denver visit last September.

I love this guy - he set his book down for a moment

and sat soaking up the sun on a beautiful fall day.

I'm starting to get my mojo back I can feel it hope

you can too!

Thanks a bunch
6" X 9"

Oil on Panel
75.00

"WINGED VICTORY II" SOLD

"ODE TO MONUMENT MEN"SOLD

We went to see the movie Monument Men on saturday and it really got me thinking.

Why are we awed time and time again by sculpture, painting, architecture etc.

What drives us to take umpteen photos of Winged Victory or The David

we could just buy a postcard and save ourselves a lot of time?

Why?

 It's a mystery - the emotions that come to the surface 

when in a room filled with monuments from another time

the scale(which cannot be conveyed through a photo)

the feel of the brush strokes or surface of the stone - the tenacity.

What would've happened if all those war treasures had been lost forever?

Would we be as rich - not monetarily - but emotionally and spiritually?

There are more questions than answers.

I'm just thankful the movie got me thinking about something that truthfully

had not occurred to me - and all that Art History to boot!!

Thanks and hope you have a wonderful week.

I'll finish up Horsepower this week and we'll go from there.

"THREE OF A KIND"

"MON CHERRI"

So what started this fascination with cherries - well they're fun to paint

they remind me of slot machines 

&

Valentine's Day!

Wanted something cheery - cherry

These will be available at my First friday sale and show at Harwig's 

March 7th 5:30 till 8

"BRACCO ITALIANO"

"HANNA"

8" x 8" will be framed individually

Here's the other part of the Portofino story - so I was really hired to paint 3 Bracco Italiano dog portraits not Portofino. I was truly stumped by these dogs in my friends photos they all looked alike to me, I had a difficult time processing the visuals in the emails. I have never seen an Italian Bracco - didn't know anything about the breed so that's why I painted the stucco buildings and boats instead - that was something I could relate to - I've been there seen it done it etc. 

It was time for some research to get to know this Italian breed of bird dog. The main words used to describe this breed is sweet - sweet - sweet! In every e mail to me my friend used - those exact words  to describe these wonderful dogs of hers. Now I was ready - at least I thought so but there's more. 

Throw another wrench into my psyche written by my friend:

One of the things I like about your paintings is the color and there isn't much opportunity for color in the dogs themselves, so I was thinking some sort of colorful border or background would be fun.

YIKES! Holy cow - The first dog I painted was Hanna and she's lavender - pink and blue with a brilliant green background. So I got the background right but Was I suppose to make her brown and white?  

So you see what keeps me up at night!!!!!!!!! I out guess myself - I doubt myself - it just never ends. 

Another thing - I was suppose to put all three dogs on one canvas too - well that didn't work for me visually/ no how no way - so again I throw myself under the bus and go with my gut. The dogs are all painted on separate gessobords and they will be framed separate and that's that - end of story. 

Commissions might be my undoing - Cause I pretty much do what I damn well please. Bad girl!

If you got through all of this you're a saint. Thanks for following and reading the banter.

"SEEING EYE TO EYE II"

12" X 12"  ON CANVAS 

FRAMED

I know you've seen this before but this is a redo. I love this image can't explain why but here is #2

I'm not going to fight it - just paint it again and again

Hope you survived all that food!

Thanks for following

"SUZIE Q "

"SUZIE Q "

12" X 12"

This is the 3rd one in my animal series - 5 altogether. 

Next post will be monday!

Have a great weekend. 

Thanks for following I appreciate all the e mails and thoughts.

"DEENA"

   My Grammy is 97 years old and Deena was by far her favorite dog.  She was supposed to be a Chihuahua but turned out to be a Chihuahua/corgi mix topping out at 26 pounds.  When I asked my Grandma to describe her she said “stubborn, loyal and loving.”   My Grandparents and Deena were inseperable.  I got a lot of my love of animals from both my Grandparents.

"COLORFUL FELLOW"

Not sure if this one will survive past tomorrow morning. I'll sleep on it and see how I feel. The life of a painter - paint all day - and maybe end up with nothing. Thanks for following.

"LEMON DELIGHT"

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

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"SUSPECT #4"

 USUAL SUSPECT 

So when I get stuck I'm continuing my  4"X 4" Usual Suspect paintings. 

Thanks for following! 

More coming your way soon - I can feel it.

"SHILOH"

LOYAL, FRIENDLY & FUN LOVING!