"CHERRY"

I can't explain it - I needed to paint my favorite truck again in cherry red!

It was so much fun and it made my day.

Thanks for stopping by - MB

"VALLEY GIRLS"

Here are some new girls! I've been in the mood to paint some animals - I thought I had a show

Scheduled for March and these girls would be the stars. Turns out I've been bumped from

The schedule so now I'm not sure where to put these new paintings. They may have to wait

Until summer. I'll enjoy them in my studio. Thanks for taking a look. MB

"TOO CUTE"

                   

Remember Sunshine?

Thanks MB

"PROCESS"

Sorry my posts have been few and far between.

 I've been painting likeMad! Or I am mad???? 

Anyway my computer is fixed and I plan to get back On a posting schedule soon. 

I drew this composition last year and never knew how to approach the idea.

As you can see I started at the top and I'm working my way down

Instead of the left to right approach. In fact the last couple of 

Paintings I've completed were approached in this way - so much

For best laid plans!?!

 Thanks for taking a look and have a fabulous weekend - MB

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

As I searched out better images of the paintings, I realized I had been surprised because I had thought of Andy Warhol’s serial Pop Art portraits as an “obvious” critique on consumerism that, “therefore”, merited little sustained interest in the pieces themselves. It never occurred to me to sit with a Warhol piece like I do with other pieces, spending time just looking and waiting and paying attention and enjoying the window that the artist had framed for me.  Now, I did.   I treated Warhol’s art like–well–art, and I learned some things.

MARCH 8 - 5pm(sharp) - 5:45pm

Center for Visual Arts

837 Lincoln Ave.

ANDY WARHOL(A)  

A talk about Andy - his life and his art!

Hope you can make it - it could change everything.

More later MB

"THE BARN - STRAWBERRY PARK"

Kakela's barn in Strawberry Park in the winter. I've always wanted to paint this barn and thought

winter was the perfect time to show off the red barn in the fields of snow. This painting is

 a bit different for me but you know how much I like a challenge. 

Thanks for taking a look. MB

"THINGS GO BETTER II"

30" X 30" 

Oil on canvas

"Things Go Better II"

Now showing at the Steamboat Springs Arts Council

February 5 - 27

If you get a chance stop in and see the show

I leave everything up until the next day to decide whether it's 

finished or not. I was happy with the result the next day 

I ordered a frame and the rest is history. 

Thanks for taking a look - MB

"PROCESS - THINGS GO BETTER II"

Here's the next day - I usually don't add the background color till

the end but for some reason it felt right to do it all at the same time. 

I used a palette knife instead of a brush

(tried a brush first but didn't like the results so I got out my knife because I

wanted to create a different texture for the surrounding color - I thought it would add 

some interest I didn't think there needed to be any more brush work 

because there was plenty of action on the surface of the coke bottles).

Thanks for taking a look!

Andy Warhol my hero 

"PROCESS - THINGS GO BETTER II"

Here's how this painting got started. I knew the Palette show deadline was coming and

I like to have a new painting for the show. The idea is to display the five senses through

The painting(sight) - smell - touch - sound and taste. Well the sight part is easy it's fitting

In the rest that can cause some anxiety. I had been thinking about Andy Warhol a lot

Lately and had his books on my table. He has a great coke quote - I'll try to

Upload that tomorrow.  I always have a coke bottle around but what

About the sound and taste portion of the display. Then the Sam Cooke song "Having a Party"

Popped into my head and my problems were solved. The line in the song 

"The cokes are in the icebox - the popcorn's on the table...."

The project was complete in my head now all I had to do was paint.

Of course it's never that straight forward but that's how the painting was created.

Andy Warhols coke bottles were green - that's why my first one is green(originally I thought

They would all be green) but Visually I had to change that idea so I added purple and red before I put the painting To bed for the night. I like to walk into the studio the next day with a plan 

And try not to obsess tooooo much!

Whew - thanks a bunch!

"THINGS GO BETTER II"

Here's the start to my new piece for the Palettes show at the Depot.

 I'm trying this post on my i pad - just to mess with my head and 

Learn something new. We'll see how it goes. It's always good

To have a plan. Thanks for waiting - MB 

BLOG TROUBLES

I've got some blog issues - not sure when I'll be up again.

Right now I'm trying to catch a raccoon! No kidding.

Thanks for waiting. MB

"PROCESS - GEORGE"

You can see my original painting in the left hand corner.

The original was 8" X 8" and the new painting is 36" X 36". 

This is from a photo that my neighbor's Mark & Marilyn took a while ago. 

They are both excellent photographers and carry their cameras where ever they travel.

 They are extremely generous with their magnificent photographic collection.

I couldn't paint George Town - George without their help and inspiration. 

Marilyn and Mark always seem to be in the right place 

at the right time for these one of a kind shots. 

It takes a village!

Thanks - MB

"GEORGE"

Here he is finished. The background is a muted green like photo below.

Didn't get that quite right for this shot. 

Here's my new hanging system in my studio. I wanted to have my

paintings out instead of packed away under my bench. You can

see some scale in this photo. 

Small squares are 6"X6" George is 36" X 36".

Thanks for taking a look.

"GEORGE" MORE PROCESS

"PROCESS - GEORGE"

More process shots of "GEORGE"

"BUDDY"

Buddy doesn't like to have his picture taken - I had to wait 3 months

for a good shot of Buddy and this is the happy result!

Thanks for taking a look, MB

"HANDSOME"

This is my Georgi Porgi Corgi! 

He's a happy boy.

"FIRST TRACKS"

I usually don't venture much into landscape but loved this idea so I gave it a go. For those of you

who don't ski these are my first tracks on this run. It's what we call skiing untracked powder.

This run is a 30 minute climb from my house(that means I climb up the hill on my skis for 30 

minutes - ski down and then climb up to the top - that's a shorter climb more like 15 minutes

then I ski it again - climb up again and ski again) That's how I stay in shape in the winter

and that's why I'm always praying for snow - because I love to ski!

Thanks for taking a look. MB

"BIRD ON A WIRE"

Chickadee II

Thanks a bunch, MB!

"MY LITTLE CHICKADEE"

It's been years since I painted some chickadees. They are one of my

favorite little birds. I'd like to do a series but this will have to do

for now. It's been a crazy start to the New Year. 

Hope all is well with everyone. 

Thanks for taking a look. MB