Sleepwalk

Sleepwalk

I love doing these.  They just are what they are.  It's like when you were a kid and seeing images in clouds.  I saw a sleepwalker in this one.  

More art coming on the blog soon (August gallery work is in process of completion this week.)

It's always an adventure...

Venetian Alley

Venetian Alley

I'm back to watercolor for a while.  Trying to improve my versions of water reflections.  Love the shadows in this.  Best way to make bright, bright light is just to use no paint.  I guess those things are old piles - should have left them out maybe.

It's always an adventure...

Market

Market

Another study of light.  the objects making the shadows are off the view.  I did this painting quite fast, ignoring much of the detail.

It's always an adventure....

Venice Afternoon

Venice Afternoon

I painted this from a photograph that a friend of mine took in Venice.  Love the depth and light on the wall.  It's currently hanging in the Parklane Gallery the month of July.

It's always an adventure...

Luxembourg Flowers

Luxembourg Flowers

detail

I sketched this from a photograph I took in Paris in 2004.  It started as a study for a future oil, but I thought I'd frame it anyway.

It's always an adventure...

Skating Through

Skating Through            

Barcelona.  I was surveying for a photo when this guy and his dog blasted down the wide sidewalk.  He was really cookin' along and the little dog was joyously keeping up.  I'm sure he was a Spaniard and had he stopped we may not have understood each other.  His smile communicated all.  And - the joy of the sun.

It's always an adventure...

After the Rain

After the Rain

This one has made a comeback since I finally tracked down the photographer and paid for the rights to paint this photograph he took in Paris.  Here is his link to his book:

  

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2005893?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget   or, try......

http://www.blurb.com/books/2005893

I took some liberties with the painting, making it the way I wanted to paint the mood.  This one is up at the gallery this month.  www.parklanegallery.com

It's always an adventure...

Greek Sun

Greek Sun

I made this one up from several other images and ideas about color, space and light.  It is probably a small upper level entry to a flat, also serving as the occupant's sun deck.  They are inside tending to that frozen pink cocktail that helps them hang on.

It's always an adventure...

Paris Morning Light

Paris Morning Light

At some point I'm going to get back to landscapes but I've been fascinated by the light in some of my photos of Paris and have been exploring.  This will go up in the gallery monday along with other recent ones.  My blog posts will take a bit of a breather as I begin work on 4 or 5 new ones.  They now sit in various states of new beginning around my studio.

It's always an adventure...

Sunday on the Champs Elysees

Sunday on the Champs Elysees

I took a photo similar to this the last time we were in Paris.  I added a few people and some tables just for fun.  It's just paint.  Left out a few things as well.  It's sort of just an impression of what it was like.

It's always an adventure...

Interlock

Interlock

A venture into abstractionism.  This one developed on its own as I attempted to make it 'something', like maybe a street, or doorways, or maybe spatial shapes.  It just is what it is.  I decided to let the viewer decide for themselves what it is.  (Pink Floyd helped).

It's always an adventure...

Passing By

Passing By

Finally!  This one has been languishing on my shelf for almost three months, waiting its turn to get finished.  From a photograph I took one day after a late lunch driving down to France's southern coast, through Provence.  What's not to love about this special place on Earth?  I took this in haste, and the camera tilted in my hand.  I painted it as it was.  It has some of my "old" techniques as well as some I've recently learned after painting for three months.  C'est la vie.

It's always an adventure...

Marche le samedi

Marche le samedi

I completed this last evening.  It's from a photo I took of a Saturday market in a village in Southern France.  An adventure into impressionism, from one who has admittedly absolutely NO art education.  I suppose you can tell.  I just love painting if for no other reason than to see what happens.

It's always an adventure

MorningWindow

Morning Window

This one is from another photo I took in the room we stayed in Chorey, France.  It was a castle converted to a B&B.  I took some liberties with the color.  

Its always an adventure...