Chicken Feed

This is how i spent my pre-christmas prep time.  I had painted this lady in the 80's i remember, cause it was one my first Acrylic paintings.  Well, not sure why i did it again altho the background is completely different.  In fact the fence is done by scrapping wet paint off with a palette knife.  it worked.  

 

My Bros

I did this in Watercolor recently using a photo from the 90's for reference. . 

I did NOT use AI, did NOT use computer aids, did NOT use a projector, did NOT use tracing paper, 

 I DO know how to draw " FREE HAND".  I know that is an old term in the art world. 

Any way, I love it. 

 

Red are the Lilies

I really stretched my watercolor tactics on these.  reference was a photo i took (in the 90's)  of Carl's flowers.   Painted using Cad Red, Carmine and Gamboge pigment for the lilies.  decided to leave the background white ..background on photo was really dark, almost black..   ugh

Fuchsia, Fa La La

This fabulous fuchsia was hanging around in my son's year in Oregon last summer when we visited.  i took a photo and used it as reference for this acrylic work.  the background was from my weird mind, using Hooker's Green.  It is a tough pigment to control and obviously to photograph.    

 

8X8 paintings for Christmas Boutique

  Titles:  J-M-J Globe.   Real Rural Mail Route. Winter Trees Blue, Red & Green. 

Don't know how to line these photos up..  whenever i try I delete one.  frustrating but fun. 

Paintings from the 90's

 

My Friend Hazel and her daughter, Ruth, purchased these paintings 20 some years ago.  Hazel sold her house and moved to assist living  AND I got them back.  I cropped and reframed them today.  need titles.. 

I've always thought those were Cornflowers and thought about calling it Corny-flowers.. but i realized they are coneflowers. thanks google. . where is the humor in that??  

Rear Doors

Hard to explain where the idea of this came from. I did see a painting on the PC of a pinkish wall with blue door and window plus lots of flowers.  I liked the feeling it had.   This is done is Acrylic. I also think the interiors that Van Gogh did stick in my psyche. (Whatever, sounds good)