The Veiw from Oak Hill

I started this painting as a demo for the Newnan Coweta Art Association and thought it would be interesting to those in attendance to see it finished in stages. I'll post an update periodically until it's done. Shown here is where I left off at the demo with just a little more detail added. The scene is the Coweta County courthouse in downtown Newnan as seen from Oak Hill cemetery. I took this photo a few years ago and knew that I would eventually paint the scene....didn't realize it would take this long to get around to it.

Cumberland studies

Here's a couple of 11X14 color studies of Cumberland Island scenes. I'm also doing several figurative studies at this size. It's a good size to work out some ideas and see what may translate well into larger works.

The Company

Final painting has gone a little darker...after some suggestions by my wife and son...I think it helped. I've also created a stronger light source for the foreground figures.

The Dance Company

Painting underway of a local ballet dance company. The older dancers and the director were in the wings as the younger dancers performed at a retirement home. The bright cheery colors of the performance hall contrasting with the muted shadowed colors of the hallway struck me and I wanted to capture that...even exaggerate it a bit. Painting is 20X24.

Something a little different

A small painting for a friend of a street in Japan. 11X14 is a bit smaller than I'm used to but I'm having a good time with this. As an art student, one of my favorite paintings in the Ringling Museum was a small painting of a street scene...lots of small specks of color...far more wonderful than the gigantic Rubens'.

Tree climber

Portrait of a local boy underway. I'm really liking this one. I haven't done too many paintings of kids in trees. Almost everyone has a tree in their childhood that they fondly remember climbing or building a tree house in. I'm not only painting a portrait of the young lad but the tree as well. Although the leaf pattern has become almost abstract, I'm trying to make sure that it looks like this specific tree...including limbs, bark pattern and knots. 30X40

Fluidity

Life drawing of Chelsea from tonight's drawing class. Beautiful fluid lines in this pose...it was visual music. Approximately 12-15 minute drawing. My goal was to capture the movement of the figure and not "over draw" it...this is where gesture drawing pays off.