Cloud 11 - the storm breaks

Oil on Gessoed Board, 4" x 4" SOLD

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I painted this during a class last night.

I worked on an orange background

and really enjoyed it. Although this is

just a sketch, I feel it has a sense of

depth. It makes me wish I were in the

Caribbean.

Reworked Greek Venus Torso

Pastel and vine charcoal on white paper, 10" x 13"

I actually thought I had finished this drawing, but

when I looked at it today I realized I hadn't. So I

worked on it again and am happy with the results.

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Marble Head of Pompey

Pastel on Frankfurt Cream, 11" x 14" NFS

This drawing is actually similar to what is underneath

my previous post, "Head of Achilles". This drawing

has been covered with acrylic medium, as I was

planning on painting over it in oils. However, I decided

that I like it like this - a very faint, mysterious image

in delicate colors.

Danielle in Profile

Oil on Heavy Paper, 7.5" x 10" SOLD

This is a friend of my daughter's. I have

done four paintings of her to date.

I like the simplistic, abstract qualities

of this painting. It is something I would

like to explore.

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Blue Angel

Pastel on Sennelier Carte Pastel, 7" x 10" SOLD

Torso of Meleager, Greek fragment

Soft Pastel on Franfurt Cream paper,

11" x 14" NFS

Head of Achilles - mixed media

Oil over pastel drawing - 12" x 14"

I didn't actually do this drawing/painting

today, but I've never shown it, and decided

that I want to. If for no other reason than to

inspire myself to move on to something

else for a while that I love to do -

pastel drawings.

This particular piece is interesting in that

it is a mixed media image. It was done

on Frankfurt Cream paper, first a pastel

drawing was done, and then I isolated that

with acrylic medium. This particular paper,

that has been around for centuries, literally,

is very resistant to warping or wrinkling when

it is wet.

After the medium dried, I used my oil paints

and those little squeegee things called

"Color Shapers" to finish the image. I was

very happy with it.

I hope to have some new images in the same

vein in the near future.

Christina with a Shawl

Oil on board, 5/14" x 7 1/4 " SOLD

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This is a sketch of a friend of my daughter's who

has an incredibly beautiful head. I have painted

and etched her several times. This is not a detailed

image, but I like it just the same.

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Oil Sketch over Grisaille of Sharon Posing

Oil on Linen, 4 1/4" x 6 1/4"

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This is a loose color study over
a black and white oil grisaille
(underpainting).

Painting this way is really fun,
because you do a black and white
version first, let it dry, and then
paint over it.

This is the way oil paintings were
first done in the 14th/15th Centuries.

I painted into a wet glaze of Gamblin's
Transparent Earth Red, a wonderful,
all-around useful color that I have used
many times for this same technique.

Cloud X

Oil on gessoed ragboard, 4" x 4 1/4" SOLD

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This may be my last cloud. I have something else
to post that I did today.

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Cloud 9

Cloud VIII

Oil on gessoed ragboard, 4" x 5.5" SOLD

Cloud VII

Oil on gessosed card, 4" x 4"

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Cloud VI

Oil on gessoed board, 4" x 4" SOLD

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Cloud V

Oil on Canvas, 4" x 6" click here to bid SOLD

This is another in the series. I am really caught up in doing this, and

can't seem to stop painting clouds. I'm hoping to follow this up with

full landscapes. I'll just have to see what happens.

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Cloud IV

Acrylic on Gessoed board, 4" x 4"
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Cloud III

Acrylic on Gessoboard, 4" x 4"

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For this painting I used the new Interactive Acrylics,

and was pleasantly surprised. They come with several

different bottles of mediums. One that keeps the paint

wet longer, another that makes the paint dry really

fast, in case you want to use it as an underpainting.

It was easy to apply, brushed out nicely, had lovely

colors, and even blended easily, with the ability to

create soft edges. All in all, a very nice product. You

should try it.

Cloud II

Oil on panel, 5" x 5", click here to bid

I think this is becoming a series. I love imagining the

sky. When I arrive at something that seems "real" to me,

it is so exciting. As though I am really "seeing" it.

Cloud

Oil on Gessoboard, 4" x 4", click here to bid SOLD

After all this snow, gray skies, cabin fever, S.A.D.,

etc., etc., I just decided I had to paint myself a cloud

that would remind me that spring and summer will

really be here some day. As a matter of fact, I have

daffodils sticking out of the ground in my front yard-

only right now they're buried by three feet of snow.

It's a good thing they are hardy plants!

This picture just makes me feel happy, and I hope it

helps your mood too.

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Thunderheads

Gouache sketch on blue paper, 3" x 4"

I have been working hard on several paintings that are more

complicated . They require a lot of concentration, but leave

me little time for daily painting right now. I don't want to go back

on my resolution, but being preoccupied with painting is the point

here, I think(?). Not a daily race to see who can publish first.

So, I've posted one in the series of small landscape sketches in gouache

that I have been doing all along. Gouache fascinates me, because you

can use it either like watercolor (transparently), or opaquely, the way

it is really meant to be used. I like the leeway that gives me to experiment.

This particular study doesn't have any transparency in it, and was painted

fairly thickly, kind of like an oil painting. Anyone who loves oil painting
would love working in gouache!

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