Cloud 12 - sunset over a lake

Oil on Gessoed Rag Board, 4" x 4" SOLD

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This was painted on an orange-primed piece of rag

board. The picture does not do it justice, unfortunately.

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Head of Achilles in Oil Pastel Sgrafitto

Oil Pastel and Crayons, 4" x 5 " NFS

In this technique you cover a stiff piece of paper or

card with Crayola crayons in different colors.

If you think about the color that will be the last

layer on your piece, you can choose the crayons and

you can choose your color scheme before you even

start working. For this I also used a metal ceramic

tool that had a rod with six pieces of very strait

wire at the end. This way you coud draw two to six lines

exactly the same each time you draw. It was very

easy to create cross-hatching this was.

"Baroque Spirit"

Softground Etching, 7" x 9" NFS

I thought I would show a piece that is in the same

vein as my pastel drawings. I did this a while ago.

As a matter of fact, it was my first softground etching!

This is a statue behind the villa where I went to

graduate school in Florence. It was sticking out of

the end of a staircase leading to the garden behind the

villa. This was in San Domenico da Fiesole, halfway

between Florence and Fiesole. We had a beautiful

view of Florence rising out of the mist. It was a

beautiful place. We did not live there, we just had

classes there, and lived in apartments in Florence.

Anyway, I love this piece, partly because it was

a happy accident on a first try!

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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.