DON'T EAT THE DAISIES

I painted this subject as a test for a canvas-covered, RayMar Panel, which I bought some time ago.  I call the painitng, "Don't Eat The Daisies".   I was so pleased with it that I entered it into the Arizona State Fair, along with two other paintings.  I was fortunate to have received a First Place In Oils in the open, fine art category.  I just sold this painting at the Glendale Art Competition, 2013.

GEM OF THE GARDEN

This is a test that I did on a RayMar Panel.  I like panels because they are inflexible, and quite durable.  This is a panel coated with Claessens, double oil primed, Linen canvas.  It worked very well, and I'm pleased enough with the RayMar Panel that I intend to buy more of them. 

This is 11" x 14" oil on a RayMar Linen panel.

NIGHT CLASS

The subject of this painting is a little area of apartments just down the street from me. Late at night, or very early in the morning, the light appears to light up a specific area, which is the way I tried to portray it in this painting. This is a 16" x 20" oil on canvas, which I have titled, "Night Class".

This painting received a "Best Of Show" at the Peoria Celebration Of Artists Exhibit at the Peoria City Hall Gallery, Peoria, AZ.  It has been sold.

JOURNEY

This painting is a 16" x 20" on canvas. I appreciate the Hudson River Valley School of painting, and this is probably the closest I've come to painting in that style. "Journey"...16" x 20" oil on canvas.

LUCID LAVENDER

This is an oil painting of a very beautiful sort of orchid. It is 16" x 20" painted in oil on linen. I used my glazing method for this, for which I first paint a finished, detailed grisaille underpainting, following it with many, very thin glazes of colored paint. I call it "Lucid Lavender".

This painting just received a "People's Choice" Award at the Arizona State Fair 2011

LIVING DESERT

This is a 16" x 20" oil on canvas painting that I used as a demonstration subject for the oil painting class that I teach at a local recreation center. In my class, I furnish each student with photos of the same subject, and I work from the same photo, as I demonstrate for them, as each of them work on his/her own painting.

I call this one "Living Desert".

September Song

I was inspired to do this painting when I saw these lilies in the first stage of wilting, and so I chose to call it, "September Song". This is 11" x 14", oil on canvas.