Quiet Pond 2

This was the last painting from my recent paint out with Plein Air Austin. I threw down a few color notes (I should have photographed them)and packed up. I printed out a pretty poor picture to work from and finished it up. I must admit I didn't use the photo a lot and that's a good thing. We were guests of a ranch in Buda, Texas.

Quiet Pond

This was created during a recent paint out with Plein Air Austin. My focus was on water reflections. The property was beautiful with livestock in the distance, beautiful trees, and a meandering body of water.

Bird Watching

The title is about the bird in the lower right hand corner that appears to be watching this down on his luck fellow. The scene is from the downtown area of San Francisco. This person was sitting in front of a store with his spare change cup nearby.

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Expression 4

This telly sketch was from a movie about demonic possession and priests.

Expression 3

A Facebook friend and colleague told me that yesterdays post was disturbing. That critique actually fit. These sketches are from the series called Waking the Dead.
I'm currently watching the first season. I love the lighting and the characters have interesting faces.

Expression 2

I liked the eyes in this scene so I hit pause button on the dvr and worked until the image started moving again.

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Expression 1

I recently finished a book on sketching fast. The author suggested sketching while the dvr or recording device was on pause. I did that yesterday while watching a little telly. My pause button works for about 10 minutes before I lose the still image. I worked small (3.5 by 5 inches) to get in a full image. I will call this series my expression series.

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Sing It

This young lady is part of the duo called Justif. They play frequently at our gallery openings. The crowd tends to stay around longer when we have music. The initial study was in ink. The first painting was a 5 by 7 watercolor. This is the first pastel version.

Can I Hide Behind You

This is a still life from 2000. I worked with oil pastels which in my opinion deserves a bit more respect. I worked from life a lot back then so the angles can be a bit distorted as I didn't always paint from the exact same position at my easel after taking breaks.

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Exploration Sketch

The first painting of the outing last weekend. The first painting for me is usually timid and unsure. At this stage I'm thinking about the scene more than feeling it.

I spent a little time waiting in the 167th District Court last week. I got this little sketch of the judge.

Distant Tree Stand

This was the second painting of the morning. I noticed the color on the trees and the nice consistent shadow line below them. My eyes have a macro way of drilling into a larger scene to pick out what moves me.

Part of The Landscape

A fellow painter engaging in the same struggle as me. This was the last painting of the day. It's fellow painter Ann Seago. Beautiful day of painting even if my hands were cold.

Food Not For Thought

I'm going through old paintings and getting them into storage. I reworked this one a little. The original final version was too fractured for me so I went back into it to unify some shapes. I like this version better. The scene is in Boston, MA downtown near Government Center. I love my time in New England. It was a good time.

Pre Trial Motion 3

Another painting from my long day in court the other day.

Gentle Flowers

I am in the process of organizing and storing off site some pastel paintings. I finished this one in 2009. Yes I have them from that long ago sitting on tables and every other surface I can find in my living space. The goal this year is no more clutter.

Pre Trial Motion 2

Another sketch from my long day in court last week.

Twilight Highway

On Monday evening I went for a little walk around my neighborhood. As I was walking back I saw this scene. I quickly sketched it using Copic Markers along the side of the road. Today at the gallery I worked from that sketch to produce this little painting.

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Rock Reflected Pastel

This painting is smaller than the plein air sketch that I worked from which is 12 by 16 inches. We were back at our rediscovered beach for this painting. I've noticed that very few people interrupt me when I'm painting on site. I wonder why that is. It's nice not to have to divide my attention when painting however it's good to have people engaged with your work.

8 by 8 inches
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Shoal Creek 2

A sketch completed on site inspired this painting. I worked on it during gallery duty last weekend. I showed it to Marilyn and told her I wasn't satisfied with it. She said add branches. Thanks Marilyn.