Italian Villa Commission 01.27.10

Italian Village Commission

Here's the latest update of my patron's Italian villa commission, including some additional trees and pink flowers that bloom in late summer.

New Paintings 01.27.10

Purple Poppies on Red III
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Red Poppies on Blue II
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

These paintings are the newest editions in my Poppies series. Both compositions have been very popular among my patrons.

Quote of the Day
"Experience is not what happens to you - it's how you interpret what happens to you."

Aldous Huxley

Italian Villa Commission 01.26.10

Italian Villa Commission

Here's today's progress photo of my patron's Italian villa commissioned painting. This iteration has more light and detail.

Quote of the Day
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

e.e. cummings

Italian Villa Commission 01.25.10

Italian Villa Commission

Here's the latest progress photo of the Italian villa commission with added light and requested changes from my patron.

Quote of the Day
"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution."

Kahlil Gibran

Italian Villa Commission 01.22.10

Italian Villa Commission

Here's a progress photo of the Italian village commission I've been working on. I'm beginning to flesh out more of the details, but still need to add light and shadow. Also depicted are my patron's two children which she asked me to include.

Quote of the Day
"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony."

Thomas Merton

Barnes & Noble Show

My work on the art wall, Barnes & Noble

For those of you in the Denver area you can see an exhibit of my work at the Denver West Barnes & Noble store. The "art wall" is located by the coffee shop. My paintings will be on display there through February 15.

New Paintings 01.21.10

Wild at Heart
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Mountains and Prairie Sky
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes a new floral piece entitled Wild at Heart, which is a variation on my signature Abstract Poppies composition. The other new painting, Mountains and Prairie Sky, is a variation on a few different compositions I've done over the years depicting the juxtaposition of mountains, prairie, and big skies.

Quote of the Day
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."

Aristotle

Tall Red Trees XI

Tall Red Trees XI
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work for my sales venues includes the newest edition in my popular Tall Red Trees series.

Italian Villa Commission

Italian Villa - Sketch on Canvas

Italian Villa - Painting in Progress

These photos depict the process I'm using to paint the Italian Villa commission discussed in yesterday's post. The first one is the sketch on canvas. I put down a warm sienna wash first. The second has color roughed in. I will be using warm Mediterranean colors. As I put the color down I try to develop areas in the background and the foreground equally - i.e. the sky and tree. Rather than paint the tree on top of the sky, I try to develop them together.

Quote of the Day
"Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process."

Anne Wilson Schaef

Study for New Commission - 1.18.10

Study for New Commission

Photos of the Family Villa, Coccolia, Italy

This study is for my patron - a long-time customer - who's bought several of my paintings. My work hangs in her home in Denver, her aunt's house in Spain, and her parents' home in Belgium. She asked me to paint a composition of her husband's family home in Coccolia, Italy based on photos she'd sent. I provided a sketch of the composition for her approval before I put paint to canvas.

Quote of the Day
"If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people."

Thich Nhat Hanh

Newest Work - 1.14.10

Field of Poppies
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Fruit Stand (Commission)
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My newest work includes a landscape composition entitled Field of Poppies, as well as a commission from a composition I created several years ago entitled Fruit Stand. The commission was for a patron from Austin who has bought many of my paintings - so many, in fact, that she has run out of wall space in her home in which to hang them.

Quote of the Day
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

Charles Darwin

Fauve Farm Commission

Fauve Farm Commission
Original 40" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My patron requested a 40" square edition of my Fauve Farm composition, which is always a pleasure for me to paint.

Quote of the Day
"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy."

Joseph Campbell

New Paintings 1.5.10

Abstract Poppies on Yellow (Commission)
80" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Two 30" x 40" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens VIII
Original 32" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Two 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvases

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Purple Poppies on Red II
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My newest work includes a large diptych commission from my Abstract Poppies on Yellow series, as well as the newest editions from my Autumn Aspens and the Purple Poppies series.

Quote of the Day
"We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves."

Thomas Merton

Autumn Path XXVI

Autumn Path XXVI
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My first painting of 2010 is the latest edition of my signature composition Autumn Path. For those patrons who reside in the Denver area I will be having a show at the Denver West Barnes & Noble starting late next week. I'll post an announcement here on the FAB (Fine Art Blog) and on my web site after my paintings are up!

Quote of the Day
"If there is love, there is hope to have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind is lost, if you continue to see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education you have, no matter how much material progress is made, only suffering and confusion will ensue."

H.H. the Dalai Lama