Today's Paintings 3/2/09

Sunrise Poppies VI
Original 18" x 24" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Sunrise and Autumn Trees
Original 24" x 30" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Four Abstract Trees
Original 72" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Four 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Red Poppies on Yellow Commission
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Blue Wall Commission
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Word of the day: prolific. Some days I wake up and paint from dawn til dusk. I managed to produce three new paintings to list on my sales venues, AND two commissions!! I LOVE my job! The Sunrise Poppies series is hot right now, so I had to paint another one of those. Sunrise and Autumn Trees is a variation on a composition I played with last summer. Four Abstract Trees is the latest incarnation in the Abstract Trees series, and the first time I've done it on four canvases.

The Red Poppies on Yellow and Still Life with Blue Wall are both commissions. My commission work has really picked up in the past few weeks, for which I'm very grateful (thank you patrons!).

Quote of the day: "Every good painter paints what he is." --Jackson Pollock

Today's Paintings 3/1/09

Red Trees and Shadows IV
Original 60" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Five 12" x 36" canvases
Golden and Liquitex acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Daisy Bouquet and Red Vase VI
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden and Liquitex acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvases

Today's paintings are two of my compositions that both my patrons and I enjoy. The Red Trees and Shadows piece is a composition that I originally painted when I started out as a working artist. I've done several commissions of this painting, but this is my first multi-canvas rendering.

Still Life with Daisy Bouquet and Red Vase is a recent composition that has been very popular. This one is the latest in the series.

I'll be shipping the Alaska commission tomorrow (yay!) and starting on several new commission orders that came in last week. My commission work has really picked up, along with sales on my selling venues. I have the best job!

Quote of the day: "The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind." --Diane Arbus