New Paintings - 6.30.10

Blustery Day II
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Summer Daisies
Original 16" x 20" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Rocky Mountain Meadow III
Original 12" x 36" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Fresh Tomatoes and Checkered Cloth
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Oriental Blossoms XIV
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Work This Past Week

Rocky Mountain Sunset IV
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Oriental Blossoms XVII
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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

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Autumn Aspens VII
Original 24" x 30" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Poppies on Blue Sky XIII
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Early Summer Sunrise II
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Daisies and Red Vase V
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

I've devoted most of the past week to painting these pieces, as well as working on commissions. These paintings are all new editions from many of my popular compositions. The Autumn paintings are inspired by the coming change of season, to which I look forward with great anticipation.

Quote of the Day
"Even the best psychologist will tell you...that people don't really want to be cured. What they want is relief; a cure is painful." --Anthony de Mello

Today's Paintings 6.19.09

Rocky Mountain Meadow II
Original 66" x 28" x 0.75" painting
Three 22" x 28" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Sunrise Poppies IX
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's paintings include the newest editions in the Rocky Mountain Meadow and Sunrise Poppies series. Meadow was inspired by the gorgeous alpine scenery here in my home state of Colorado. Poppies was inspired by the lovely late spring poppies I enjoy seeing every year.

Quote of the Day
"Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values." --Dalai Lama

Rocky Mountain Sunset III

Rocky Mountain Sunset III
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes the latest in the Rocky Mountain Sunset series, a popular landscape composition among my patrons.

Rocky Mountain Sunburst

Rocky Mountain Sunburst
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

I've been working on commissions all weekend of paintings from series I've posted here recently, so I thought I'd post one from the archives. This painting is one of my landscapes I painted last summer featuring the Rocky Mountains of my adoptive home state Colorado. I've lived here for nearly 20 years and never tire of the natural beauty that is all around me here. My family and I love to hike in landscapes just like this one, and hope to have lots of good trail time this summer.

Tip of the Day
It's easy to find low or no cost venues to display your online portfolio and increase exposure--such as blogger.com. Be sure to include links to your blog in your email signature line and on your web site if you have one--and vice versa. Also, if you network with other artists, discuss sharing links with them to help them promote their web site and/or blog in exchange for promoting yours. According to Google the more places with links to your web site or blog the greater your chances of improving your ranking in search engine results.

Quote of the Day
"... that is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way." --Doris Lessing

Rocky Mountain Sunset

Rocky Mountain Sunset
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden and Liquitex acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

I did manage to get this original painted today, in addition to a lot of reproduction work for other patrons. My commission work has picked up, and I've had a burst in sales during this past week. I'm pleased to say that this painting met the reserve price on eBay within a couple of hours after I listed it. I hope that this week is an ongoing trend in terms of my sales.

Quote of the day: "I do the same thing everyday. I go to work and paint. I try to turn out as many pictures as I can." --Andy Warhol