Sorry I was gone from my daily blog for so long. I wouldn't say I burned out or had a crisis, just one thing and another got in the way and I prefer to keep my art as a happy activity and not WORK so I probably won't be trying any more daily pictures unless they just happen. My muse is starting to come back I think, I'm seeing things and saying I have to get that down, like the shape of the bare winter branches of the oak tree out the dining room window, there is nothing beyond but snow and fog and that is echoed inside in the billowy sheer white drapes with the abstract ugly twisted beauty of the branches in the middle. And that's just when I wake up and stumble through the house before that all important first cup of coffee.
Here ARE two pictures I painted from photo's I had permission to use on weatherunderground. The lighthouse is 4x4 and the fence is aceo size, 2.5inches by 3.5 inches. They are both oil on gessoed rag illustration board or matboard. The fence painting is thick which you can readily see in the photos. Both were done alla prima in one sitting although obviously not on location.
AFTER (maybe during) I have a commission to finish and then maybe you will see some more of my art and see it on ebay. I'm going back to colored pencil some, I love doing it and who cares if it doesn't bring the high prices oils do, I love the precision.
