Bulls in Progress

Okay, next up on the ole easel are my neighbors. Yes, I said my neighbors! I live in the country and next door are some long horn cattle. They are just full of character. They will stare you down and not flinch or move an inch from the fence line when you go out there near them. Unlike their regular ole cattle counterparts who were skittish and would shy away from us when we got to near. These guys OWN their territory! So they inspired me to put paint and brush to canvas to capture their attitude some and I hope I've begun to do that for you. The front cow still needs speckles and contouring on her body and both animals need refining on their horns done. I wanted to show you all what I've been up to lately since the last painting.

Finished Painting

This painting for my friend has finally been finished. It's titled"Cora and Jack" and measures 11"x14", acrylic on canvas.
It's done from a photo taken at the beach down here in Alabama I believe. Mother and son were sitting in the surf tethered together. Just enjoying their day on the shore.
Nice memento of a day well spent I say!

Wine and Paint class

This is a class photo of Friday nights Ladies Wine and Paint class at 16 Main Gallery that I instructed.We had a blast. What a real good group of women who learned a whole lotta techniques in one night! Texturizing a canvas, painting, antiquing, knife work poppies and finishing up a product with varnish! Well done ladies!

Progress notes

Here's a little check in on the beach painting I'm doing for a client/friend of mine . I think it's coming along nicely. Needs a couple more tweaks here and there and then I think we'll call it finished and ready for delivery. A few more layers of paint here and there in the chair back and in the black hat I believe. Also am debating on working on the shadows some. They seem too flat to me.
The colors are really very vivid in person and I am really quite pleased with them if I do say so. I so love PAINT! :D

Cora and Jack

working on this painting this week. It's a little painting for a friend who is at the beach. This picture was of her daughter Cora and her grandson Jack sitting in their chairs in the surf.
It's just their backsides but mother and son are tethered together in the surf and it will be soooo precious when it's done. Ahhhhh, just chiling at the beach. What a wonderful little memento to have. Thank you Martha for asking me to do this one.
I will be adding in the actual painted figures over the next couple of days here.

Thursday the 16th of June!!!!

I will be setting up with some very talented artist downtown Huntsville at this event. Please brave the heat and come on out and join us! My street prices will be very competitive too! wink wink! ; ) 4:30-8:30pm.
rain or shine.

Next Class

Pop Art

It would seem that left unbridled, my mind slips on over to the ' Pop Art" side of the creative world. I say this because this painting happened all on it's own. No plan just threw a gessoed board up on the easel and started painting. No plan, no thoughts, just music and me. It's really quite beautiful in it's own right I suppose. It does seem to represent ( I hope ) a peaceful mind! :) Not too sure about that flower being in the mouth of that venus fly trap type plant thing though, what's that all about?????
It's also quite feminine too. I suppose it reveals a lot about me. The strange thing is that the color choices are not my usual yellow based colors that I prefer. It all just kinda happened one shape morphed into the next, one color called to the next. Before I knew it, this painting had literally painted itself.
I want to thank my friend Deb who stopped by the Gallery to watch the shop so I could just create without interruption, thanks Deb!

16Main: This Thursday! 4-8pm Art on Main

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