dogs: Pearl and Casper

Thistle Seeds

So hard to photograph this painting.

A very simple idea sometimes can make for a very satisfying painting. This is an alla prima painting which is Italian for at once. Most of my paintings are done in one session. This method is also called direct painting. Indirect painting is done in layers building the color and values with translucent glazes. My painting of Chloë will be done using this latter method. Much more time consuming as each layer must dry before the next can be put down.

We spent several weeks on our property pulling thistles. Now I see these beautiful fairies floating on every breeze.

This painting is 12x12. Oil.

white on white

I don't often do the same subject over and over.

I found this beautiful white moth dead on my windshield. Still perfect in form.

I've mentioned before how the human eye can see so much more than pigments can reproduce. Painting subjects that are all white are very challenging. Because the whitest white is several shades darker than the brightest light every darker shade must consequently also be adjusted. With all white subjects, in this case a very white moth on white paper, the goal is to retain the feeling of everything being white.

These are 8x10 oil paintings on stretched canvas.

Cumulus

Oil on Gessoboard. 10x10.