"Opening NIght Conversation"

10" x 8"

Oil on Panel

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This painting is of a scene at Tumalo Art Company one opening night.  I enjoyed the interaction of these figures and the stances of the two in front.  I just wonder what they were talking about!

"White Winter Coat"

6"x6"

Oil on Gessoboard

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"Art Appreciation"

Image size: 7.75" high x 4.875" wide

Graphite on Bristol Board

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This drawing is of a fellow I saw at our monthly First Friday gallery walk. It always seems sort of miraculous to me when people love looking at artwork and truly pay attention and put effort into appreciating it. I am so grateful for them! They complete the process for those of us who put it out there.

"Contemplation"

8"x6"

Oil on Board

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I've been looking at this painting sitting up on my shelf for some time. I posted it on July 18, but I've never really felt like it was finished. I decided I wanted to try for a looser look, play with the paint a little more and work on the values so that the figure in the foreground stood out more. Working on an existing painting that I wasn't that happy with also felt like a good way to paint without having too many expectations! It helped!

"Opening Night, TBDLoft"

20"x16"

Oil on 3/4" Cradled Board

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This painting ended up being a surprise to me. Not long after I got it roughed in, I saw that I had a choice as to whether or not to keep the simplicity of the shapes or to work it up into a piece with alot more modeling of form and information in it. I had to stop and sleep on it--to decide to let it be simplified was like choosing a new road to go down and I had to think about whether I really wanted to do that. I have spent alot of time enjoying trying to get alot of that modeling in, trying to get things "right" in the past year's paintings. I've had in my mind certain criteria of what it would mean for me to be a good painter and this didn't necessarily fit! To let this painting be different was a challenge not just to my abilities, but to my ego. I remember reading somewhere--must've been someone else's blog--that in doing the daily painting, a person travels through many styles. Part of me wants to keep growing and changing and another part of me would love to just find a place to land. . .However, this was really invigorating and I think I'm going to try to follow whatever is trying to take form here.