"Oceanside Office"

8"x8"

Oil on board

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This grey day at the coast was warm and pleasant enough to be able to take out the paperwork and get busy--what a great spot for it!  This scene is of one of the participants in the Kim English workshop in September while we were taking a lunch break.  The rest of the day went from cloudy to pouring rain as it can.do on the Oregon coast.  We tried very hard to keep painting, standing under a big tree, putting up umbrellas as we could, placing the model in a comfortably dry spot, but the weather finally got the best of us!  The workshop was sponsored by Art in the Mountains and they had put together a great meal for us that afternoon of fresh-caught salmon, crab and cod (I think!).  A great feast which took our minds off the soaking we got!

This is my 600th post--how did that happen?

"A Closer Inspection"

6"x6"

Oil on Board

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This is a study of a fellow named Burke who was looking at art in one of the galleries I've shown in recently.  This started out really tight.  I was trying to paint him full-figure and after not enjoying it for too long, I wiped it off, focused in on his upper body and just painted it!  I enjoyed the spontaneity!

"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.

"Walking a Fine Line"

actual image size: 6.6"x5"

graphite on bristol board

$150 includes s/h

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I saw this fellow practicing his "tightrope walking" one morning in the park and he generously let me take pics of him to paint from.

I really enjoy doing these pencil drawings as they give me a chance to focus on the subject without being concerned so much about the background/setting as I am with the paintings. Maybe I don't have to be!! Anyway, though, they give me a different way of looking at the subject. I have such a tendency to have to put everything in (context, background) and I like the way space and shape play off each other in these simpler drawings. It would be a challenge to paint that way! I suppose I could try it. . . .?

"Bernardin"

6"x6"

Graphite on Bristol Board

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Number 7 of the series of 50 faces I'm working on, this man is the subject of an illustration I am working on. This line drawing was a good way for me to become more familiar with his character and the way it shows in his face.