New Painting & Prints: "Sexy. Back."

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When I did "Sweat. Pant." I was kind of torn between showing him from the front or the back. After all both views have their merit. It took me a couple years but I finally made the companion piece and satisfied my need to glorify the sexy back.

Sexy. Back.
from $45.00

Original (Sold)
18" x 24" (46cm x 61 cm) pastel on pastel paper

Giclée Prints
25 limited edition Gallery prints
100 limited edition Studio prints
open edition Portfolio prints
additional information about my giclée prints

If you don't already own the companion piece...

sWEAT. pANT.

Sweat. Pant.
from $45.00

Framed Preliminary Sketches

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I'm making available the original sketch outlines that went on to become my finished paintings. Before I start the final painting on pastel paper, I plan the drawing out first in pencil. These preliminary outlines are the final layout before I begin the pastel painting. However, as I am painting I deviate sometimes, adding, eliminating, or sometimes changing what ends up in the completed work. 

I am offering these piece framed. They are one of a kind.  I don't have all my outlines from over the years but I have quite a few. At the moment I've made nine available. 

You can check them out in my Original Outlines gallery.

Three New Greetings Cards! 20% Off ALL Cards

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Thanks everyone who voted and helped me decide which works to make available as greeting cards! Take 20% Off ALL greetings cards this week.  Use the code GREETINGS at checkout!

On the Drawing Board: back to it

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I know it's nothing close to requiring a label like Attention Deficit Disorder, but I do find it hard to do painting 'series'. I see other artists who will do whole series of a dozen or more, often putting together a show with a continuous theme, where each work is just a slight variation. I have done a few, because I like the idea of them, but it does become a struggle by the 3rd or 4th piece, and (other than my early works which I dubbed Men in Briefs) 4 is as far as I've ever gotten. I think a lot of my creativity is based on my mood, thoughts, weather and the world around me, and all that is constantly changing so I don't usually plan out works months in advance. 

My new piece I'm starting is a companion to "Sweat. Pant." and though I finished that piece a couple years ago I had the basic idea for both at the same time. As is often the case, once I finished the first one I got distracted and inspired by something else. While this is a companion, it is literally 180 degrees different. This time it's all about how those workout shorts look from behind, how they cling and drape in all best places, showing off those hard earned assets.

 

Original Sold

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Cropped. Click to see page with full image.

Cropped. Click to see page with full image.

"My Sea of Tranquility" has been sold. I'm happy to say that it joins "Hung" on the walls of a private collector's home in Florida. 

Limited edition prints of this work are available.

from $45.00

New Painting & Prints: "My Sea of Tranquility"

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If you're like me you sometimes like to 'get away from it all'.  I went so far as to move to Vermont!  But if you can't move, or take a vacation, there are still places we can find where we can literally shut the door on the rest of the world. 

For a limited time the original and limited edition prints can be purchased at the special new release price (now until about 8:00 am EDT Monday May 9th). 

My Sea of Tranquility
from $45.00

Original (Sold)
18¼ x 24 pastel on pastel paper

Giclée Prints
25 limited edition Gallery prints
100 limited edition Studio prints
open edition Portfolio prints
additional information about my giclée prints

On the Drawing Board: raw and unblended.

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While I make an effort to post 'in progress' photos of what I'm working on, I usually take them after I'm done working for the day, or have completed a section I am working on.  It's usually a moment where I'm satisfied with how it looks, but this doesn't show what goes on in between.  

So, here's a pic (on the left) that shows the first things I do when I start a section, in this case the upper part of the face. I already worked on the eye a bit.  I take my pastels and fill in with a base layer of colors, they are just scribbled on, no blending.  This gives me a foundation to work from, I guess it's similar to doing make-up.  From here I'll blend them together with my fingers.  I'll then add other colors on top, and blend those in, creating more depth, subtleties in lighting, and more tones.  Even when I think it looks done, it doesn't mean I wont go back and add/blend in more colors.  That's one of the things I like about working with pastels, the surface is always workable, unlike paints in an acrylic or oil suspension that will dry.