Figure Paintings

Today was a great morning working from the model. I am continuing to explore ideas using lots of texture before I start the image, laying, adding and removing paint, and throwing in some unusual tools to apply the paint. I am posting 2 images from today and 2 from last week. I work on both paintings at once, waiting for one to dry a bit, or for me to slow down in my layering. It is fun to see where the work takes me..These are all acrylic on gessoed paper. I am having a lot of fun with these.

More Paintings

I haven't posted some of the most recent small paintings so here you  go...They are all oils 9x12 or smaller...

Painting Rainy Arizona

We have been in a weather pattern lately that has been great for our thirsty desert. The storms have seemed to hit on my plein air painting Mondays over and over though. That makes for quite a challenge for sun lovers, especially when it is cold too. Here is what got painted out in the stormy desert. It was a very different color palette than usual. I loved the streak of light that showed up briefly...had to work fast to catch it.