City Streets and Freeway Paintings

Here is a shot of the installation of my city streets and freeway paintings. This show of a dozen works will hang for 3 months at the Bistro located in the Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix. It is a really nice venue for the big pieces. The largest is 4x5 feet.

Painting of the Woods

This 30x40" acrylic "Into the Woods" was painted after a trip to Sedona. It was accepted into the Glendale Art Council show.

Downtown Painting

This 24x24" acrylic "Downtown" will be in the AAG Statewide Exhibit at the Glendale Westgate Gallery. I tried to keep the painting fairly loose. The yellow sky was an arbitrary decision. The painting seemed to call for that color, but moreover I think it describes the hot and smoggy atmosphere that often hangs over cities.

Stop Fast Slow Exhibit

The Closing Reception for Stop Fast Slow is October 10th from 4-6 at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library Gallery. I have 6 street or freeway paintings in the show including this poster.

Painting the Live Model

Recent 2 hour acrylic paintings of live models.

Painting a Favorite Model

A favorite model has returned to the delight of my life drawing group. She thought she would move to New York City but after 6 months or so she is back here in Arizona. We are so happy to have her back. The model is such an important partner in the creative process. The ability to think about how the pose will appear for the artists is a wonderful asset. Painting from a model is a process of really examining the person and perceiving their energy. A good model can make all the difference in the work.

Non Habitat Painting

Well I got a bit depressing in this latest painting. I wanted to show how the current state of modern man's use of resources making the habitat of animals less and less sustainable. We proceed in the quest of our wants to the detriment of the needs of the animals on our planet. This fawn has no natural habitat in the rather dreary future vision here. In fact the trees are lifeless with leaves just drawn from memory. The bird and the bee are also present only on paper.

Deer acrylic 30x40"