LIttle Folk Art San Francisco SOLD

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Size: 8" x 8" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on Canvas


San Francisco is one of my favorite cities to visit. Although I searched long and hard online for images of the City by the Bay before even sketching this piece, it was painted in large part out of my sense of it and my feelings about it. That seems to be the only way I can approach these miniscapes. I want to know as much as I can and see as many photos as I can and have as realistic an idea as possible of the area. So that I can then abstract, compress and reinterpret it through my own internal vision of it. It doesn't make sense. But that's what I do. In the end, it looks so simple. But the process really stretches my mind!

Independence Day SOLD

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Size: 36 x 36 x 1.5
Medium: Oils on Canvas


I painted this piece during the days of the 4th of July celebration. I was thinking about how much the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the colonists and soldiers had suffered for it and what victory must have felt like to them.

I am working on the composition for another MiniScape, this time of San Francisco, for next week but it is taking a very long time. I hope I can finish it for next week's blog. See you then!

Light #3 SOLD

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Size: 36" x 36" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on Canvas


It feels so good to paint again. And this 36" x 36" piece is the first abstract I have painted since the end of May. I finished another abstract this evening which will be posted on next Thursday's blog. See you then!

Little Folk Art Santa Fe SOLD

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Size: 8" x 10" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on Canvas.


The man this is going to wrote me when I first listed Little Folk Art Santa Fe to say he was born and raised in Santa Fe and that he loved the painting. Although I have not been there, my artist friend Deborah moved there a couple of years ago and since then I have been noticing it in photos and on television and it has captured my imagination.

The special chair I had to buy for my neck/back/arm problem finally arrived and today the wrist guard came so I do hope these help me to paint into old age. If all goes well, I hope to post a new, large abstract for next week. Last night I sketched it out on the computer, complete with color and texture. Normally I don't plan abstracts that carefully ahead of time and most any plan I start out with changes anyway as I paint and new and different ideas come.

Happy Independence Day!

Update

The good news is that my neck/arm/back crises is finally resolved enough that I was able to start painting a little bit last night and even longer today. Yaay! So I began working on a painting of Santa Fe I had sketched a few weeks ago. Fortunately my hands still remembered what to do and it feels so good to paint again. I hope to be able to post it next week.

One positive outcome of being unable to paint for so many weeks is that I managed to get a few things accomplished for my home and car that had needed some attention.

Olives. Homage to Reyes

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Oils on Canvas.


Well, I still have not been able to paint because of my neck problem, nor sit at the computer, nor type for more than a couple of minutes at a time so this is another week without a new painting. But so that I at least have something for you this week I thought I would write you a quick note.

A painting I posted some time ago called Olives. Homage to Reyes, was chosen by juried selection for the current San Diego Art Institute Museum of the Living Artist show. The show has now ended, but the painting is available for viewing at the Yessy Gallery by clicking and Title above.

Sausalito SOLD

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Size: 36 x 36 x 1.5
Medium: Oils on Canvas


An abstract for this week means a MiniScape for next week. This week's listing was sold before posting to a customer in WA. She has collected several so far for her breast cancer fundraiser, which is especially signifant to her because her close friend was recently diagnosed. Please keep Diane in your prayers.

The new MiniScape I am working on will be either of either Santa Fe, NM or San Francisco. But you never know. I could end up painting another location entirely. So you will just have to tune in next week to find out!

The C & K House - SOLD

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Size: 8" x 6" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on canvas.


My friend Linda is a Realtor and ordered this Mini HomeScape as a closing gift for her clients who bought the home represented here, in Carlsbad, CA. Batiquitos Lagoon can be seen in the background, coastal homes along the right, two culs-de-sac within the development in the foreground, surrounded by greenbelt and golf course. I loved painting this one and I must say I am so happy with the way it turned out! If you are looking for a Realtor in San Diego, I would like to recommend Linda Lyles with Capital Realty. Cell 858-229-5929 or LLyles@SBCglobal.net.

Switching between large expressionist abstracts and these small folk art pieces provides for a nice variety for me and each causes me to appreciate painting the other.

SDAI Update

I didn't think I was going to publish my blog today because I could not paint at all last week. But my mom and I decided to go over to SDAI (San Diego Art Institute Museum of the Living Artist) this afternoon to see the current C-Note show and then get a bite to eat at the Prado, also located in Balboa Park.

To my very great and happy surprise 6 out of 7 of my paintings that were submitted to this brief fundraiser show had sold. One was on the wall so I hope it will sell too.

So I have good news rather than a painting to share this week!

Loft #2 SOLD

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Size: 36" x 36" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on Canvas