View from my Window, 24×30″ $400

I painted this painting several years ago but was never totally satisfied with it. I recently got it back from the Animal Health Clinic in Covington and let it hang on our living room wall for a few days, when suddenly it hit me why I was so unsatisfied with it - the background was all wrong. It was a loose patchwork of colors - lime green, orange, blue - perhaps not quite as offensively loud as that collection of colors might suggest, but it was certainly enough to sour my view of it.

So this is the same basic painting with a background redux, resulting in a much more muted, much more mellow painting. And it does something that the busy, color-filled background failed to do: it underscores the emotional undercurrent of the painting, supporting the somber-sad stare of this pup and not detracting from it. Proving the adage, less is more. By the way, the reference photo for this painting was a two inch black and white photo from a newspaper I found.

Do Your Ears Hang Low, 24×30″ $400

I’ve been painting a bit lately - getting ready for the Madisonville Art Market next month - and here are a couple of portraits I’ve recently completed. The first is of my niece Della and it’s on a 14×11″ canvas. This one was basically a practice painting, trying out a quick technique where most of the painting was accomplished with a relatively large brush, followed by last minute perfecting with a smaller detail brush. Worked out well.

The second is a large 40×30″ family portrait of my wife, son and myself. This was painted from a photo taken around a year ago. It was fun to do [meaning it didn't take very long to finish], and I’m reasonably happy with the finished product.

Just a few fishing lures. These were fun - I’ll have to do more. All are six inches square and available for $40 a piece.

The next art show for me is September 13th, where I’ll have a booth for the first time at the Madisonville art market. I’m doing my best to get more smaller paintings completed before then. Pictured below is my little setup in front of my computer [where I can consume all my usual podcasts while I paint]. I figured I’d paint a handful of fishing lure paintings to sell on the riverfront in Madisonville. See you there!