Captive Audience, diptych

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Wess Foreman

Here’s a series I return to from time to time to hone my skills at color balancing and intuitive painting. I like the painting process and I like the look of the resulting painting. (video posted below)

Captive Audience, diptych, 2-24x24”, $1000

The Magician

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Wess Foreman

Captive Audience No. 20

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Wess Foreman

Captive Audience #20, 24x30”, $600 — Captive Audience #20, 24x30”, $800

Echoes and Shadows

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Wess Foreman

An interesting, quirky painting that started from a simple reference photo of a crowd on the street. The final touch that made it work for me, ultimately, was the addition of the shadows on the walls and abstract figures hidden in the clouds. I bounced around several titles, finally landing on the current one which somehow works (might start a new series based on this one).

Echoes and Shadows, 24x36", $675 — Echoes and Shadows, 24x36", $700

a jester's lament

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Wess Foreman

I was staring at a blank canvas. A large blank canvas. I was ready to paint, but I was out of ideas (or rather, I had too many ideas and none of them very good). So I was browsing through reference photos and ran across a photo of a small 14x11" painting I had done not too long ago and decided it needed to be painted big . . . posthaste! A few hours later and I present: A Jester's Lament. Let me know if you like it---especially if you think I should paint more in this series.

A Jester's Lament, 48x36", $1400 - (no. 1033) — A Jester's Lament, 48x36", $1800

everyday saint

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Wess Foreman

This is the fifth or sixth of these "everyday saint" paintings I've done---a loose series with no particular big idea behind them---something interesting about them though.

the aerialist

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Wess Foreman

I have a handful of circus snapshots I took three or four years ago that I've been meaning to convert into a series of paintings. This is one of those, finally realized. The reference photo was taken horizontally but of course this vertical format works much better for the subject matter.

superhero

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Wess Foreman

This one falls more on the illustration side of things. I wanted to paint a simple painting of a kid running with zero background detail and was happy with how this turned out . . . then I added a cape to the kid and that made the painting work for me even more, adding a bit of a story to the piece.

Superhero,11x14", SOLD — Superhero,
11x14", SOLD

portrait of portrait of mrs white

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Wess Foreman

Used an old 1908 public domain photo titled "Portrait of Mrs. White" by Clarence H. White as the reference photo for this painting. I liked the look of the original roughed-in painting---which reminded me of an old french poster---so I kept the blue outlining and left out any detail work.

Portrait of Portrait of Mrs White20x16", SOLD — Portrait of Portrait of Mrs White
20x16", SOLD

cruising the lake

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Wess Foreman

Captive Audience #15

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Wess Foreman

Originally painted a couple years ago, this colorful painting has been hiding away in my garage awaiting a stretcher-bar replacement procedure as its old stretcher bars were somewhat warped. I've finally re-stretched and touched up the piece and now it's ready to present once again. One of my favorites.