Four Sparrows, Two Geese

Four Sparrows, 28x11", $200Two Geese, 20x16", $200

Three Apples

This one I painted some time last year. I didn't like it enough to finish it until a friend of mine saw it and said it was cool, then I did a last minute touch-up to finish it.

Factory Cat

I really like how this one turned out. I'm a long time fan of the work of American painter Stuart Davis---this painting somewhat draws from the Davis aesthetic I think (jazzy arrangement of colorful shapes). Yes, once again, this style is another experiment for me, and every experiment broadens my repertoire. Look for more like this in the future. I'd love to hear some comments on this one.

Factory Cat, 40x30", $700

Backyard Landscape

Backyard Landscape, 14x11", SOLDI was carelessly swiping paint onto this canvas in order to cover up an unfinished painting which wasn't working for me. I was just trying to cover it up with greens and blues when it turned into something recognizable---a landscape---then I added shadows and the sky and dripped in some color and scratched in some detail. Before long the painting was finished and I luckily put it away to dry before I overworked it. Wish I had a better title for it.

Looking at the finished piece, it is recognizable as a landscape while retaining its abstract qualities. It is subtle but interesting, I think.

Empty Street Corner

Empty Street Corner, 16x20", $200

This painting came about quickly---took me about two hours total---and went through a few style changes before I hit on the one I wanted. I'm going to call it finished for now, but I was thinking it might be improved with a few shadows falling across the frame. So this one could change a bit in the future, but I do like it as is.

Millie commission

as always, click photo to enlarge.

Artificial View of the Sky

Artificial View of the Sky, 30x40", $700

Passing the Turing Test

This painting obviously has words on it (pun intended) and an anxious geometrical figure sweating it out as he speaks those words. To briefly explain the title and thus the painting [to my mom and other "normals"], I give you a link to an interesting wikipedia page: here.

I like the simplicity of it and the color, and I will probably be experimenting more with this style. Would love to hear feedback on this one!

Passing the Turing Test, 11.75x14.5", $200

N. O. Street Car #11

I'm calling this number eleven, though I'm not sure of the actual number---I lost track, plus this is a different version than my original street car paintings. This time I've injected more energy I think, leaving the details more raw and unrefined. And yes, I have also incorporated two bits of string into the painting.

N.O. Street Car #11, 24x30", SOLD

Brandy's Horse

American Flags #8 & #9

American Flag #8, 24x30", $300

Here are two more in my series of abstracted American flags. There's something fun about taking a recognizable image and altering it and, in the case of #9, stripping it down to its basic elements . . . color, shape, line. Stars and strips and red, white, and blue.

I'd love to hear feedback---I've enabled comments on this post and will do so in most future posts (I had turned off comments because of spam comments, but I'll just deal with that as it arises). That is all.

American Flag #9, 18x11", SOLD

Orange House Across the Street

Orange House Across the Street, 18x24", $250

plastic car sketch

Another sketch. This one is a fun example of blind contour drawing, where one does not look down at one's drawing until the thing is complete. It is an excercise in patience and slow deliberate following of---what else?---contours, the pencil following along with every inch of exploration of the eye. The result is usually an unusual but interesting drawing.

Slate and Marsh

Slate, 20x20", $250Louisiana Marsh, 18x24", SOLD

trees and boots

Forest for Trees, 24x24", $250Boots On, 24x18", $250

Update on 2012-03-04 20:56 by wessf

I'll be reviewing both of these paintings and I might change them. I think they can both be improved. I will probably either alter them or paint over them to reuse the canvases.

strawberries & landscape

Strawberries, 6x8", $50Aerial Landscape, 24x30", $300

pinecone sketch

As a working artist, I should be sppending more time working in my sketchbook. It's just never been a consistent part of my routine. This is a simple contour drawing I did yesterday of a pinecone---ten minutes of peaceful observation as I let my hands articulate on paper what my eyes measured before them---and the meditative attentiveness alone was worth my time. Not to mention the brief bit of what one might call "spatial practice" that I got out of it.

Louisiana Vista

Louisiana Vista, 25x40", $500

One of my first batch of paintings of the new year (I've gotten off to a slow start, yes). This is a simple generic landscape that could be found in any part of the country that is flat---but I figure it's somewhere in south central Louisiana where flatland abounds (you have to hike beyond the treelines of the interstates and beyond the houses and barns and streetlights where all the people live, but it's out there . . . and it's beautiful).

Red Dot Gallery in Ponchatoula

I've got a few paintings hanging now at the new Red Dot Gallery in downtown Ponchatoula -- below is a video of the owner, Nancy Perilloux, talking about the gallery.

Come for the grand opening reception of the Red Dot Gallery on Friday, February 3rd, from 5pm to 9pm.

Pugs commission

pugs commission