chickadee

Chickadee, 24x18", $425, framed (no. 1037)

miles from anywhere

Miles from Anywhere, 48x24", N/A

Update on 2012-09-17 23:35 by wessf

This one is no more. Some sort of unstoppable ink from a lower layer of paint seeped through to the top layer after the final gloss varnish was added, causing weird staining to appear. First time I've seen that.

redlights

Redlights, 30x40", $700

Fortune Teller

Fortune Teller, 40x30", $700

shark attack

Shark Attack, 24x30", $350

Brown Pelican

Brown Pelican, 24x18", $350

Birds on wires #3

Birds on Wires #3, 5x7", SOLD

Venice Afternoon

Venice Afternoon, 7x5", SOLD

this old shed

Old Shed, 22x28", N/A

green bottle

Green Bottle, 18x11", SOLD

Shadetree

Shadetree, 11x14", SOLD

Clothesline

Clothesline, 14x17", $150

Had a day of no rain and our dryer went out. Clotheslines are usually an inviting colorful subject matter---too bad I don't take advantage of it too often. Anyway, here's a clothesline painting.

Red Streetcar, large

Red Streetcar, 18x24", SOLD

untitled colorful landscape

untitled colorful landscape, 24x48", $600

I spent a good deal of time on this one---I don't know exactly how long, maybe eight or nine hours all told, over the last couple days---and the style and particulars of the landscape changed drastically as the painting process went on. I should have taken photos along the way but I was too busy painting.

Returning to a large painting after so many small ones---and an abstract after so many "normals"---I found myself re-exploring the process all over again. Trying out new color patterns, changing the way the shadows fell across the hills and the lightness of the sky, etc. All these infinite possibilities and only a finite few could ultimately be chosen. And the final product (I think it's final, anyway) is pleasing to me, though I'll probably hang it in the living room awhile to see if anything wants to be changed.

The piece is painted on canvas and mounted on heavy-duty, two-and-a-fourth-inch stretcher bars with black-painted sides and would look great as a centerpiece in a large family room.

The only thing I'm not so thrilled about is its lack of name. Please leave any suggestions for a name in the comments! And, as always, click the photo for a larger view. Thanks.

wasp on window pane

wasp on window pane, 8x10", SOLD

Alright, this one catches me up today on my painting-a-day series for May. Last one in this series will be tomorrow (thereafter, I'll just keep on painting and posting).

red streetcar

red streetcar, 8x10", SOLD

Still need one more painting today to catch up on my painting-a-day series for May. This one was a fairly quick painting. It doesn't have much detail but is instantly recognizable of course. As always, click the photo for a larger view.

mississippi river dock

mississippi river dock, 10x8", SOLD

This is the make-up for yesterday's painting-a-day series painting (almost caught up). I took the reference photo on the way to the New Orleans Aquarium of the Americas this weekend. Don't be surprised if I paint fish paintings soon. Or jellyfish. Or penguins.

crawfish

crawfish, 5x7", SOLD

This is Sunday's painting-a-day painting. More to come!

three lemons

three lemons, 5x7", SOLD

My painting-a-day series this month was interrupted by the New Orleans Arts Market in Palmer Park, which zapped all my time that day (Saturday) and zapped all my energy for the next day (Sunday)---then, my family made a last minute decision to take a mini-vacation to New Orleans which ran through Monday---so, that happened and now I'm back to make up for missed days.

Here's a little lemon painting. I'll call this one Saturday's painting, and I'll probably post another later today to make up for lost days. More to come!

fishing gear

fishing gear, 5x7", SOLD