Posted in available paintings, marbles, still life on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
4″ by 7″ daily pastel painting, unframed
My shooters that I got off EBay arrived! They are so beautiful. I may share a photo of some of them.
I chose the dark background to make the colors pop. Yes . . the yellow one is cracked.
$100 with free shipping and handling in the US. Please email [...]
Posted in marbles, pastel paintings, sold, surreal on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
5″ by 8″ daily pastel painting, unframed
This is another practice piece for the same larger painting that I mentioned in the last post.A few more and I should be ready to start on the large painting. It will probably incorporate an element of each of these paintings.
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Posted in marbles, sold, surreal on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
8″ by 5″ daily pastel painting, unframed
This is a bit of an experiment. I’m planning a painting for the next Connecticut Pastel Society show and this could possibly be part of the painting. I’m still working on multiple sketches.
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A bit of news – I won 2 awards this past weekend at the Blackstone Valley [...]
Posted in marbles, sold, still life on January 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
5″ by 7″ daily pastel painting, unframed
Another marble.
I’m practicing with various marbles on a small scale for a larger work. My guess is that the larger work will be easier because I won’t have to squeeze my finger tips in little corners to blend the pastel.
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Posted in available paintings, marbles, surreal on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
5″ by 7″ daily pastel painting, unframed
I’ve been in love with surrealism as far back as I can remember and have been inspired by the surrealists in my own work.So today’s piece is a variation on Magritte’s painting titled The Son of Man. The original painting is of the man with an apple [...]
Posted in available paintings, marbles, pastel paintings, surreal on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
7″ by 10″ daily pastel painting, unframed
Another marble. Now how many ways can I represent these little gems without boring myself and everyone else?I have some other ideas but the execution will be a bit of a challenge for a daily painting.
Hope you are enjoying these marbles as much as I am painting them.
$140 [...]
Posted in available paintings, marbles, pastel paintings, still life on January 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
7″ by 7″ daily pastel painting, unframed
I found an old bag of marbles in the closet and set these up. The last marble painting was referenced from image stock that I had permission to use. I much prefer to set up my own still life.I checked out EBay for marbles and couldn’t resist bidding [...]
Posted in available paintings, marbles, pastel paintings, still life on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
5″ by 7″ daily pastel painting, unframed
I sold one of my marble paintings this week and it reminded me how much fun these are to paint. I have a few ideas involving marbles for larger surreal pieces for the future. For now I’ll be painting a few more small pieces.Does anyone play with marbles [...]
Posted in marbles, still life on November 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
5″ x 7″ daily pastel paintingthird marble
Day 31 of October.I finished my 31st painting of the month. There were some days when I wasn’t sure I had the time to complete a painting yet I somehow always did.Daily painting is a commitment I made to myself. It’s one of the best decisions I’ve made [...]
Posted in marbles, sold, still life on October 30, 2006 | 4 Comments »
SOLD to Marchantin Jacksonsville, Florida
5″ x 7″ daily pastel paintingblue marble
I wrote in a previous post that I was going to take a break from blending but it’s just impossible! The challenge of trying to make an image look like the real thing is just too much fun.
