Painting the Figure

I thought it might be fun to visit the process that I go through on some of my figure paintings.  The final painting is actually available for sale on ebay.  The process photos are from a painting that has been sold.  Feel free to visit my ebay gallery by clicking here.

Pansies

This little painting was started in my class.  They wanted a challenge and this was it! They found those pretty little flowers were not as easy to paint as they had hoped.  I enjoyed the journey with them though.    

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Heber Srpings water falls

I just put this pretty little painting on auction on Ebay.  This was painted after a trip to Heber Springs, Arkansas last year.  What a pretty place.  I love just about anywhere there is the sound of running water.... unless it is a leaking hot water tank after an earthquake ;-)  That is a story for another day though.  The running water from this crystal clear, cold stream was welcome on a hot summer hike into the woods.
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Doing what we do best.

Doing what we do best... Oklahoma, with its miles of prairie land also sports the very best skies in the world.  here are just a few of the recent sky paintings that have sold this year.  ( the second one from the bottom is more recent and is for sale on ebay along with several other landscape paintings where the sky is the main player.)  To visit my ebay gallery, CLICK HERE.

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Every now and then I make it over to the Gilcrease, Zarrow Center's Saturday sketch time.  This was painted during one of those sessions.  Peaceful sublime....

Tulsa's 'The Artery'

I am happy to say that I will have my work at Tulsa's newest gallery located in downtown Tulsa, The Artery.  It is right in the hub of where everything is happening in downtown, in the Blue Dome District.  We had a soft opening the other night w a major one coming in March.  you can see some of my paintings in the background and some of my family's books, cds and my little prints in the foreground.  This is going to be a great space for art and music.  I am looking forward to working with them.

SOLD! but prints still available in all sizes for King of the Prairie

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Grateful for these paintings finding good homes this year. ( Just a sampling )

Re visiting an older piece

This painting was 'completed' several years ago.  About a year ago I went back in and took out some things and added others.  The painting was started as a complicated still life for a class.  I had to put a little of everything in it so that no matter where my students were in the room, that they would have something interesting to paint.  As the teacher I pretty much demonstrated the painting of every object so therefore had a lot of objects in my finished piece.  This painting deals with the magic of childhood and contains a lot of my own and my students' toys.  It is for sale on Ebay.  To visit the painting in my ebay gallery and see more of my work, Click Here

King of the Prairie

This idea has been rolling around in my head for a while.  Out here in Oklahoma we live with both of the "creatures" in this painting.  It is a perfect example of the push and pull that human beings have struggled with for centuries.... nature VS human comforts....some who take too much, and those who pay for it....those who learn from the past, and those who repeat it.... sustainability VS depleting our gifts..... honoring our gifts and using them wisely, or not.... I could go on but ultimately it will be you, the viewer who gets to interpret the story.  Notice too that there is a storm brewing in the back ground.

Below are the beginnings and nearing completion of the painting.  I need to sit with it for a week or so and then will finish it.

a week later.... It is finished and sent to the new art gallery in town, The Artery.

Sugar Plums Dance .... Tulsa Ballet

In order for Sugar Plums to dance in their heads, you first need to learn how to dance.  This painting was done after a visit to the rehearsals for the Tulsa Ballet's opening season.  To bid on this or visit my ebay gallery, Click Here