Winter Session - daily painting,beach scene,surfing

8x10 oil Winter Session

Chop Happy

8x8" oil on panel $140
thick panel with slots in back for hanging - no framing needed
more loose, suggestive painting going on here. Not so sure about the title but I've been working in my little studio space nonstop since early this am and this is the best I could come up with :)

Catch a Wave -daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard sold

Catch a Wave. Couldnt decide on a title. There are so many decisions when you paint - thats why it can be like meditating because you really have to focus and think and DECIDE. decide what to paint. then the colors and the composition and the technique. Something I wrestle with everytime is how realistic to take the painting. The more I paint the further I want to go from realism. The white water is a good example of this, for me its really fun and more satisfying to paint that 'froth' with very direct brushstrokes leaving all attempts at copying reality far behind but rather trying to achieve a 'feeling' of waves. Itching to try this with a really big canvas and huge brushes....

Have a great weekend everyone!

Jump - daily painting,beach,children

6x6" oil on panel
painting the beach AGAIN - sorry if its getting boring - actually have soooo many ideas rattling my brain that they wake me up, so i always have to focus and paint the familiar before moving on. wanted to make her cover up yellow but had a hard time of it SO went back to the pink - familiar - it works but yellow would have really popped.

In the Soup-daily painting,surfing,beach,children

6x6" oil on masonite
"In the Soup" = a surfing term for being in the white foam of a wave after it has broken.

below is a 4x4" acrylic of Shadow, my sons classroom bear who spent the weekend with us. He just HAD to have his portrait painted,looking oh so dapper in his naval uniform :)

Catch a Wave

6x6" oil on masonite
Love this one. Catching a wave, much better than catching the stomach bug -he is home sick today
Got my new postcards today! The cupcake one says "you are sweet", I'll use it as a thankyou note when I ship paintings
*edit* I should add that I made the prints through Overnight Prints