All In A Day's Work

 It's always hard getting started on Mondays, but around 2:00 I managed to pick up a brush.

                          Cana Vineyards, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)               

                          Winter Skaters #5, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)              

                         Resting Place, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)              

New Work

Normally I like to finish something before starting a new piece, but the real pleasure in creating a work of art is in the early stages; later on, things get tedious and the detail work is annoying. With the state of the world being what it is, I need a little happiness! So I've started/finished stapling some canvas to stretchers for 3 new works and am looking to begin a 20"h x 24"w panel.

                     

Haven't Forgotten Baby

 Was in the middle of repainting the rug with a mix of half a dozen colors when I was interrupted. Things like that just throw off my concentration to the point where I start making big mistakes. Took a break to calm down and when I came back decided that the rug color was all wrong anyway; mixed in some darker tones and now am putting it aside for a few days. It looks okay right now, but we'll see.

                         Baby Needs Shoes, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)               

An Evolving Experimental Piece

 I don't know where this is going; I've been finding shapes in the swirls and in the paint itself and am letting it evolve. I don't have a clear idea of what it will look like when it's finished. So take this image with a grain of salt; it might change radically over the coming weeks.

                         Music Of The Spheres, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)              

A Painting Blog In Wartime

 How do you turn a blind eye to what's going on in Ukraine? I can't. This is meant to be a simple record of the advances and experiments and mistakes I make on a near-daily basis as I try to be the best painter I can be. But the unprovoked military attack of Vladimir Putin on its neighbor country can't be ignored this morning.The future looks grim for all of us.

While listening to CNN, I decided to plow ahead with the skaters painting; we can't allow ourselves to become immobilized with fear. The barely-controlled brushiness of the white/blue/grey paint application on the icy area was in tune with my mood. I will let it dry now and go back over it several times over the next couple of weeks in order to build a believable ice rink surface, complete with skate marks.

                         Winter Skaters #5, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)              

Fresh Faces

 This will be the 5th— and the last—piece in the Winter Skaters Series.

                         Winter Skaters #5, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)              

Profiteroles On The Way

 Another step forward. 

 

                         Profiteroles, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)             

Maybe Done?

I think I've exhausted the amount of reworking on this one.

                        Sheep In The Meadow, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)            

Closer

 I'm running out of minor details to work on here. I put some time into the folds on the bartender's blouse and tried to make that odd mass of weird color in the lower right hand corner make sense. I think it must be a stack of glasses.

                                  Tuesday, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)