This new painting of the convento is an Oil 9x12. It will be auctioned off for charity on Tuesday October 17th at the Z Mansion in Tucson, AZ. I had the oppourtunity to meet with Doug Gann this past week who is the man behind the redesign of this complex for the Rio Nuevo Project. He asked to come visit the auction to see the painting sell.
A giant Sycamore Tree in the Patagonia Mountains, Arizona. This is from Winter of 2006. I painted this one for my mother and never got around to finishing it until this weekend. I went back to the mountains after Monsoon rains had turned the entire area green including this tree. It was remarkable how different it looked.
24x30 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas. This one features Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, Piglet, and Kessie. It was originally taken from the cover to the movie Pooh's Grand Adventure and then I took an artistic liscense and added Kessie and changed other areas.
Acrylic 8x10 on Stretched Canvas. Tigger Pounced on Pooh.
9x12 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas. Tigger bouncing with Roo in Tree.
9x12 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas. Tigger bouncing and Pooh getting hunny pots down for a party.
In this third update, I have added the gold reflective face mask and shading to the underside of the visor. The gloves and SMG guns have also been painted. In the next phase the helmet and areas of upper torso will begin to be painted.
Decided to get some painting in today. So in the start of the laying system I began with just the background and boulder at bottom. Once dry I'll begin several layers for the actual character!!
Here is the Saguaro National Park East at sunset. This was done around 8:00pm in early July. Part of Twin Hills is seen in the distance.
Here is a sailboat sailing by a small lighthouse.
Here are a few paintings that I did within the last year. The first one is Sabino Canyon, AZ during an august monsoon storm. It was only my second painting all knife. 11x14. The second was of a Silhouetted Saguaro Cactus and Creosotte Bushes, 9x12. And lastly was my 8x10 Cowboy after the draw. Everyone in my family wants that one. These three were done on horrible canvas wrapped cardboard as they were all within a few months of my starting when I was still buying my stuff. After these three I started stretching my own. I now use 1/4" tempered hardboard. I know that 1/8" would have worked but wanted extra care against warping in our hummid summers. I had found the Rabbitskin glue wasn't to my liking and that I had little kids. Thanks to an artist named Larry Seiler I found that Acrylic Medium worked as a great bonding to size my canvas to my hardboard. Thanks larry. Enough about the boards, just wanted to get some old paintings up onto the site. Cheers everyone!!
Last day of August and I'm finally able to start painting again. Here is the Catalina Highway. The scenic byway that stretches 30 miles from Tucson to the top of Mount Lemmon. I had been in a funk for nearly two months and hadn't painted at all. It was nice to pick up the brush again. I felt as though that the painting didn't turn out as well as I had hoped it would. The mountain in background is not the focal point so it's blurred a bit, however I wanted the cliffs more accented on the mountain. Can't have your cake and eat it too I guess. I figure that coming in from a 2 month break I have to pick my pace back up and get back into my normal swing of things. I have about 20 paintings I'd like to get done soon so let's see where these lead me. Thanks for looking! :D
A sign post from Arizona Route 66 from Twin Arrows Arizona. painted july 06
I had a little fun about a month ago late at night and decided to do a quick painting sketch I guess you could call it. It was only 40 minutes worth. Not the level of detail normally in a painting but wanted to focus on a favorite of mine!
