Sunday, October 28, 2007

"Squeezed Lemon"

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Oil on 1/4" Board. Approx. 6" x 5" SOLD

My wife and I had a Halloween party last night. It was great fun with awesome costumes. This lemon was the smallest part of cleanup for the night. I had to save it to paint it. I haven't done a lemon in a while. The is post number 241 for my Daily Painting blog.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

"Cracked Egg No.7"

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Oil on 1/4" Board. Approx. 8" x 8" Commission-NFS

Another commission. I have a few more commissions I have to do. Also I will be spending some time working on paintings for upcoming gallery submissions. Stay tuned to check those out.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

"Podium Pear"

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Oil on 1/4" Board. Approx. 7" x 12" SOLD.

I really enjoyed painting this one. The pear came together easily and the fabric was a great challenge. I spent about ten minutes modeling the fabric to be just right. It plays an important role in the painting's composition.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

"Morning Coffee"

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Oil on 1.5" Gallery Wrapped Canvas 10" x 10"

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Here is another on gallery wrapped canvas. I enjoyed painting on this surface this time. I'm not sure why, it just came together. It's strange how different a painting can feel when you are using different surfaces. Does that make sense?

Monday, October 15, 2007

"Westbound Passenger"

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Oil on 1/4" Board. Approx. 5.75" x 6" SOLD

Back when I was in school I took the train each day. I used spend entire train rides sketching everything around me. I painted this today from an old pencil sketch I did of a passenger I would see most days. He had a lot of character to him with his rough beard. This is post number 235 for my Daily Painting blog.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

"Fall Leaf No.4"

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Oil on 1/4" Board. Approx. 6" x 6" SOLD.

It's pretty apparent that Fall is here. The leaves in the forest behind my house are changing colors more and more by the day. I happend to glance at this leaf and thought it had the perfect shape to it. It was also crisp enough to stand up on it's side like this.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

"Taped Leaf No.2"

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Oil on 1.5" Gallery Wrapped Canvas. 10" x 10" SOLD.

This is very similar to a painting I did a while ago except it's bigger. It's on gallery wrapped canvas with the edges painted black. Personally I prefer to paint on a hard surface like board as opposed to canvas, but it was a nice change.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

"Bottles & Book" (Finished)

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Oil on 1/4" Board. 12" x 7" SOLD.

I went from hating this painting to absolutley loving it in about an hour and a half. It really helped getting away from it yesterday. After about 30 minutes I came back to it cool, calm and collected. I got these 2 bottles at that resale shop I go to. Grand total for both bottles including tax...91¢. How can I pass that up?

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

WIP "Bottles & Book"

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Oil on 1/4" Board. 12" x 7" Work In Progress

I got caught up in a commission earlier this evening and ended up trying to rush this one. I started to get frustrated and decided I would stop and post a work in progress to take a little break. I will try to finish it up tonight now that the pressure is off to post something today. I wanted to paint something more complex after yesterday's minimalist composition.

Monday, October 08, 2007

"Wine Cork"

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Oil on 1/4" Board. 6" x 5" SOLD.

Okay,
Kind of a quick one tonight. I wish I could say I have all the time I want to paint but that's just not true. Anyway, I have some larger work I am working on at the moment and hope to post one of those soon. This is post number 229 for the Daily Painting blog.

Thursday, October 04, 2007

"Pointing the Way"

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Oil on 1/4" Board. 8" x 8" For purchase info, please email michael@mnaples.com

I had this painting about 90% done and decided it needed something in the forground...an old school yellow pencil. Now I am able to say I am satisfied with this one.

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

"Sunset Colored Clouds"

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Oil on 1/4" Board. 6" x 6" SOLD.

This is post number 225 for my Daily Painting blog.