My Right Foot

My Right Foot
oil on canvas
12'' x 24"

Vacation is over, and it feels good to get back into the groove once again. I finally finished up this painting of one of my "dress" shoes. The right one I believe. It's from a batch of photographs I shot for the recently completed Chicago commission. While I was in the midst of composing the image for the theme of "Family" I took a number of shots of my shoes alone. I came up with quite a few compositions that work pretty well, and depending upon how this one is received, I hope to return to that folder of images, and paint more along this line in the future.

I'm currently working on another of my large (24 x 24) mixer paintings. I bought a really cool looking Hamilton Beach off of ebay a while back, and have been anxious to paint it. I finished the first pass today, and as always, I'm a little distressed about how it looks. This happens with every one of my paintings, so I'm remaining optimistic that it will turn out to my liking in the end. I haven't decided where I'll be sending either of these as yet. I may just stockpile a number of new paintings, then make the decision as to where to send them.