1953

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel

I came across this particular vehicle in front of the Savannah Police Department, as Karen and I walked around the city on our recent one day "vacation" there. Needless to say, I was floored. The front of this car was a wish come true. I fired off a dozen shots, and this is the first of what I hope are many paintings of this automobile. I gave myself a lot of extra time with this one, hence it's higher reserve price, and it was a dream to paint. If you'd like to bid on this painting, you can participate in the auction by clicking here.

Transparent

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel

Something transparent for tonight. I'd been holding onto this image for a long time, and it "felt" like a good time to paint it. I really enjoy painting clear. If you'd like to bid on this painting you can take part in the auction by clicking here.

PB&J with Milk No.2

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel

The ebay paintings presented this week are all drawn from my repertoire of common themes. When I work up the photography for these paintings, I take hundreds of shots of my set-ups, cull out my favorites, and crop them into what (I think) are pleasing compositions. This creates a huge bank of photographs, so it's hard not to return to the well. I come back essentially for two reasons: First, to offer collectors who have missed out on previous auctions of this particular subject another chance to obtain a painting, and secondly, I have a lot of unused images which I like, and still want to paint. This may read like I'm apologizing for the repetition of my subject matter, but in actuality I'm just describing my M.O. Having said that, I do have a couple of less familiar subjects going up this week. If you'd like to bid on the painting above, you can access the auction by clicking here.

Coke No.4

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel

I wanted to give the "big cow" some time to dry before I started the next pass, so while that was going on, I did an unprecedented (for me anyway) 7 ebay paintings. The run of these auctions should give me a healthy stretch of time to work on the Murray Grey. I have to admit it was also nice to work small again. It's going to take a while before I get comfortable with larger canvas's. If you'd like to bid on this painting, you can access the auction by clicking here.

Murray Grey in Progress - 1st Pass

I've become a little bolder about showing my work in progress, and since this particular painting is probably going to take some time, I thought I'd try it again. I've got four days into the big cow so far, and each of these images reflects one days work. Now that I have a full under-painting done, I'm going to set it aside to dry before I begin the second pass. While it dries, I'll be working on a new set of ebay paintings which I'll be posting possibly as early as Monday. I'll have to see how it goes. I plan to continue photographing the progress of this piece to it's conclusion.

36 x 48 oil on canvas

T-Bird

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel

To finish off "metal" week, I've returned to the automobile. Cars and planes are two of my all-time favorite things to paint. I'll be heading out to an auto show tomorrow as a matter of fact for some more reference material. Since I rarely allow myself the pleasure of painting this subject, I've spent some extra time on this piece. Hence the higher reserve on it's auction.

The canvas for the "big cow" is primed, the drawing is in place and tomorrow I begin work on my biggest painting to date. I'm looking forward to it. Hope the final piece approaches my expectations. Might post an, "in progress" photo.

If you'd like to bid on the Thunderbird, you can take part in the auction by clicking here.

Percolator

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel

Tonight I'm back to metal. One of our little percolators sitting on the stove. To bid click here.

Pool Bowl No. 19

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel

Which of these paintings is not like the others? The one non-metallic themed painting. Something with a bit more color. If you'd like to bid on this painting you can access the auction by clicking here.

Four Spoons

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel

Continuing the limited "metallic" theme for this week, more of my vintage tarnished flatware. The spoon was my favorite piece in the last flatware painting, so this one is all spoons. If you'd like to bid on this painting, you can access the auction by clicking here.

Silverplate No.2

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel

Before I tackle the "big cow", I wanted to get in another week of ebay paintings. I've got five going up this week, and I was thinking of doing another theme. I have a lot of metal in this weeks selections, but in the end I wound up throwing in a painting a bowl of pool balls, which pretty much put an end to that idea.

Yesterday I toned the canvas for the cow, with it's dimensions of 48 x 60. To put it mildly, I'm freaking out! This will be, by far, the largest painting I've ever done. If I can actually pull it off. No reflections with this one, just a whole lot of fur. Do cows have fur, or is it referred to as hair? Anyway, I'll keep you all posted on it's progress.

If you'd like to bid on the painting above, you can access the auction by clicking here.