Friday, November 11, 2016

Big Drill No. 3

Big Drill No. 3   |   24 x 36   |   oil on canvas







































I've been involved with quite a few, non art related, jobs during the last six weeks, but Big Drill No. 3 is finally done. My task now is to get back into painting mode and start producing new work. What to do?


Wednesday, October 05, 2016

the Big Drill: In Progress - Day 2

the Big Drill  |  24 x 36  |   In Progress - Day 2

























Next painting is on the easel. It's an image I've been "saving" for quite a while, and I felt it was finally time to use it. I've done a couple of paintings of this big drill already and I'm looking forward to a third.


Wednesday, September 07, 2016

Shift Lock: Remington Rand No.2 - Complete

Shift Lock   |   18 x 24   |   Oil on panel

























Finally finished the Remington typewriter! Now it's on to a corporate commission that's been on hold until this piece was completed. 


Friday, August 05, 2016

Remington Rand No. 2: In Progress - Day Twelve

Remington Rand No. 2   |   18 x 24   |   Oil on panel

























Work on the typewriter continues to progress. I finished the underpainting of the keys last night. Now I've got to do the linkages and the body. When that's done I start all over again.


Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Remington Rand No. 2: In Progress - Day Eight

Remington Rand No. 2   |   18 x 24   |   Oil on panel

























Finished up the underpainting for the hammers. Now it's on to the body and the keys.

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Remington Rand No.2: In Progress - Day Three

Remington Rand No.2   |   18 x 24   |   Oil on panel

























Inching along.

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Remington Rand No.2: In Progress - Day One

Remington Rand No.2   |   18 x 24   |   Oil on panel

























Well, I thought I'd be going with the "fun" option in choosing my next subject but after consulting my brain trust the consensus was that I should go with "challenging". This one is going to take a bit of time, so there will probably be a number of in progress posts. There's not much to see here, but I figured I'd start with day one.


Thursday, July 07, 2016

Moped: Complete

Moped   |   24 x 24   |   Oil on panel


I finished up the Moped up last night. Currently I'm looking at options for my next painting. Bouncing back and forth between two "favorites". One will be very challenging and the other very fun. I'll eventually do both, but at the moment I'm leaning towards fun. 

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

American Art Collector: Tree's Place Gallery Exhibition Preview

American Art Collector  |  June 2016  |  Exhibition Preview Article












This month's American Art Collector is here with the exhibition preview article for our two person show at Tree's Place Gallery this coming July. It might be easier to read from my website so here's a link to that page. 


Monday, June 20, 2016

Moped: In Progress - Day 12

Moped   |   24 x 24   |   Oil on panel

























Day twelve, I've got the underpainting done and put a second pass on the background. Now for the best part, the refining layers. As usual, this will be the final post until the entire painting is complete. 


Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Moped: In Progress - Day 7

Moped   |   24 x 24   |   Oil on panel

























Moving along. One week in. Kind of dark and muddy at this point. Successive layers will hopefully bring out the colors, chrome and tail lights.


Thursday, June 09, 2016

Moped: In Progress - Day 3

Moped   |   24 x 24   |   Oil on panel

























I liked my painting "Honda Metropolitan" so much that I decided to follow it up with a Moped. I've got three days in so far.


Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Commission: Smuckers, Inc. - Cover for 2016 Annual Report

Commission: Smuckers, Inc.  |  24 x 30  |  Oil on panel


























I picked up a corporate commission to produce a painting for the cover of the Smuckers Company 2016 Annual Report. 


Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Crystal Cherries

Crystal Cherries   |   12 x 12   |   oil on panel


























This will be my final painting for our two person show at Tree's Place Gallery this July. I've got two more very similar compositions which could, if combined with this one, possibly go together as a triptych. Or not . . . 

Now I've got to get going on a corporate commission. The client finally approved the composition and my panel should arrive tomorrow. This will probably keep me busy for the next few weeks. 


Friday, April 29, 2016

Saltines

Saltines   |   12 x 12   |   oil on panel


























I've wanted to paint this stack of crackers for a while now, but to be honest, I was ascared of the cellophane wrapper. Really wasn't sure I could do it, but I decided to take the leap and give it a try. I figured if it came out bad I'd just scrap it and reuse the panel for something else. For the most part, I think it worked. 


Friday, April 22, 2016

Pepsi Straw

Pepsi Straw   |   21 x 12   |   Oil on panel


























My plan for our two person show at Tree's Place Gallery this year is to have all my work limited to a 12 x 12 format. I've done one "soda" painting already and thought it needed a companion, so I've added a Pepsi to the mix. I love the spiral bottles and really love the bottle cap graphic on the carrier. 


Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Stapler

Stapler   |   12 x 12   |   Oil on panel

























My brother was in town for Christmas and while he was here we spent some time knuckling around antique shops in Old Chamblee. At one of those stores I spotted this vintage stapler. It had a cool shape, was kind of shiny, and I thought, "this may be something to paint". In July it'll be shipped north to Cape Cod for our two person show at Tree's Place Gallery.


Thursday, April 07, 2016

Karen's Solo Show at Principle Gallery

April 1st 2016


















Karen and I returned Sunday evening from Charleston where we had attended the opening night reception of her solo show at Principle Gallery. She had been working for months creating the paintings for the show which was to open Friday April 1st, but the 24 hours leading up to the show looked as though the weather gods weren't going to cooperate. We were checking the Weather Channel app practically every hour prior to our scheduled 7am departure time, and it wasn't looking good. At seven the morning of the show storms were still passing through Atlanta, but it looked like there may be a window if we waited until 10am to leave.

Ready
















Well, like the Red Sea, the storms parted at 10am and it was smooth sailing all the way to the gallery. Not a drop, but the meteorologists were still predicting thunderstorms to begin just as the doors to the gallery were to open at 5 that evening. We had driven up Monday of that week to deliver the paintings and when we arrived the day of the show the staff had hung the space beautifully. Principle is a gorgeous gallery. 

Michele Ward with new staff member Tabitha Thurber

























Karen and I were warmly greeted by Michele, Frank, Thomas and Tabitha, and we had a nice time getting reacquainted and walking around the space. After our hello's we left to get ready. Since we had departed so much later than planed it was nearly time for the the doors  to open, so we went to our room, dropped off our bags and got cleaned up for the reception. 

the gallery fills

















A little after five, the skies were overcast but still dry, when we arrived at the gallery. The space was quickly beginning to fill and it wasn't long before the guests began to surround Karen. At that point I faded into the background, as my job now was to record the event.

Frank adjusts after adding red dot

























I had just got my camera ready I saw Frank Russen, the director, adding the first red dot. I should say the first red of the evening, because three had been added during the week leading up to the opening. 

Frank works the room

















As the evening progressed the weather continued to remain dry, and the crowd continued to grow. Karen and the gallery staff were kept busy speaking with all the guests and of course adding more red dots to the walls.

Karen having a good time

























Karen usually has a few butterflies before an opening, but it doesn't take long before she's having a good time and enjoying the event. All of the guests that evening were really nice and very complimentary of her work. I guess the only negative aspect of the evening was that Karen was a little horse at the end of the night from talking with so many people. 

Checking out Karen's work

















The reception was to end at 8 and at a quarter till the rain finally came. We couldn't believe the weather had held until the show was nearly over. Personally, I don't think the event could have gone any better. Maybe a sold out show. The gallery was filled for the entire evening, everybody seemed to be having a really good time and when it was over 11 of 21 paintings had sold! Michele, Frank, Thomas Provost and Tabitha did an amazing job putting everything together. They are a very hard working team that love what they do and it shows.

Thomas Provost and Tabitha

























Originally we were to leave the following day, but Frank had arranged for Karen to be a part of an early luncheon with the Renaissance Women of Charleston held on Sunday morning at the gallery. He had asked Karen, along with two others, to give a short talk and a painting demonstration for the group, so now we had Saturday to kill in town. 

Fort Sumpter


















Karen gave me the day as a reward for the help I had given her with the show. She asked what I'd like to do. Having an interest in history I said I'd like to take the ferry out to Fort Sumpter. She agreed, so after breakfast and some time spent walking around the city we boarded the ferry. The weather was still overcast and a little misty, but as with the gallery reception as we pulled up to the island the clouds broke and out came the sun. We had an hour there then it was back to the mainland.

Yorktown CV-10









I had to make myself scarce Sunday during the luncheon. Women only, so I got back in history mode and took a water taxi over to the Yorktown. A WWII aircraft carrier moored in Charleston harbor. We've been to Charleston numerous times and I've wanted to visit the ship each time, but for Karen that would be pure hell, so this was the perfect opportunity to go. I had known that this was the carrier that retrieved the Apollo 8 spacecraft, but didn't know that is was used as a Japanese carrier in the movie Tora, Tora, Tora and also played a part in the movie the Philadelphia Experiment.  

I got back a little before the luncheon was over, so I packed and got the car ready for the drive home. When I was done they were wrapping up. Karen was a hit with the ladies and although she did have a little stage fright her talk went beautifully. When the gallery was emptied we said our good-byes and thanked everyone for doing such a great job setting up and running the reception. After that, it was time to head back home to continue work for our Tree's Place Show in July.

p.s. Fine Art Connoisseur's online magazine posted a piece about Karen's show. 

Here's the link:

http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/pages/22622065.php



Tuesday, March 22, 2016

GE Mixer

GE Mixer   |   16 x 16   |   Oil on panel

























I've been painting mixers for a while now, but none quite like this GE. I'm not sure of the vintage, but I really like the shape. In a way I liken this to an earlier piece titled, "Fin". It's mostly about the graphic quality of the image, and not so much about the machine. I don't know how this painting will be received, but it's something I've wanted to paint for sometime. When it's ready I'll be shipping this to Principle Gallery in Alexandria for a still life invitational this April. 


Saturday, March 12, 2016

Doctor

Doctor  |  12 x 12  |  oil on panel

























Another piece slated for our two person show at Tree's Place Gallery this July. I've got a new mixer on the easel right now. It's destined for a still life invitational at Principle Gallery in April. I should be posting an image of it in four or five days. 


Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Fin

Fin   |   12 x 12   |   Oil on panel


























There's not a whole lot happening in this painting, but I found myself going back to this composition over and over again, so finally decided to pull the trigger. What drew this image to me was the quality of the metal in the tail fin. I just really, really wanted to paint that. I also liked the geometric aspect of the composition. The angles, straight runs and curves. I don't know. I hope it works.


Sunday, February 14, 2016

Condiments No.4

Condiments No. 4  |  12 x 12  |  Oil on panel

























Condiments No.4 will be my second painting for our summer show at Tree's Place Gallery. I think I'm going to stick with this 12 x 12 size for a little while. Kinda liking it.

Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Apéritif No. 2

ApĂ©ritif No. 2   |   12 x 12   |   Oil on panel

























I'm beginning to produce work for our 2016 summer show at Tree's Place Gallery. I had done another version of this composition with green grapes and am thinking of doing a third using cherries. There's a 12 x 12 Ketchup on the easel now.


Saturday, January 23, 2016

Mixmaster: Complete

Mixmaster   |   30 x 30   |   oil on canvas

























The Mixmaster for Reh's Gallery in NYC is finally complete. Something small I think for my next painting.

Monday, January 04, 2016

Mixmaster: In Progress - Completed Underpainting

Mixmaster   |   30 x 30   |   oil on canvas

























The completed underpainting.