Cinderella

"Cinderella," Acrylic on Board, 36x24"

Here's a last figurative painting to end the month.  As much as I dislike March, it ended up being a productive month this year.

This is a new model, Michelle - so fun to paint a pregnant lady!

Contortion

"Contortion," Acrylic on Board, 40x30"

I'm finally getting back to some figure painting.  I like how this one turned out, though I may still mess around with it a bit.  I'm shooting a brand new model on Friday, which is exciting.

March

"March," Acrylic on Panel, 11x14"

Here's a little study of my daughter walking in the park.  I love the determined stride.

Tempest

"Tempest," Acrylic on Panels, ~20x28"

Another day, another window.  The little windows frames are much faster to paint and have the added benefit of accommodating pre-made 8x8" panels.

Path

"Path," Acrylic on Panels in Vintage Window, 28x40"

Another window - not sure if the path is too prominent.  It used to be red, but I knocked it back a bit.

Natural Sadness

"Natural Sadness,: Acrylic on Panel, 14x11"

I did this quick self-portrait today to see if I was still able to paint freehand and from life (a mirror).  The exercise was mixed (not too thrilled w/the final painting) but it was interesting to see the pros & cons of not working from photos.  I feel like the rendering itself has extra depth (see eyes in particular), but was unable to get anything interesting in the expression.  I think my 'concentrating' face makes me look like I'm sad.

Curtain

"Curtain," Acrylic on Board, 20x16"

Here's a small landscape I did today as an exercise to create material for my next newsletter.   I took a series of photos while I was working that I assembled into a time-lapse video of my process.   It's a bit embarrassing to show the world how much my process resembles paint-by-number, but I thought people might be interested.  Subscribe to my newsletter if you'd like to see the video!

Dew

"Dew," Acrylic on Board, 40x40"

I'm usually drawn to the trees, but in this case it was the dew on the grass that caught my attention.  It's the simple things you see that are the most beautiful sometimes.  I'm glad that February is behind me. Somehow the shorter span of days makes me feel stressed.  I'm glad to be in a more normal month again.