Verdant

"Verdant", Acrylic on Board, 20x16"

Here's a new, smallish painting that I just completed.  We've had a lot of rain recently and Austin feels green and vibrant - which I think is captured in this painting.  Looking at this outside of the studio, I see that it is very similar in color and composition to Slant... I guess it's just my current mood.

I'm finding is harder and harder to do the daily paintings.  I'm thinking that I may continue this as just a blog about the works I do - rather than imposing the constraint of having to do a daily painting.  I just can't  seem to find a groove w/the smaller sizes and it's not practical to expect to do a large one every day.  We'll see...

In The Garden

"In The Garden", Acrylic on Board, 24x18"

I'm taking a pass on a daily painting today in favor of completing one of my larger pieces.  I love the color and sense of light in this one.  I feel a bit bad that I hired this model and keep doing pictures where her face is obscured by her hair, but I just love the pink hair (it really was that color).

Colored Pumpkins

"Colored Pumpkins", Acrylic on Panel, 8x8"

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Over the weekend, my daughter (4 years old) and were painting some of our pumpkins with acrylic paint.  It inspired me to try the some different colors on the pumpkins in my painting today.

Heat

"Heat", Acrylic on Panel, 8x10"

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This, as you'll note,  is not a pumpkin.  I felt like doing a figure study from one of my earlier sessions.  Doesn't she look sultry?

Pumpkins on Porch

"Pumpkins on Porch", Acrylic on Panel, 5x7"

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Here's another image of pumpkins - these are piled up on my back porch railing.  They're really quite a lot of fun to paint - gorgeous colors and shiny highlights.

Pumpkins

"Pumpkins", Acrylic on Panel, 8x8"

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As promised, here are some pumpkins.  I bought a bunch of these to get into the halloween mood, so expect to see a few more paintings of them, both whole and carved.  Though after my pumpkin carving accident last year, (8 stitches...), I'm a little nervous at the prospect.

Slant

"Slant", Acrylic on Panel, 36x24"

I'm back after a week-long break and am starting this off with a new large work (which I actually started last week before I left town).  Tomorrow, I'm back to normal dailies and will be starting off with pumpkins. :)