New Painting Windblown

Here is my newest work, maybe the first of the year, I'm not sure. Here the model is against a tree at the UK Arboretum. I've actually wanted to do this painting for a year or two, but wanted to do it at the right time. I may do some more out of the woods style paintings, but I don't think I want to get away from nature. Not too much. I just want something a little different. Here I got to play with the sunlight more than usual, it was fun! I may do some indoor paintings next. For the next post, I'll show some work I had to do to get this one right. Sanding and everything! Take care and have fun!

Morning of Reflection

Good news, I just sold another painting, Morning of Reflection, to my friend and very talented and respected artist Patrick Lynch and his wife Valerie. I was happy to have them purchase this one. It's nice to sell a painting but when another painter like Patrick buys one, that's a huge compliment. He's very good, everyone check out his site at http://www.beautifulpast.net/ That's them in the photo above, they have a neat house too. I'm almost done with my next painting and I'll be back soon. Cheers.

New Painting

Hey everyone! I've been working on this one for quiet a while. This is Robin at the Tom Dorman Nature Sanctuary in Garrard county. I wanted a picture of her on this rock and it worked out pretty good. After I got it done, I decided it needed more so I added a Recorder to add to the mood as well as the visuals of this piece. Heh, it was also nice to do a painting with more leg. She has great legs, so I needed to make sure to do more paintings with them. I was also happy with the hillside. Sometimes it's hard to make a hill seem as steep as it really is, but I got it in this painting. I think this is my third try to get this painting right. The other two, besides other problems, didn't have the hill right. This being titled, "A Song in the Woods," is my first paintng in 2010. Hope you enjoy!

A video!

Well, I've gone and done it. Me and my wife worked on a you tube video and you can see it here





I made it based on The Land of Anglin because that is the most step by step photographed painting I've done. There will be more soon. Hope you like it!

Living Waters

Hello again. I thought I'd take a moment and show you the latest work "Living Waters". This is yet another Acrylic piece on board about 2x3 feet in size. I take a certain pride in doing landscapes in this area. I've been out West in the Rockies, which I love, but I really think Kentucky can match any state in natural beauty....if you know where to look. In this painting however, this is my wife posing next to a stream just out of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. If you drive towards the Chimney tops on the way to Cherokee, this stream is located on the left side of the road just a mile or so out of Gatlinburg. There is a couple of signs that say "Quiet Walk" or something like that. It's one of those, but the same stream. It's not Kentucky, but it's close, and the landscape is not so different. The mountains are just a bit bigger. My next peice is also of another exotic land, but even more so. I'll keep up the suspence until I post it, but it was of a land far, far away. Take care and have fun!

Sold! Return to Serinty painting

Well tonight, thanks to the good people at Common Grounds here in Lexington, I sold another painting to a fine Gentleman named Josh. This has been a good year, despite the economy I've sold art in almost every exhibit I've been in. I think all but 1, maybe 2. Don't think I'm getting the big head though, I still have my day job. But that may be about 6, maybe 8, I'm not sure. Anyway, I just wanted to send out the good news. Good night all and sleep well.

Portrait Fin!

Well, it's done. I finished this portrait Saturday morning about 5:30 in the morning and a few hours later the two great people became one in the sunny city of Elizabeth town KY. I'm still happy with the angles on the garden structure, I usually don't do those very well. And I'm happy with this painting because this is the first I've done since I had taken a much needed break. Well, everyone take care and have fun!