Barrel art!

It's time for me to again paint a barrel for the Paris ArtWalk later this year. I decided to paint one image instead of two. Two seems right since you can only see one side at a time, but I want to put a stronger emphasis on just one image this year. I have had the barrels in the papers and advertisements before and I'm always a little bugged that one one image is shown, and sometimes it's not the one I'd have chose. I'm using an image that Robin posed for. I've been meaning to use her for a painting, she's a great model. Her is the drawing I've started, but I have adjusted her arm and chin since this picture was taken. Hopefully I'll get a lot this weekend.

Barrel-Mania 2011!

Barrel mania 2011! This is an event put on by the Stoner Creek Arts group in Paris Kentucky. They asked local artist to paint a barrel for them and this is what I've been working on. I decided to put a painting on each side of the barrel, just to give them a little more. I had to keep the barrel on a dolly in my house and haul it around for the last few weeks while I worked on it. This is good, I should get some good exposure and even a TV spot next month. These are different versions of paintings I've have done in the past. The arch is Gray's arch from the Red River Gorge and the other side is my wife posing near the Anglin Falls in Rockcastle county. I hope everyone likes these and I'll announce more about the TV spot next week. Everyone take care and have fun!