Paintings, drawings and cats!!!!!!!!!!

Here are three pics to talk about. The painting is still coming along as you can see in this blurry picture. I want to get this one right. Next is another drawing for a jewelry box I plan to put on Etsy soon. It's the model with tennis shoes again. Third is Alex, the starved cat we found on our door step. He's putting on weight and the other cats are getting used to him. It's really pretty smooth so far. But man, does he sleep!

New Website!!!

Ok, I just got the new website finished. I wanted to redo it so I could update the artwork on it without bothering my wife who is a computer person, but very, very busy. Feel free and take a look. http://www.cliffsart.com/index.html

Mural!!!!!

          

                                                    




Well things worked out tonight and I got a little pay day for doing this here Mural. Thanks to John for making this happen. The patron that wanted this is going to put 16 family pictures on the branches and it will become a "Family Tree". I didn't have to cover the entire wall, or do a portrait, so it only took about two hours. It don't look big here but it's actually about 7 feet tall. It was a fun little job and I met a nice lady and got paid. A very good night.

Stream Walker

I've been working on this since I got off work, so this is all done this afternoon, except a trip to the store and some other things. I gotta get some painting done, so I'm working through this hard. Oh, the cat in the middle pic, that's Al

ex. He is the one we took in about a month ago. He looked like he was going to die of starvation, but we took him to the vet, got him patched up and he's putting on weight again. He was close to the edge though. He's still skinny and weak, but he's doing much much better. But this is a scene Malissa posed for me in Gatlinburg and you can see where I masked her off to work on the water. I hope to get this one done soon.

Stream Bank in the Smokies

Didn't have time to post about this one, this is basically my week end project. After selling the other two paintings, I wanted to hurry and get another small one on Etsy. This is similar to one I sold to my friend Heather last Winter. Malissa posed for me down in Gatlinburg Tennessee, The fog from the stream was really neat to work with, and Malissa makes a great model, even though she used to be camera shy. It's a little 11 inch round. I think I'll do another soon. Here is the Etsy link. http://www.etsy.com/listing/106239849/stream-bank-in-the-smokies

Preserving our Heritage Exhibit

I delivered these two paintings for an Art Exhibit in Louisville today. Very nice people, and it's the first time I've ever showed in Louisville, so I'm pumped about that. I didn't get to holler at my buddy Thom, (So don't give me hell Thom) but"ill be sure to next time. I'm glad to have these paintings there though. A couple of people recognized my work from The Hub in Danville. I told them it was nice to be recognized, and it was! Here's is info on the show http://www.facebook.com/events/471375472891975/

Stroll in the Big South Fork

Here is the new piece. A Stroll in the Big South Fork. Since I've been doing smaller paintings, this took a little longer than I got used to. It's 24 by 19 inches in size. I really liked the way the model playfully grab the rock as she walked by. Usually I have models barefoot, but we were walking to the next location and she grabbed this cool rock. I had her leave on the tennis shoes, it plays into the playfulness. "Plays into the playfulness".  I like that. I should add, this scene was in the Big South Fork area in Southern Kentucky. It's a large hiker, biker, rockclimber, camper, canoer, kayaker kind of place.