July 17-Open Painting at ALNB

Kathy normally paints with us but she decided to pose this time. Good for us because she is a great model! I only wish I had more time with this painting.

I am starting to feel like I need to move my paintings further.

I have been pushing myself to get back to composition in my work in a conscious way.

No Model: Bruce Sat Instead!

The New Britain Art League was going to have the same model this week come back from last week but he never showed so Bruce (one of the painters) said he would sit!

He is such a distinct character that it made him interesting to paint.

The only problem is that I did not get a lot of time to do it and I might actually work on it with out him there.

Open Painting- David - A new model

It seems like it has been a very long time since I have painted but it has only been 2 weeks.

I really needed it though.

Next week I can work on this piece more. My goal will to be to resolve the colors and shapes in the background. I also want to make some distinct marks and bold moves that will bring the piece out spacially.

I have been looking at my old work and I like the passion behind them. I would like to capture a sense of emotion and movement in this piece as well!

Most people comment on the sculptural quality of my paintings. I need to emphasize that too. How is always the questions. Maybe by focusing on the space will do that.

Brian-Watching a movie while I torture him...

I was having such a hard time painting today. I chose a very minimal pallete.

The colors where not working the way I wanted so I had to add an Ultra Marine Blue.

Brian watched "Old Boy" movie which was extremely violent, subtitled, and Korean. He like the movie but I was not able to pay attention to it enough to know what was going on.

Open Painting -April 24, 2010

I have one more three hours with this painting so hopefully I can get something done.

I like the softness of this painting. I just need for the head to move out of the space and the space to have more depth!

We will see what I come up with next weekend- May 8, 2010!

See you after that..

Chet Series: Painting #2

When I said I was going to continue painting Chet but now as a series- I meant it!

I read an article from the "Artist's Magazine" that has led me to approach this painting a lot differently.

I will be coming back to finish this painting probably more than once.

I actually like this because it feels more fresh and more like me! Very bright though! Woow... I was laughing as I put down another neon color but it was fun!

Chet Series- Painting #1

This piece is on a 12" x 24" stretched canvas.

I have decided to creating distinct pieces of Chet.
It is the easiest way to start a series right now.
Chet is a constant model who I can consistently paint.

Chet will be posing again next weekend so I have some more time with this piece.
It got so thick and gook that I had to stop.

If I can finish this by 4/28/10, I will enter it into a show.
We only hope it is good enough to enter into any show.





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Well, it is now 4/29/10, so the wish of finishing this by 4/28/10 is not going to happen!

I think I will be working on it more too at some point next week, because it needs to dry a bit before I touch it.