More fun with oils

Here's a 30 x 40 palette knife painting I've been working on with the new Blue Ridge handmade oil paints. Such fun! They are so rich and creamy.

This is a little (12" x 12") study I worked on yesterday to try out some lovely new oil paints I ordered last week. They were recommended by an artist friend of mine, Joyce Cambon. The paints are hand made in small batches by Blue Ridge Artists Materials here in NC. They are a joy to use - creamy and very rich pigment.

Work in Progress

I've been working on this for several weeks, alongside working on some commissions that are due for the holidays.... not sure where this is going, just wanted to experiment with different angles of faces and from that this interesting group of characters is emerging. I'm trying to let my intuitive side pull out the images it sees with less directions from my controlling left brain! We'll see where it goes... thinking I need to see something through that window too.

At work

One of my friends took this snapshot when we were working outside last week. I decided to go back in to the piece I was working on in the last blog and use more of the leaf - you can see one of the sheets of gold leaf in my hand.

Cool Metals

I've been having fun experimenting with mixing in Copper and Gold leaf in recent paintings. Here's one I'm working on now, together with a blown up detail from it to try to show the glorious effect... next week we're heading up to Philadelphia for the Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Show - always one of my favorites.

The Big Apple

Just got back from a trip to New York City. Spent a day at the Museum of Modern Art and an afternoon at the Chelsea galleries. I'm back home now full of ideas and new directions to explore. Can't wait to get back in the studio - in fact I'm heading there right now! Here's the view of Times Square from our hotel room.

Update on Fayetteville show...

Just got back from the opening in Fayetteville last night for the opening of the Creation show at the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County.  I am pleased and honored to report that the Cape Fear Valley Health System chose my "Joy Squared" painting for a $6800 purchase award.  The painting will be displayed in their new building on the health system's main campus.