a fragment on the easel

a bit of a torso study in charcoal on paper

after all, this is our garden
#oilpainting #oilpaint #art #fineart #artist #eden #beautiful #morning #fruits
two panels, each 48 x 24" or 120 x 60 cm

this fall i will be teaching a drawing class in the state prison. i dont want any of my friends to be there, tue price is too high.
#graphite #drawing #portrait #prison

as promised
40 x 47 " oil on panel with frame
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speak stones

a generous interweb friend commented on this in my stories
I'll have to find a better image
lots of Holbein silver white and charcoal pigment and a wee bit of gold pigment ("you should buy two as the first will run out")
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Passage (Southern Belle)
oil on canvas size about 40 x 48" approximately, its much smaller in the thumbnail
must be Thursday with no lack of things to do
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my word, is it Monday again
a trip down the lane to the memory garden and looking forward to exhibiting at @inliquidart this winter.

another pass at this oil on paper.
90 x 60cm
love and happiness

dude, clapping on the one and three

24 x 36", oil on paper.
this came from a deeply personal space; (dont they always?) a garden for the dead and dying and also living.

a reminder to self, a successful part of a painting can bring down the entire calliope . these areas have been subsumed into larger works, a process of saying something and rhen wait a minute what i meant to say was... often with mild sailor talk

in progress

another on the easel
oil on paper
24 x 36", 60 x 90 cm

on the easel, in process, oil on paper, 36 x 24", 91 x 60 cm

from the collection
"Tall Ship" 40 x 55" , oil on canvas

this, another day, a studio morning, eyes open, focusing on the tasks in front of me.
#artist #artlife

spent a little time with my brother from another mother in his recording studio

oil on canvas, private collection. some very early work

i am grateful as well

because gravity works differently here
"Ding Bud" 60 x 48", oil on canvas
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details of a larger work
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oil on paper

three paintings of "This is Our Garden" series. each 48 x 24", oil on panel
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thanks to Noyes Art Museum for a dun reception! last year i overstepped by putting in a large piece. this year they were gracious enough to take two smaller ones

a few details of the latest painting

Oil on paper begins

Icarus, 60 x 48", oil on canvas
From the memory files
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Misspoke about the size. 36 x 56"