Monday 25 February 2013

Red Light Cab

Red Light Cab
30x30cm
oil on linen

And here is the progress.  Tomorrow I'll paint in the guy in black.  What name should I give this one?  Man in Black? 



Thursday 21 February 2013

Biking Downtown

Biking Downtown
Oil on linen cavas
30x30cm

from the series for the new gallery
and

 here is the new big one 100x120cm. I don't know what title to give it but we'll wait until it's closer to being finished and then you can decide.


a view from the studio.  The cloud on the left hanging from the rafters is a prototype for my kid's school party.  I'm organizing all the decors...

These balloons will metamorphosis into bees


Wednesday 20 February 2013

Hot

Hot
oil on linen 30x30cm

another from the series for the new gallery

Thursday 14 February 2013

Car Wash

Car Wash
30x30cm
oil on canvas

This too is for the new gallery

Happy Valentines Day

Monday 11 February 2013

Saturday 9 February 2013

Help me decide the title of this painting

I've thought of three titles.
Tell me which one you like best and if you have another idea leave a comment.

Cruising 
is the title voted, thanks for participating


100x120 cm oil on canvas

This will be either in my show in May or in the salon in June.

I working with a different technique than normal, less alla prima. Last week my studio neighbor asked me when I was going to stop painting by numbers. I didn't flare up, offended, but I did try to justify myself.  
He said I could do better.  So I thought about it. 
He graduated from the Beaux Arts de Paris and is teaching.  I may not like his work and think he's a failure of an artist because he's a teacher. This is a rotten unfair opinion, life is different for everyone, he's younger than I, has a few kids.  I can't consider him a failure because he is teaching painting but I do.  
I thought about what he said and I like him because he says what he thinks straight in your face. 
I decided to try to paint differently and here is the result.


Thanks Phillip, you've helped me free my brush.  
You're a teacher who see people's qualities.  I appreciate your opinion.  Now get your ass in the studio and paint.