Struggling with new painting

As I stated in my first message, I need to paint more.  I hope to gradually get more dissiplined and get more paintings completed.  I have actually been painting but have had a couple of failures so didn't have anything to post.  I finally decided I need more planning on this painting so I did a 5" x 7" sketch to work out the the depth problems and get the colors worked out better.  I am starting to experiment with acrylic so it is my plan to get this scene done in acrylic soon.  But first I have a painting that has been in the works since the first of the year so will be working on that, a Black-backed woodpecker.

Morning Light, watercolor

Well, I have to say that I have not been too diligent on the blog front. It has been almost two years since I started this blog and true to form, I did not produce any new art so the blog has been dormant. I must report that the blue jay painting has been sold. I am now renewing my plan to paint regularly and at this point I hope to paint a painting a week.

This week I completed a painting of the Oregon Coast using a picture that my niece took some weeks ago on her morning commute. This painting is for sale unframed for $250. It measures 11 x 15.

Paint me Green :=) I should mention that the Blue Jay is for Sale. It is an original Pen & Ink/Watercolor/color pencil, matted and framed under glass. The gold frame measures 20 1/2 x 23 3/4. SOLD

A New Begining

This is a new day for me. I’m taking the plunge and starting a blog. It is my belief that a blog is a living organism and must be fed. You might say this blog is my new boss.

I have been painting since 1980 and have painted and sold several hundred paintings over the years. I got serious in 1986 and enrolled in Massachusetts College of Art, Graduating in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Art. There have been a lot of distractions since 1990 and although I have continued to paint, I have not done much in the past two years. I was derailed by cancer but all is well now and I seem to be on the mend so I crave a new direction. It is my goal to paint five days a week so I am hoping that this blog will create the necessity for me to accomplish this because you, the art lover will want to see more art.

I begin by “hanging” my first painting in my new virtual gallery. This is a Blue Jay, found extensively east of the Mississippi. Fall is a great time of year in the east with the vibrant oranges and reds and Blue Jays join together in small flocks and noisily frolic in the change foliage creating a great contrast of complimentary colors.

Thank you for viewing my art and please continue to visit as new paintings are “hung”