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Sacred Conversation

Finished this recently. It's my take on the sacred conversation paintings of Catholic saints of different eras hanging out together, presumably in heaven, having a chat. I'm hoping to get better photos soon.

The Blue Room

Finished this yesterday.

Portfolio of recent paintings

Sacred Conversation, 2016, 48 x 60", oil on canvas

Hidden Things, 48 x 30" oil on canvas

Mid Century Modern, 2015, 48 x 48" oil on canvas

Beachgoers, 2015, 48 x 48" oil on canvas

Edge of Town, 2015, 60 x 48" oil on canvas

In The Blue Room, 2015, 48 x 60" oil on canvas

Pieta, 2015, 48 x 24" oil on board

Still Collisions

Hidden Things hanging in Locallective's Still Collisions show. And me.

PIETA

The latest. I'm starting to experiment with painting on different surfaces – I really like the slipperiness of cardboard, but I want a larger canvas. This is on plywood. I've left the background unpainted, you can see the knots and wood grain. A return to the picnic blanket.

Mid Century Modern

This is the painting I finished recently. What's going on? Hard to know.

previously unposted paintings

Here are a slew of paintings that I neglected to post on this site for one reason or another. Some aren't quite finished, some the photo is terrible. Actually most of them the photos aren't great. But until I get better photos, here they are in no particular order.

"Submission"

"A Gentleman's Dilemma" In retrospect, I like this one better than I thought.

"Edge of Town" This it the first painting with the halloween masks. Two details below.

"Kitten"

"Prize Pitbull 1" I love the machete. Too bad the rest is a mess.

"Prize Pitbull 2" I still think there's something in this idea that I haven't gotten to yet.

"Friendly Attachment"

This one is unfinished.

"Abattoir"

"Accosted II"

"Accosted III"

Beachgoers

This is the latest. When it dries a bit, I think I'll do a little more shading on the masks. But otherwise, done.

'Hidden Things'

Here is the latest finished painting. I've always thought that crowbars are so useful – equally good for prying things open and killing zombies.

a couple one-offs

I made a few small paintings on cardboard for a group show – the theme was 'recycling,' I recycled the cardboard.

Haven't uploaded a painting in a while. I've made six others, but I've not been happy with most of them. But I'm learning something from each one. I DO like this one quite a bit. No title yet.

Finished this over the weekend. Mr. Red has expanded his wardrobe and gained a few friends. I'm not big on the subject facing the viewer, but they seem to me to be very self-protective despite the comfortable setting and lack of apparent threat. Not sure what I'm calling it, perhaps 'Safety in Numbers.'

"Green Pastures"

Say 'hello' to Bil's bottom. These eight paintings make up 'Misadventureland.' It's up for another week, until 11/22. Working on two more paintings now and exploring other opportunities to show them.

This painting has been a bit problematic. I love the figure, I think he's just right. But the rest got a bit overworked, so I sanded it down and went at it again. Might have another go after the show is over. The lighting is a bit odd -- there's a glare that I couldn't correct for -- but you get the idea. It's entitled 'Reflecting.'

This is 'Accosted!'

The latest and last to be included in the show. I'm pretty happy with it. Entitled The Scavengers.

Well. I like the cat at least.

My studio space is too small.