Following are the new paintings I'll have @ Sequoia for July's show.

16 X 20

18 x 24

16 x 22

18 x 24

11 x 14

18 x 24

12 x 12 

I've finished the last painting I want to include in my exhibit @ Sequoia for July.  It's the first time
I've worked consecutive days to complete a painting, and so was able to clock my time. I worked
17 hours on this one, and took some process pics.

It's often hard to know when to stop. I wanted to have some areas well detailed, and leave other areas abstracted. 

July 28 - Just added this image of the completed panting. I solidified her shirt, and finished the lower right background to bring the whole painting together more. The colors on this photo are more true to life also. 

These are recent. 

I'm a featured artist @ Sequoia in July, and so working to have a good group to show.    I've put process photos here.              

This set of 3 is for a commission, based on another painting that I'd done a couple years ago. These are a good representation of the month long process. 

July 28-15,  I just added this shot of the completed painting. When I take the time to sit and look at a painting, I almost always find something to change, improve.  I just brought more of the sky into her shirt and rounded her facial lines a bit more. This was a really fun piece to work on as a commission. 

I haven't posted for months.  No excuses - here are a couple process paintings that I've done in March and April.  These are from a photo of Maddie last summer.

And this is Evie, from a photo taken last year. 

she went through some

changes, not really looking like Evie - 

re directing the forehead and angle of the chin. 

There she is. 

Here are 2 recent paintings. The crow is an experiment in technique and composition.  I decide to put the crow right in the center of the painting, and see what I could do with the rest of the layout. I don't think I will do it again, but feel that I learned a lot from it. 

I just got started on this one. I've been stalking trains all summer and fall, so it's time to use some of those photos in paintings. I'm looking forward to continuing on some of the other ideas I have. This one only has it's first layer. 

I've also been making some blank books, sewn with the coptic stitch. This one is 8" x 9". 

The cover is Rives BFK paper, and the front cover is a dry point I did years ago, and the back is painted with acrylic and some red ink stripes. I've put a nice 55 lb. vellum over the cover to protect it. The interior paper is Arches text wove, Canson charcoal paper, and some Strathmore drawing paper. There are 50 pages. Cost is $55.

I also have smaller ones, all have 50 pages, and quality paper, including those mentioned in the previous book. I used the coptic stitch because the books lie flat when they're open. They're bound with hemp thread.  The small ones measure about 4" x 5". They're cost is $15, some with nicer paper and covers are $20. 

These are paintings I'm working on right now. 

This one of Willow and Foxy isn't quite done, but I'm not sure what else needs to happen. So this is where I let it sit and I look at it, while I'm working on other things. 

I've done 2 passes on this barn, and it's closer, but also needs some fine tuning, in the edges, things are too clearly defined right now. 

And this is from an idea that's been going around in my head for a while. This is the first pass, where I put in the composition, the general shapes. I like some of the colors and some of the shapes, the edges. I really like the composition. 

New paintings, from the summer. Dogs.

It's fun to paint dogs, and instructive too. Trying to get the form and depth, making it look like the dog I know.