A Mother's Day Bouquet: Wildflowers

5” x 7” (12.7cm x 17.8cm) acrylic on gessoed board unframed $125 with free shipping within USA and Canada.
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It's again that time of year for wildflowers to begin showing up. Here's another small child's bouquet for Mother's Day. This one has been created using the complementary colors of yellow/purple in the flowers and in the background tones.

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Behind Closed Doors: Asian Door Latch

Behind Closed Doors: Asian Door Latch
6in. x 6in. (15.2cm x 15.2cm) acrylic on gesso primed board
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The title “Behind Locked Doors” has been the subject of film, novel and poem for decades. The mystery and intrigue of the unknown or undisclosed continues to be front-page news even today. This image and theme seems to me both ancient and modern in its appearance and content. The elegance and grace of the door attracted me to create this painting.

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Green Apples Duet: A Step by Step Demo

Green Apples Duet: Step by Step Process is Finished
6in. x 6in. (15.2cm x 15.2cm) acrylic on gesso primed board
$125 unframed with free shipping in USA

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This is the finished work of the step-by-step work in progress. The four steps are shown below.








I still work with the idea that Form, meaning the design elements such as mass, volume, light and dark, color, etc. are the most important concepts that the artist has to work with. Subject, of course, is important, but the way the artist uses the form elements interprets the subject. The exciting part for me is seeing the form emerge in the work so this is why I sometimes like to show these step-by-step sequences. I hope you enjoy see it as well.

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Green Apples: A step-by-step demo (Third Step)

Green Apples: A step-by-step demo Steps 1, 2 & 3
6in. x 6in. (15.2cm x 15.2cm) acrylic on gesso primed board
THIS IS AN UNFINISHED WORK IN PROGRESS
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At this third step I've found my lights and darks and now am beginning to work on the middle tones. I still have some modeling of form to work out and most of the background areas to finish laying in. At this point I have a pretty good idea how the composition and color is going to work out, now it's just a matter of laying in the unfinished areas and bringing everything together.

Below you can see what I said about the beginning two stages.

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Green Apples: A step-by-step demo

Green Apples: A step-by-step demo Steps 1 & 2
6in. x 6in. (15.2cm x 15.2cm) acrylic on gesso primed board
THIS IS AN UNFINISHED WORK IN PROGRESS
I'll post next steps as I progress to the finished work.
You can purchase at any stage or wait and take your chances to see the finished work.
Finished price $125 unframed with free shipping in USA
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I’ve decided to do this one as another step-by-step process painting. I’m using a dark green colored ground again for this painting but it could have been another color to set a different ambient light tone. If you look carefully at the contour drawing below you will see I’ve used a bit of colored pencil to help me choose the colors I’ll put down in each area.

The drawing for these small paintings is never intended as a finished work by itself, if it were I wouldn’t want to go on and finish the painting but rather leave the drawing for you to enjoy.

I don’t usually use black but have recently been mixing my dark shadow color using phthalocyanine green, dioxazine purple and naphtol red. While the digital image doesn’t show the true saturation of the colors, the scanned images are close enough to get a good idea of what’s happening in the work. If anyone has questions, I’ll be glad to try to answer them.

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Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

7” x 5” (17.8cm x 12.7cm) acrylic on gessoed board $120 unframed with free shipping within the USA.
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I’ve been seeing more of these birds recently. I know they are around most of the year, but for some reason there have been a lot of them in the back yard this week, so I got some shots with my wife’s new telephoto lens. There is a pond behind our house that has been flooded this week so that may be why they are coming in.

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