Happy New Year!

Whew, we made it through the holidays, yay!

I managed to finish a few things!  Here is the second to last painting from what I am calling the "Rug Series.  

So far I am calling this one "Sunday Afternoon".

"Sunday Afternoon" 40"x30"  I really like the hands.

I drew it over an old painting.  

I really was trying to think of a way to save the bird. However, he had to go...

It's Next Weekend!

Open Studios In The Mission

November 6, 7, & 8

Friday night 5-9 pm

Saturday and Sunday 11 am -6 pm

I will be in the crowded hallway-like studio at the "Stable" #317.

Open Studios In The Mission

Open Studios In The Mission

November 6, 7, & 8

Friday night 5-9 pm

Saturday and Sunday 11 am -6 pm

Dog Dreams

Please come by and say "hello".  I will be skulking around the hallway, as usual.

Blew Up An Old Painting

This is a much larger version of one of my favorite paintings of Makiko and Elmo.  The original is about 12"x9" and this one is 5'x3'.  Painting on these larger canvases has helped me finally loosen up.  It is very exciting and liberating.  

This one is called... "untitled1".  

I've started a file of temporarily untitled works.  I will eventually name them... I hope.  But, I don't want to rush it, or settle.  I am open, however, to suggestions.

My studio mates, Ytalena and Fuzz helped me figure out that this painting needed something in the upper right quadrant, some kind of Fibonacci thing.   First I tried just adding detail to the view outside the sliding glass doors.  Then I just went for it and added the anchor.

I added an orchid, not an anchor.  (This is the second to last version.  The rest are in order.)

This is an early shot.  I was really flinging the paint.

Here is Elmo as a cat.

Makiko has a different hair-do and Elmo with a different head.

Second to last one again

Hmm, here is the final.  I took it with my phone not my tripod and SLR.   There is a big difference!

Remember When It Rained On Valencia Street?

Break Through

I had a break through last week.  It came in the form of this family picture.  I like the composition, but mostly it is the looseness of the paint quality.  I felt free and this painting came out whole.   

Boom!    

Living Room

The little Bonnard and Vuillard exercises did the trick.  I get so hung up of surfaces that I end up tightening everything up till they squeek!  (Which has a certain satisfaction in a obsessive way.)  I am going to tweak the background a little bit.  But mostly it is done.

My dog Elmo was my first subject when I resumed painting after a 10 year hiatus.  He is one of the most magical beings.  

Back In Collage

It's not really a collage.  It just reminds me of one.  It is my bike at the corner of 23rd and Folsom Street.  I am getting into this large format, 3'x5'.  

"Folsom Street"

Last Days Of Summer In Lanai

Small panoramic pic of Manele Bay

Welcoming committee at the Sanctuary

Handsome Devil

Cat Entertainment Crew

Home Life

This is another big one.  

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In The Kitchen

Sleeping During The Day

I posted this one before, when I thought it was finished.   Here it is, finished again.  

Summer Fun

I have been messing around all summer, locked in town.  Sometimes imagining I am in the Pompidou copying a couple of my favorite masters.  

Bonnard

Vuillard

This one is from a photo