1 Idea, 2 Paintings.

Cloud Study #2

Cloud Study #1

Update.

Painting #107, 108.

"I Remember that Day." #107.

"I Waited til Sundown." #108.

Challenge 29, 30.

Challenge 29: View from Front Porch. Painting #105. "The Last Goodbye"

Challenge 30: Flowers and Fields. Painting #106. " 'Round Midnight"

Challenge 25, 26, 27, 28. Back in Business.

Challenge 25: The Moon. Painting #101. "Run the Night"

Challenge 26: Squares and Rectangles. Painting #102. "Sons and Daughters"

Challenge 27: Pet Painting. Painting #103. "Stolen Dance"

Challenge 28: Statue. Painting #104. "Out of my Hands" 

And Another One Goes!

I've somehow managed to sell two paintings in two days! 

This painting is heading to New York!

And this one is on its way to California!

4 paintings in four weeks!

Challenge 24 (Painting of Yourself): Hallelujah (the Jeff Buckley version) . (Painting #100 Finished.)

Inspired by a photograph of me taken in the Madeline Islands.

Challenge 23 (Spooky Trees): A Falling Through. (Painting #99 Finished.)

Influenced by the music of Ray Lamontagne. Thanks Pandora for the recommendation!

So the next few painting challenges are going to be really difficult for me! They are both portrait paintings! I have never even attempted to include people in anything I've done before so I'm a bit excited for the challenge. I have been spending a lot of time looking at art around Charleston this past week and I'm feeling very inspired. And selling two paintings in the span of week has really increased the confidence (and the bank account - thank god.)

Bon Voyage!

This painting is heading over to Washington DC! 

Challenge 22 (Raven): Black Bird. (Painting #98 Finished.)

This Painting is Going on an Adventure.

This guy was bought last night, and is heading over to the UK! It's exciting to sell paintings to far away places!

Challenge 21 (Boats): So It Goes. (Painting #97 Finished.)

Challenge 20 (Redoing an Old Painting.): Shanghai. (Painting #96 Finished.)

I took the first painting I ever sold....

And re-envisioned it as this!

Challenge 19 (Park): Tuesday Afternoon. (Painting #95 Finished.)

Challenge 18 (Happy Hour): Here Comes the Sun. (Painting #94 Finished.)

You're probably wondering what this has to do with "Happy Hour." Going to the beach after work is my happy hour. 

Challenge 17 (Evening): Sleepy Head. (Painting #93 Finished.)

I love that painting a boat is easy peasy, but painting a damn lamppost makes me want to die.

This is how impressed Winnie is. On to the next!

Challenge 16 (Neighborhood): Fancy. (Painting #92 Finished.)

Challenge 15 (Kitchen): Dustland Fairytale. (Painting #91 Finished.)

Challenge 14 (Sky): One Love. (Painting #90 Finished.)

Challenge 13 (Backyard): All That I Had. (Painting #89 Finished.)

Challenge 12 (Sunday Morning): Renegade. (Painting #88 Finished.)

I will say that I've been really inspired by doing all the still life challenges. I never thought in a million years I'd enjoy doing a still life, but I'm finding you learn a lot about painting and technique through them.

Also a dear friend from Iowa surprised me with a gift in the mail! A Van Gogh scarf! Taken from "Irises". 

Challenge 11 (Books Still Life): Madness. (Painting #87 Finished.)

I feel like I work in solemn colors quite often and wanted to change it up a bit with this picture. I've been liking yellow more recently, and mixed it in with pretty much every color you see here. 

Challenge 10 (Insect): Take A Walk. (Painting #86 Finished.)

Not sure why I decided to tackle four mini paintings in one sitting. I like how the bottom two turned about, but the top two seem too heavy and I wish that I had flip flopped the ones on the left. I don't like bugs (after waking up one morning to find a slug in my kitchen - how the hell does that happen??) so this wasn't my favorite challenge at all.

Challenge 9 (Found Still Life): Chandelier. (Painting #85 Finished.)

I actually got this painting done several days ago, but I couldn't for the life of me get a good picture of it until today.

I was really excited on Sunday to go visit a nature preserve in Hollywood, SC, got lost getting there for about an hour, finally found the trail, to find that it was closed due to preservation of migrating birds. Look at the utter disdain in Winnie's face.

Challenge 8 (Influenced by a Song): Montezuma. (Painting #84 Finished.)

I was a little nervous about this painting because the challenge is to listen to music and basically start creating. That means no sketching, no planning, and all improvision. I listened to the album "Helplessness Blues" by Fleet Foxes - one of my favorite albums of all time - and instantly went to my favorite place on earth, up in the Smoky Mountains in autumn. Odd color choices for me, dont you think?

Special Project.

What in the world am I working on? I needed a project that combined this huge canvas that's been sitting in a closet or underneath a bed for over a year now, and all my unused acrylic paints.

Dont expect to see this thing done anytime soon.

Also, look what Winnie and I found! A beautiful little forest oasis right across the street from me. Taking walks in the swamp in summer and 90% humidity is a lot of fun around here.

And lastly, who would throw away this 1950's Bassett dresser? I dont know how I managed to move this thing into my apartment all by myself, but I'm sure it was probably pretty funny to watch. 

Challenge 7 (Architecture): Simple Song. (Painting #83 Finished.)

Challenge 6 (Water): Bad Blood. (Painting #82 Finished.)

Also: I'll be Anchor Sign's new Permit Coordinator starting soon! Yay promotion!!! 

Also: my fun new stuff!

Challenge 5 (Window): Clarity. (Painting #81 Finished.)

Winnie approves.