Grand Avenue

Acrylic on Panel - 5 x 7 inches - Click Here to Bid

I snapped a pic of these tall palms on a recent errand through the East Bay. Decided I needed to do a timed painting, so I dove right in and after a while, I realized I hadn't set the timer. It's those little details that can sink a plan. I'm guessing 30 minutes, but who knows.

... and a bit of an update...

Beach Walk

Acrylic on Panel - 5 x 7 inches - Sold

Trying to squint and keep it real simple. From a photo on my phone. By actually viewing it on my phone instead of the big screen, it was easy to make the reference small and further away. Unfortunately, it kept turning off.

Pants

Acrylic on Card - 4 x 6 inches - Click Here to Bid

This weeks entry into the Daily Paintworks Challenge.



... and the iPad version that got things started (using the Brushes app). I think I like this one better, but wasn't sure it met the criteria for the challenge.

Bus Rider

Acrylic on Panel - 9 x 12 inches - sold

I've worked on this piece on and off over the Summer and it just never seems to get where I want it.
Too much detail, not enough detail, too dark, too light etc.

I'm only posting it to see if it will now leave me alone. We'll see. A casual observer commented "it looks like animee". Ugh.

De Young

Acrylic on Panel - 9 x 12 inches Ω

I was walking by the museum the other day, and I was trying to imagine it as just being big abstract shapes, and thought I'd paint it that way. Somehow, in the doing, I made it less abstract than I had intended. Somehow, simple just doesn't come naturally to me. 

Teal Chair

Acrylic on Panel - 6 x 6 inches - Click Here to Bid

This is my entry for the Daily Paintworks Complimentary Challenge.  I think I took the instructions a little too literally, but I liked the instructions the way I interpreted them.

Nopa

Acrylic on Panel - 7 x 5 inches - Click Here to Bid

Used to be an OK place to do laundry. Now it's a great place to eat. Yes, Nopa, named for the "North of Panhandle" neighborhood, which it isn't really in, though it is technically North of the Panhandle but it was launched before people started calling the neighborhood DivCo, which I really hope doesn't catch on, but...

Any way, it's a view of Nopa with the Hayes Street Hill climbing up on the left, and Divisadero Street in front, thus qualifying for this weeks Daily Paintworks Challenge: The Street View.

I've done lots of SF street scenes, but this one was next in the queue. It's the only are in which I'm out-doing Carol, just in the sheer number of SF paintings I've done, but then I live in SF, so no surprise there. And hers are still far superior.

I might do a larger version of this just to see if I can add a tad more detail, without completely abandoning the looseness.

Red Side

Acrylic on Panel - 4 x 6 inches - Sold

I'm really liking these Golden Open Acrylics. Something about them is challenging making me concentrate more and try new things. Naturally there's some things about this that is completely frustrating, like not having them dry almost instantly, but I feel like this will ultimately be a good thing. Either that, or I will become completely used to them soon and go back to my old habits.

This image is from a photo I took while up at Moore Ranch earlier this year. It's pretty bad, but I do like the looseness and since I set a timer, I managed to not overwork the thing like I usually do. 

Carol's Red Truck

Acrylic on Panel - 7 x 5 inches - Sold

Just made the wire for this week's Daily Paintwork's Painting Challenge. Carol Marine posted a photo of a truck and was nice enough to not post her version until later in the week.

I decided to buy some more Golden Open Acrylics, this time in colors I actually use and not the variety pack they put together. I really enjoyed the paint staying workable, and think I might actually stick with the open paints for a while to see if I get a hang of the process.

Rosa

Acrylic on Panel - 6 x 6 inches - destroyed

I'm a whole week late posting this one. It's for the Daily Paintworks' Rose Challenge. I wanted to try to keep it to a vary limited palette so I cropped way in. I did a few roses a year or two ago, and it's amazing how awful my color mixing was. Rather that is that my color mixing abilities have come a long way. (and with a long way to go).