This painting of Lola and her leash (her only leash, 17 1/2 years strong) was done alla prima, and things were going swimmingly until I noticed all these vertical scratch-like marks all over the panel. To my shagrin, the thing had delaminated on me, the second time this has happened. WTF! Arghhh! I signed it anyway. I may do a bit of detail work yet on it, but overall, I'm happy with it. I've chosen to regard those vertical marks as part of its charm.
This is a portrait of Chloe Misseldine, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. I was drawn in by the dramatic lighting of her tutu, plus the backlit areas of her upper body, and also the tired posture perhaps revealing the aftermath of strenuous dancing.
A palette knife landscape study of clouds. It's been a hard week, having lost my fur baby of 17+ years a week ago last Friday. She was my constant companion for nearly all of that time. I've been grieving ever since. Forced myself to work in the studio for a wee bit yesterday, when I did this study, and was able to work longer in there today on a new painting.
