Slumber Party, 4"x6", oil on cradled board

I've been a little crazy this week trying to get some paintings ready for a juried show this weekend. I had fun painting this - it was far less torturous than the nose hair trimmers.

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Nose Hair Trimmers, 4"x4", oil on cradled board

Mostly, painting is really fun. But on some nights, it feels like pure torture. Last night was one of those nights. If I hadn't drank a large frappucino, there's no way this painting would have been finished. I'm glad I powered through.

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The Wedding Present, or Weeden Lane II - In Progress

I am doing this painting as a belated wedding gift for two dear friends of mine - act surprised guys!

It is 12"x12", oil on cradled board.

Weeden Lane is probably my favorite place on our island. Mostly because when I set up here, I'm right next to a field full of ponies, and while I'm painting they come up to me and make me feed them crab apples.

And the whole farm is just beautiful.

Cheeto, 2"x3", oil on cradled board

I know it's gross, but I have been eating (and loving) Cheetos lately. I can't explain it - that cheese dust must be laced with something.

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Dessert Fork, 4"x6", oil on cradled board

I have this obsession with torturing myself by painting shiny things lately. I never used to even think about painting shiny things - now I sort of like it.

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Matt's Secret Fireworks Cache, 4"x4", oil on cradled board

Somewhere, deep in the woods of the Adirondacks, there stands a shed, which at any given time, could be storing enough fireworks to illuminate the East River on July 4th.

I didn't get to finish this painting. Every time I went outside it started raining on me. Then I'd go inside, and the sun would come out. I'd run back out, rain again. I could have lived with the rain if the temperature was higher than 50.

This is the point in the season where I transition to still life until summer comes again.

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Self-Portrait, underpainting - NFS

This is the underpainting of a larger painting (12x16ish) I'm working on. This is an attempt at painting more loosely, and without a preliminary drawing. Hence the freakishly long monkey arm (don't worry, I'll fix it).

Back on Monday with some new landscapes (weather permitting!)

Spoonscape, 4"x6", oil on cradled board

Another attempt at painting something reflective!

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The Bullies, 4"x4", oil on cradled board

After biting off more than I could chew with the whole "paint a self portrait in 3 hours" on Monday, I decided to do something slightly less challenging. It was only after I set this up that I realized that the tomatoes reflected the entire room, and my brain almost exploded. I worked through it though.

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Crazy Face, 4"x6", oil on cradled board

Okay, so I didn't finish it in time to post it yesterday. And, well, it looks a little crazy, so I'm not putting this one on Ebay.

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Teaching at the Warwick Art Museum!

Hi everyone! Just a quick plug to let everyone know that I am teaching two classes this fall - one for adults and one for teens at the Warwick Art Museum, starting the third week of September. Here is the link to the downloadable registration form. Hope to see you there!

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Stay tuned for my daily painting...

The Interrogation, 4"x6", oil on cradled board

All I have to say is thank God it's Friday. Despite concern that keeping up with this would be the hard part, the painting a day has been really fun. If only the stupid real world wouldn't get in my way...

Happy Friday everyone and I'll be back Monday! We are going to Northern MA for the weekend so I'm hoping that there will be some foliage to paint!

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Sky Blue Sky, 4"x6", oil on cradled board

No interesting story to go with this one...well, I did have a few truckers honk at me while I was painting it. That was pretty special...

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Dutch Harbor, 4"x6", oil on cradled board

This painting has a troubled past, since its creation last night. First, while getting in the car, Gary put his elbow right into the painting...luckily I was already planning on working on it back at home. Then, this morning, when I brought it outside to photograph it, I dropped it face down on the porch, and subsequently spent the next 20 minutes repainting it and picking out dust particles with tweezers. All before having any coffee. This photo doesn't accurately reflect the brightness of the colors, but at this point, I'm too scared to take it outside and try again!
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Orange Sunset, oil on cradled board, 4"x6"

It's actually starting to get cold when I paint at the beach at night. Can someone please tell me where summer went??
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Weeden Lane, oil on cradled board, 4"x6"

Here is my first official painting-a-day!

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Decoupage CD Cabinet

I know this isn't a painting, but it was an art project nonetheless, and I thought it came out pretty cool. I had been wanting to collage this previously ugly CD cabinet for months. Two Better Homes and Gardens magazines later, et voila!

Charlotte and Laurel, oil on wood

Here is the finished painting. Rather than adopt the traditional take on Labor Day, I have decided to "labor" as much as possible working on new paintings. I heart three day weekends...