Saturday 25th July 2009 - Habitat for Humanity fundraiser

A busy day for me! First the portrait group in the morning where we were painting the lovely Paula from Brazil, and then the Habitat for Humanity fundraiser event all afternoon - that's a lot of painting!



Here I am in my little booth with my angel painting.



My friend that took the photo said that with the light behind me I look as though I have a halo too!
Paula - oil on canvas - 16 x 12" - $750
The Angle Gabriel - 30 x 30" - oil on gallery wrap canvas - unfinished

Friday 24th July 2009 - Radio show

I was showing my paintings on the radio again! That amuses me mightily! So I take the painting into the studio and we discuss it on the air. I brought in my second angel painting that I'm still working on. We were promoting the Habitat for Humanity fund-raising event that was to take place the next day.

Saturday 18th July 2009 - Genevieve

The Saturday Portrait Group and this week the model was Genevieve. I particularly liked her dramatic colouring and her bold jewellery.

Genevieve - oil on canvas - 14 x 11" -$595

Friday 17th July 2009 - Angel

Big changes going on for me at the moment. I've been thinking about painting angels for quite some time now but not knowing exactly where to start. I'm pretty sure it was connected to the massive cleanse I started, cleaning up my act so to speak, but the ideas about angel paintings got stronger until I just had to start.

It's a different way of working for me, slower and more deliberate and lots of checking in with myself about what it is exactly that I am aiming to express and achieve with each painting. This goes beyond capturing a light effect on a landscape or a likeness in a portrait.

Angel - 20 x 16" - oil on canvas - $1,175

Saturday 11th July 2009 - Rosa

Rosa is the daughter of a friend, rapidly turning into a young woman.

Rosa - 16 x 12" - oil on canvas - SOLD

Thursday 2nd July 2009

I finished this one off in the studio. If you'd like to compare it to the earlier photo, you'll find that I sharpened up the values by lightening the sky and the road/paving, took out the blue gate which wasn't adding anything, warmed up the shadows under the portale of the shops behind and brightened up the flowers.

Hollyhocks at Caffe Tazza - 16 x 12" - oil on canvas - $750

Tuesday 30th June 2009 - Hollyhocks at Caffe Tazza

Jane and I walked around looking for the perfect painting spot for the wonderful hollyhocks that are blooming all over Taos but ended up in our favourite spot at the Caffe Tazza - the other places were either too close to traffic or too exposed - easy to get sunburn this time of year at this altitude. I finished this one off later in the studio.

Hollyhocks at Caffe Tazza - 8 x 10" - oil on canvas panel - $395

Monday 29th June 2009 - Lush Green in the Gorge

A big group of painters got together at an overlook of the gorge I hadn't been to before. Clarence Medina, Kemper Coley, Michelle Chrisman, Sheila O'Malley along with my regular painting buddies Shari Kestenbaum-Ubeschell and Jane Grover.

The gorge looked so green after all the rain we've been having. I found a shady spot by a tree but packed up earlier than I might have when nasty biting insects appeared - my goodness those bites were itchy in the following days!

Here is a photo of the lovely Shari that I took that day



Lush Green in the Gorge - 8 x 10" - oil on canvas panel - $395