8"x8" oil on masonite panel ••• I
will tell you an overt secret*... When I title a piece "My Little..."
anything, it is a clue that my small and severely addled brain is
ruminating over the possibility of painting a larger version. •
This decision making process may take me years (Please reference
prior statement: "...small and severely addled brain..."), but it
does mean I am thinking of it. • For
example, a few years ago I painted two small Abraham Lincoln
portraits—one black & white and one color—simultaneously as samples
for a Daily PaintWorks painting challenge. It should go down in history
as one of the most mean spirited challenges ever concocted by a demented
mind for that website. Here is a direct link to it: The Lincoln Challenge. If you read the text for the challenge, it will confirm the nastiness of it. •
Anyway... It has taken me all this time to come around to actually
planning to paint a much larger Lincoln portrait (should happen soon).
Having a show coming up and being in need of paintings to fill said show
is a "fire under my hoohah" motivator as well.
*Sorry, I love oxymorons.
Posted October 31, 2014
sold • private collection thousand oaks, ca
This is a fabulous painterly portrait. The red lines makes it pop!
ReplyDeleteYou and I share a page in Carol Marine's book so I linked to you on today's post. When I see how different your paint application is today versus the one in the book , I know you are really enjoying painting and growing...the all important growth as an artist.
I love it and will be a follower.
Thanks, Julie.
ReplyDeleteI am honored to share a page with you in Carol's book.