THANK YOU!

Thanks to all who voted, I will be painting my design down at the museums the first week in August.  I will put up some pictures then, it should be fun.  I can't wait to meet the art student who will be helping me.

Your votes are needed!

A little break from painting the turtle - I have a design entered for the Springfield Museum's art picnic project and people who like my work can vote for it on facebook at the museum's page.  My concept is to paint a jungle scene safari scavenger hunt.  The tables will be at the museum so if your local you can visit them at the end of the summer!  So please vote and soon, you only have a couple of days before they announce the designs that will be used.  Happy 4th!

New location

So here in New England we apparently now have a 'rainy season', go figure.  for the last week it has rained once a day, sometimes very hard.  The forecast calls for rain for another week at least.  Today we have a flood warning.  Soooo painting outside, even under a tent is not the greatest plan.   Here is plan B.  The porch.  A little cramped, but with the help of a fan a little dryer.  Did I mention the humidity?  70%!!!  This IS New England right?  Enough complaining, it is still more fun to paint on a rainy day than not to paint on a sunny one!  :)  

What you are looking at is the under-painting, if your not familure with the term look up the postings for November 2008 where I show the steps from composing to finished painting.  The colors will change, for the most part my underpainting are the deepest tones or the shadows of the true colors.  This will be most evident in the base that will be lightly colored sand when it is done.  I'll update the progress - later.

Fun summer project

So I'm back in my dad's driveway painting another fiberglass public art project.  This time it's a turtle that will soon be 'Swimming' all the way to Florida!  The design is not my own, each artist was given a design to execute based on a theme.  Mine is Mardi Gras and the design is very graphic with bold colors and a geometric look, tricky on a 3D object.  I think it's going well and it's always fun to have a nice big thing to paint.  Check in later, I will put up more pictures as the project progresses.

Nate's Diner

This is one of my 3D added paintings, the spoon,plate,knife,napkin and plate were attached to a 16x20 inch canvas before painting over in acrylic.  The photo does not reflect the the application as well as I would like.  Photo taken on a phone as an after thought. (not all of my paintings get on the blog)  This was a gift to my son and the photo taken after it was given.  Also missing is the black and white checkerboard pattern on the edges of the frame, which add to the retro look.  I'm currently working on a couple more 3D peices right now, the application process is really fun, though the painting over the objects makes perspective a bit tricky.