Cherry Study: Red, White & Blue

'Cherry Study: Red, White & Blue' - 6" x 6" - oil on canvas

Funny, the other day, while I was working on this painting, I saw the latest work from the very talented Oriana Kacicek, titled the same as my own. I wondered if I should find a new name for this, but in the last two days I've seen another four paintings with the same title, and I figured, "Eh." Sorry, Oriana! It's all in the spirit of the holiday.

If you'd like to purchase 'Red, White & Blue', please follow the Paypal link below. ($150 + $9 s/h within the U.S. Outside the U.S., please contact me for s/h charges)

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Cherries III

'Cherries III' - 18" x 18" - oil on canvas
(available through Dean Day Gallery in Houston, TX)

The third and last in the cherries series - for now, at least - and also the least complicated design. After the first two, I needed something simple to clear my mind. Oddly enough, I like it just as much as the others, but in its own way.

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Color Therapy: Pink & Gold

'Color Therapy: Pink & Gold - 16" x 20" - oil on canvas

This painting featured $2000 worth of very fine champagne, none of which I got to drink. Hmmmm. A friend of a friend is the manager of the nightclubs/bars at the Hard Rock and was able to give me an ample supply of shiny, bright Armand de Brignac bottles. The ultra-reflective surfaces were...daunting. Made the refractions seem like a cakewalk by comparison. (Hi, Jimmy!!!!)

'Color Therapy: Pink & Gold' will be heading to Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta, GA to join its fellow 'Color Therapy' paintings. For purchase information, please contact Mark Karelson at Mark@MasonMurer.com.

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Cherries II

'Cherries II' - 20" x 20" - oil on canvas
(available through Dean Day Gallery in Houston, TX)

The second in a series of paintings submitted for review to a new venue. I'm really liking working with cherries and wish I had a chance to work with them year round. Actually, I can work with them more months out of the year than not, but I have to be ready to pay TOP dollar for them when out of season. Realistically, it makes sense if the work sells, but there's still that slight cussing under one's breath when at the cash register......

That was a lot of blue to paint, by the way. Not that I mind blue. I love it, really. However, the next in the series, 'Cherries III' has an unsurprising lack of blue in it. Thankfully.

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Cherries I

"Cherries I" - 20" x 20" - oil on canvas
(available through Dean Day Gallery in Houston, TX)


It's been 39 days since my last post???? Wow. Oops.

Hello, there! Remember me? I used to post here. May was a busy, busy month and one in which I got a lot of artwork done- large scale paintings that I could have been a bit more forthcoming with and started posting already. But, I am the human example of inertia. Once I'm in motion, I tend to stay in motion, and I have been in motion in the studio since the start of last month. In the process, I've neglected my blog, my website, my Facebook gallery, my family and friends.....etc, etc, ad infinitum.

So, "Cherries I" is a new painting in a new series for a possible new venue (more on that in the coming weeks), and one which I had a lot of fun painting. My love of detail and design got its time in the spotlight with this one and I made a special effort to go bright and happy with the colors, utilizing more white and yellow and bright red that I might otherwise. Because Summer was coming, I had a yearning for a palette that was appropriate to the season.

I'm going to post the completed paintings every few days over the coming weeks so that I don't neglect the blog quite so much. The cobwebs and dust I had to make my way through were just epic when I logged back on today. Amazing. So far, there's a total of ten paintings going between two galleries. Yes, I am a machine. Why do you ask?

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