Crow Painting ( I'm Out'a Here ) (SOLD)

Another crow, this fellow will also be for sale at the Jantzen Beach Mall and the Milwaukie First Friday.  It's a small painting also, framed in a black frame and only 5"x 7".  Several other artists and myself are doing small pieces so that we have some more affordable art for the holidays.

Crow Collage

This is the start of a new collage.  I started this with a different composition and wound up wiping the first start off.  With this new one I tried painting the entire piece in oils with a sidewalk and wasn't happy with that either, so I wpied that off and am now giving the painting a mixed media/ collage attempt.  Frustration still rules!

Sun Flower, Summers Close

I was recently accepted in a

juried art show that happens in

early March. I was thrilled to

be accepted as it's a difficult

show to get into. They want my

flower series or the collages, so

I started back into the dried

sunflowers paintings. I can

enter up to 8 pieces for the show.

I have been reading some articles

on marketing art and realize that

while I enjoy trying to paint

different subject matter and exploring

new ideas; what really matters is

having a consistent body of work.

Meaning, sticking to one subject such

as the flower series and creating about

a dozen paintings, in the same style,

and the same medium. I also need to spend more time trying

to photograph the paintings better. When I say time I really

should say stop being lazy and set up a tripod for the camera.

When I check the blog postings I realize how many are some

what out of focus.

Three Plums #2,

Another painting using my set up with a still life box. I'm really happier with this one. I think it was more successful because I was really was able to see the different colors and values better. This attempt definelty makes me want to keep trying!