Quick paintings

For Landscape and Situation and Environment classes, we’re doing a ton of fast, small paintings from Academy-supplied reference. Most of these haven’t been worth putting up, but here are a couple that I think turned out OK, given the complexity of the reference photos and the time limitations we had to work within. Both are 11″x14″ on canvas – oils, of course.

Quick drape

This is a quick monochrome drape study. Oil on canvasboard, approximately 9″x9″.

Interior with Abstract Art

This is my final project for my still life composition class. 16″x20″ oil on canvas.

Simple Still Life on Green Toned Surface

14″x11″ oil on canvasboard, done super-quick.

Still Life showing focal point through edge control

I’m not sure how successful this one is for the assignment it’s supposed to address, but I kind of like it anyway. I was under the gun to finish it, so I didn’t tone down the colors, but applied them full-strength. I know many people like the really bright colors, but I’m really and genuinely starting to prefer more muted tones. Oh well – this one would work in someone’s contemporarily-styled kitchen, I suppose! 20″ x 16″, oil on canvas.

Still Life in Interior

This one is 20″x16″ on canvas (woo-hoo! Not on canvasboard! I’m movin’ on up, to THE sky!)

Interior Subject: “Unusual Suspects”

The assignment is to do a “found” interior still life of something mundane – something you wouldn’t normally think to paint. I give you – my kitchen sink. Aside from some perspective issues, I kind of like it, I guess. Oil on canvasboard, 14″ x 11″.

Art announcements

I’ve started to offer some of my work for sale again, after a selling hiatus of several years.

A small number of originals are offered at very low prices on Etsy. At this point, these are all class assignments that are too good to cover over to reuse the panel, but they’re starting to take over my tiny studio space, so they need homes.

My Etsy shop is at this link.

And, prints of my best paintings are available for even lower prices on Imagekind. Imagekind offers framing and matting as well for an additional cost.

My Imagekind gallery is at this link.

Simple still life with apple and onion

11″x14″, oil on canvasboard. I like this one a little better than the last few, although it is far from the best. I find that the more I learn, the more critical I am.
ETA: I guess I should note that I did this alla prima.