Naptime oil 8"x8" #212

I knew going into this one that it was a compositional risk. It has two focal points separated by an empty room. I went ahead and painted it thinking I pull it off if the two sides balance each other. I played with the idea of putting a another person in, but didn't. I am hoping to get some opinions on this one. I really like the sleeping figures and I find the gentleman giving a passing glance at the painting interesting, but I am not sure the whole painting works. So if you have a thought, let me know.

Mind Boggle 8"x8" oil #211

Optical illusion art objects are always fun for museum goers who like modern art. People are really good with their hands or they touch everything. Mostly I think they are aware of how close they come to objects and it always makes for a good pose.

Finding the Story #201 oil 8"x8"

It feels so good to painting in oil again. I am a bit rusty, but I still like this overall.
What drew me to this person is how she unconsciously held her hands in the same position as the painting. I have noticed this a lot in observing people looking at art. Sometimes they try and take a pose, but more often it just happens. Both women are dressed in pink but Modern Girl has leggings and a purse and of course her hair is down and her skirt is short.
People seem drawn in to some paintings and they will walk around and then return to one, maybe several times. This young woman kept coming back to this one. It felt like she wanted to talk with the woman in the painting and hear her story.
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Narnia - window dressing with painting #150

On behalf of the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, I put together a downtown holiday window display with artist Ruth Hamilton. It is based on the story of the "Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." There are marble sculptures in the windows done by really amazing artists, and Ruth's paper mache' witch who turns the land of Naria into perpetual winter and those she doesn't like into stone. A fan moves the lions head back and forth and blows the feather crown of the witch and her streamy hair....I am adding a crepe paper streamer body to her today which will blow around too. I did the painting of Aslan, the lion hero. This was an extremely fun collaboration.