Kyle acrylic 4"x4" #305

More family mugs....my niece's husband Kyle....
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Reflections On Summer Fun acrylic 6"x6" #304

This was a Daily Painters Challenge to paint this image upside-down. It was a lot of fun and is really, very much a right brain exercise and fits in with my Fun In the Sun series. Go to:
http://dailypaintworks.com/Challenge/EBC65232-CC25-4F34-A409-E5589E3C2036
to see other artists' interpretations.
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The Red Shade Tent acrylic 5"x7" #303

This is "Fun In the Sun" number 4. The red shade screen provided privacy and shade for this nursing baby. This is to be donated for a raffle to benefit the Le Leche League in Pepperell, MA.
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Refreshing Splash #3 acrylic 6"x6" #302

Lessons from this painting:
you can do a decent painting from a really bad photo (Karin Jurik said this and it is true)
even a dingy place can be magical when you add kids to the mix

This is Washington Square in NYC...not the cleanest of swimming spots.

Alistair #301 acrylic 4"x4"

The idea was to do these small portraits of my family from photos where they aren't smiling...problem is that Alistair is always smiling!
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This One's Mine and This One's Mine acrylic 6"x6" #300

This is post 300 and it seems like it has taken forever for me to reach it. This painting has a long title, but can't you just hear him saying it. They are two and are learning how to "play" together. I was on the go today so grabbed some acrylics and did this during my breaks. I like how it turned out.

Fun In the Sun oil 6"x6" #299

2011 has been a crazy year so far. I broke my leg in March and am finally off crutches, after falling in NYC a couple weeks ago while attending a Karin Jurik workshop. I have had a lot of company the last month, which has been so much fun, but I have neglected my painting through it all. I am ready to get back into the swing of things with a series of "Fun In the Sun" paintings.

Van Gogh-The Early Years oil 6"x6" #298

This is for my daughter and it is of my grandson. She liked the painting but wanted a more Van Gogh feeling to it. I don't know if I achieved that, but I am sure she will tell me when she sees it. Painting kids can be tricky and I am wanting to get better at it.
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50th Anniversary (commisssion) 8"x10" acrylic #297

This is from a fuzzy old gray photo.
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Interesting Perspective oil 8"x8" #296

This is a view from the High Line in NYC.

Ergo City Baby oil 6"x6" 295

Another NYC piece that I changed...got rid of a car and a fruit stand....not because they looked awkward, but because it made it just too busy.

The Red Shoe oil 8"x8" #294

This was a quartet but I painted out one of the people because a trio just looks better. They are sitting on the wooden platforms on the Highline in NYC.

Time Out 6"x6" oil #293

Karin Jurik gave everyone in the workshop the same un-enhanced photo to paint the first day. It was really interesting to see the very similar and yet completely different renditions. The choice of colors, the value changes, and the drawing, which either made the lad look older or younger, made for many interpretations. My guess is that this boy got in the fountain (his hair was wet) and got busted by the authority on hand and was "sent to the wall" to sulk. Karin's series of mug shots is called "Busted" so instead, I titled this "Time Out."

Mug Shot 2 4"x4" oil #292

This is another mug shot I did in NYC.

Mug Shot 1 4"x4" oil #291

I just got back from a workshop with Karin Jurick in NYC. One of our assignments was to do mug shots. I was so impressed with everyone's work and was humbled to be with such accomplished artists and great people.

Skidmore Crew oil 5"x7" oil #290

This is my niece with her Skidmore Crew.
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Kitka oil 6"x6" #289

MEOW

Cause I Eats Me Spinach 5"x7" oil #287

My son gave me this can of spinach because he thought it would be interesting to put it in a still life. Last week the Daily Painters challenge was to paint your favorite veggie. Being a vegetarian, there are many veggies I really like so it was hard to choose...but you just can't beat spinach-strawberry salad and tomato, spinach,feta cheese anything. Plus, Popeye had a big impact on my life. Maybe that is why I am a vegetarian!
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Stepping Out With Friends 5"x7" oil #286

Two patrons at the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art admiring Roy Lichtenstein's "Stepping Out." I like the way his foot is turned on edge. It makes me wonder what he is thinking about. I have observed this posture a few times in people studying paintings. Maybe it is just the result of a tired foot.

The Farm 5"x7" oil #285

Yesterday's post got dropped so I am re-posting it. I guess Blogger got bogged down. I ran out of 4"x4" panels so I switched from the little portraits I have been doing and did a fun landscape.