Family Vacation Show

"Zephyr Takes a Ride Through Georgia"
24x12 acrylic on canvas
$1200 unframed free shipping in the US



Corrine and I are doing our first ever joint show at the Benjamin Benjamin Gallery at 114 3rd St. in Hood River, OR this month. The opening party is Friday Oct. 2nd and it's bound to be a blast. Myah and her husband Scott are great and we love Hood River. If you're going to be in the area please stop by to see the show. Like all artists I wish I had had more time to create new works for it. That said I think the whole show looks great and can't wait for Friday night.

Sorry there won't be any postings while I'm on the road. Next week I'll be back to painting.

Bri-

The Chase

"The Chase"

12x12 acrylic on canvas
$400 unframed plus $6 for shipping in the US
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Here's the finished version. I love the tones that I ended up using on Zephyr. He's such a beautiful dog and I enjoy hanging out with him as much as I do painting him.

This one was painted using only Golden Heavy Body acrylic, I chose to skip the Open so that I could get the colors down thicker and faster. The trees in the background were created using a palette knife instead of a brush. I wanted to work really fast not only because the deadline for "Family Vacation" is so close, but also because I wanted the process to mimic the speed of the dogs in the painting. I figured if I spent to much time working on it I would not have captured the feeling of the scene, and the blur of the moment.

Bri-

The chase continues

"The Chase"
(in progress)

12x12 acrylic on canvas
$400 unframed plus $6 for shipping in the US
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Here they are running as fast as they can. I have some subtle details to add to this so you'll get to see the results tomorrow.

Again I'm working from a B+W photo on this and I really love the freedom from reality that it offers my mind, yet I found on Zephyr that I wanted to use all natural tones in his fur. There's something about the different tones he has that bring that about I think. Whereas with Bettini, she's white and so I'm open to do whatever I want to her and it translates as white in the end.

Tomorrow's work will bring fun colors to Zephyr though. Can you say "pink"?

Bri-

But where are they?

"The Chase"
(in progress)

12x12 acrylic on canvas
$400 unframed plus $6 for shipping in the US
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I think this maybe the last painting I get to create for the "Family Vacation" show. It's of Zephyr and Bettini playing a game of keep away. You can't see any of it right now but in the photo I'm working from Zephyr has a deer bone in his mouth and Bettini wants it badly. I had to take it away from him otherwise I'm sure there would have been real trouble.

For some reason little dogs think they are invincible.

Bri-

I see me...

"1st Bike Ride"


5x7 acrylic on canvas
$125 unframed plus $10 for shipping in the US
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So I'm pretty much done with this self portrait, but I still have to paint the sides of the canvas. There were lights on either side of the minor, but the canvas, or framing I chose isn't large enough to show them. So rather than do another posting where the only thing that's changed is something you can't see, I consider this done.

One thing that I haven't mentioned with this painting is that I worked from a B&W photograph instead of color, just to see how it would work out. I have such a vivid memory of what the colors of my clothing and the bathroom were, I figured it would be a fun exercise. I liked doing it so much that I'm going to try it on my next painting as well.

Bri-

Lily of the Lake (final)

"Lily of the Lake"
(in progress)

7x5 acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Here's the finished painting of "Lily on the Lake". I made a few changes to the picture that I was working from based on my clients request. The kayak in the photo was red, but they own blue ones, easy change, another was the background. Lily was to be the focus of the painting, and to create a pleasing composition I ended up cropping some of the forest along the shoreline, it does however wrap around the top and sides of the canvas. I also saw truck campers in the photo, but since I prefer Airstreams, that's what's in the upper right hand corner.

I'm really happy with how the surface of the water turned out and have to say it's thanks to my growing knowledge of how the Golden Open paints work. I was able to mix and match them so well with the regular acrylic and think it creates just wonderful tones.

Bri-

Here's looking at me...

"1st Bike Ride"
(in progress)

5x7 acrylic on canvas
$125 unframed plus $10 for shipping in the US
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I spent today painting, working on Corrine's townie bike, and cleaning and organizing things.

Here's the result of my painting time, well of just one of my efforts. I also worked on the "Lily" painting too. I think I'll be done with that tomorrow, but only time will tell.

Bri-

Working on the boat...

"Lily of the Lake"
(in progress)

7x5 acrylic on canvas
SOLD

It's coming along, but I'm always amazed at how long it takes to do small paintings. I think because I'm just as interested in all the details but end up needind to use more brush strokes and smaller brushes to do it.

It's also a lot later than I thought. Time for bed I've got swim practice in the morning.

Bri-

Thinner Lily...

"Lily of the Lake"
(in progress)

7x5 acrylic on canvas
SOLD

I think I've become addicted to Golden Open. Today while making Lily a little thinner, I used the regular heavy body stuff because it happens to be more opaque than the Open. Then when I'd go to make slight shading changes to Lily's chest the paint had already dried. So back to the Open palette.

I really like how she's turning out and can't wait to spend more time with her tomorrow.

Bri-