Fan Dancer #4

10" x 10" Oil on Deep Gallery Wrap Canvas.

In a private collection.

Wayne, Pa

This will be the last dancer, for now. I saved the most dynamic to finish the quartet. I think they would  look great hanging together. 

Fan Dancer #3

10" x 10" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas.

In a private collection.

Wayne, Pa

For the third in this series I picked one of the most dynamic standing poses. The pronounced wrinkles and interesting line made this fun to paint. I worked at keeping some hard and lost edges in the figure. Finally, there is the hint of her form in the shadow in front of her.

The next in the series is going to go in a different direction.

Fan Dancer #2

10" x 10" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas.

In a private collection.

Wayne, Pa

This second fan dancer offered a solid pyramid to work with in the composition. I placed her slightly off center to avoid too much symmetry. I worked carefully with the narrow choices of color.

Fan Dancer #1

10" x 10" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas.

In a private collection.

Wayne, Pa

This is the first in a series of "fan" dancers that performed at the Beijing Paralympic Games. My wife captured part of their performance in snapshots and I love their poses. I'm not sure how many I will do, but there is some good material from which to work.

Dot at the Great Wall

11" x 14" Oil on linen.
not for sale

This was a fun portrait of my wife standing in front of the Great Wall of China. It was a nice photo that I worked from. I was after a loose feel with the color pushed a little. The above is the final version after some touchup around the eyes. (Of course there is still something wrong with the mouth...)

Flocking Trees and Portrait in Progress

Painting progess has slowed some as I have been working on cabinets for the house and doing other chores. Here you can see me flocking our evergreens on Christmas Day! ;^)

I do have a progress photo on a portrait of Dot. I have a portrait to do for the current Different Strokes challenge and I am warming up with one of my wife. She says portraits are scary and she is right when you are the subject! This is definitely in progress; at least one of the eyes needs scraping. We all know that John Singer Sargent said "A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth." This one is not an exception.

Oil in progress 11" x 14"

Great Wall at Night

20" x 16" Oil on mounted canvas.

The Great Wall of China just west of Beijing was a highlight of my wife's recent trip for the Paralympics. This evening view of the Wall shows how IT is highlighted for visitors. The photographic reference I worked from is stunning with several interesting views. The wall is certainly a deserving icon for the area with its history and imposing size.