My favorite part of this painting is the very understated tree on the right with all the lost and found edges. This is again a 50/50 and is 120.00. It is a 6" X 6" oil. I have 40 more in this them and they are being shown at the 20th Street Gallery in Sacramento.
Ya know how chickens and roosters fly short distances and walk all over the things in the barnyard? Well, this guy is strolling across the track protector of a crawler. The crawler was from in front of the Delicato Winery. Out at the ranch several years ago, one of the chickens layed her eggs nestled in the tracks of a crawler and I thought that would make a wonderful painting...yet the moment passed I missed it. This is again a 6" X 6" oil on masonite board painted around the edges and ia $120.00. The work is at the 20th Street Gallery in Sacramento. See the link in this blog. Have a great day!
I really love this one. The rooster has such attitude. Also I am very happy with the edge treatment on the rooster's tail. If you look closely there is my shadow on the ground and also turning as it hits the barn door. This is also an oil, 6" X 6" and painted around the edges. It is $120.00 and is at the 20th Street Gallery in Sacramento, Ca.
This is another tractor that I discovered outside of the Delicato Winery, I placed it in Sally's barn because the light streaming into the barn gave the tractor a warm glow, as to say a days work well done. this is 6" X 6", oil and is $120.00 and is available at the 20th Street Gallery in Sacramento.
I had a good time playing with the colors on this rooster. The light patterns are from stacked ladders in Sally's barn. Since the economy is so bad the "barnyard pieces will be $120.00 instead of 150.00. They are all 6" X 6" on masonite board and painted around the edges.
This track layer was in front of Delicato Winery. I took lots of pictures of it and their tractor for this body of work. I did not us liquin this year so my paint is much richer and more full bodied.
My friend Sally let me do a photo shoot inside her barn. The shadows were so beautiful that these interiors became a huge inspiration for this body of work. All the interior spaces are from Sally's barn. Thank-you Sally!!! I love the shadow patterns from those stacked ladders. This show opens April 8th in Sacramento at the 20th Street Gallery at 911 20th Street. Hope you can come.
I like the gesture of these two. It is a Mom and her baby. These are sheep raised by a woman in Acampo, Ca. This is a 6" X 6", $150.00, unframed and is available at the Knowlton Gallery.
Well, this is the Ward Ranch on Peltier Road out in Acampo, Ca. For some reason I have always liked this painting. The color is pretty quiet for me. I usually use more color.
I really like this one. It is fun and playful. It is in oil, 6" X 6 "on a masonite panel, $150.00, unframed and available at the Knowlton Gallery. I have 21 50/50's left to sign and add highlights and details. I must finish soon so they will be dry for delivery.
This is a view off Lower Sacramento Road in Acampo, Ca. It is $150.00 unframed, oil and 6 inches X 6 inches. It can be purchased at the Knowlton Gallery. Well, I am about to go to the studio and sign more 50/50's. Will talk later.
Well, I am almost done with the 2009 50/50 paintings. They will be $150.00 just like these are and are also 6 inches X 6 inches. I signed 13 of them today and the rest need highlights and small details as well as a signature.
Well, in the past 2 weeks I have spent 16 hours after school helping students that were behind so now I am behind. Oh well, that is life.
More sheep. I will be in the studio all day today working on my Academy of Art homework and trying to get more done on the 50/50's. The homework is a priority right now. This painting is at the Knowlton Gallery, is unframed for $150.00, oil and 6 inch X 6 inch.
I am running behind on everything. So far I am getting my assignments into the Academy on time and getting respectable grades, but it a constant juggle and struggle. I am still working on my 50 paintings for the 20th Street Gallery in Sacramento Ca. I am not ready to post any yet. I want a chance to add highlights, fine tune, and sign them before I post any, but I still have 8 or 9 with no paint at all on them yet.
Here is 27 as you see the cherries are blooming but the vineyard is still asleep. This is an oil, 6 inches X 6 inches and painted around the sides. It can be purchased at the Knowlton Gallery for $150.00
Well, this is 26 of the farming and ranching pieces. Cherries and vineyards are big crops in the valley. Ironically it is almost cherry season now. The blooms will be showing in the next month or so. This is again an oil, 6 inches X 6 inches and available at the Knowlton Gallery for $150.00.
