Spoon in Glass No.2 & Blue and Green No.5

With school starting this month, time in the studio has certainly been reduced. Finally have some new work to post. The top piece, Blue with Green No.5, is 24"x18". The bottom piece, Spoon in Glass-Top View No.2, is 24"x24".

Broken Bottle No.7

20"x20"
Pieces of a broken bottle.

Spoon in Glass- Top View

20"x20"
Spoon, glass, drops, and reflections.

Campari

20"x20"
Campari is a type of bitters(28% alcohol) that is a combination of sixty ingredients. The recipe has been a secret for 150 years, but the bright red natural coloring made possible by the Cochineal insect(Beetle Blood) was switched to a synthetic dye in 2007. Campari is the choice drink of Steve Zissou, among others. I have wanted to paint Campari for quite awhile. Unfortunately I didn't have any Campari, so I just used some CranRaspberry juice instead.

Bottle Neck

16"x20"
Wine bottle with cloth...and wine.

Surrounded

20"x20"
Mirrored ball surrounded by cloth.

Broke Bock

24"x18"
Top and bottom pieces of a broken Ziegenbock bottle.

Blue with Green

24"x36"
Another composition featuring a small blue bottle and green satin. After working on small supports lately, it was refreshing to use larger brushes on this one.

ECU

I was recently invited to be a guest artist and presenter at a summer art program held in the Art Dept. at East Central University in Oklahoma, my Alma Mater. It was very cool to walk in to the Art Dept. after all these years. It's been about 12 years since I have been back, but as soon as I walked in, it felt like home. Within microseconds, I was greeted by that familiar smell of all things art. My presentation was actually in the Drawing studio, but I did get a chance to walk through the Painting studio, which was vacant at the time. I was pleased to see the obvious talent present in the paintings of various stages of completion. I thought back to the countless hours I had spent in that room.


Near the end of the day, I had an inquiry about one of my paintings I took as an example. It was the Broken Pieces painting. Unfortunately this painting was for sale on eBay and I wasn't sure if it had sold or not. Sooo, I went into one of the classrooms with interent access to see if the auction had ended with a sale or not. It had sold on eBay, but we worked out a commission for a similar piece..no big deal. BUT, in that classroom that I had been next door to ALL day was one of my paintings from back in the day. When I graduated in 1996, the E.C.U. Art Department wanted to keep one of my paintings. I was honored and humbled back then, and even more so seeing it hanging after all these years. This painting is 4 feet by 6 feet.

Spill

10"x12"
Close up of an old Coke bottle with cotton candy flavored drops.

Red Coke

5"x7"

Very small painting of an old Coke bottle and red satin.

Strawberry Spoon

10"x12"
Spoon composition with strawberry jelly.

Pink Spoon

10"x12"
Spoon with pink drops.

Blue Spoon

5"x7"
Spoon with blue flavored drops.

Blue Flavor

10"x12"

Small surreal color study. Like "Subterfuge", this is from my many surreal sketches and drawings that fill many of my sketchbooks.

Broken Pieces

18"x24"
Top and bottom pieces of a broken beer bottle slowly loosing color.

Mirror Ball with Cloth

24"x18"

Small mirror ball and cascading cloth.

Broken Bottle

18"x24"

Broken pieces of an old Coke bottle.

Amber Bottle

24"x18"

Old amber bottle pouring blue satin.

Blue Bottle

24"x18"
Small bottle and green satin.

Bright Idea

24"x24"

Close up of a single light bulb.

Green Jar

24"x18"

Small green jar and cloth composition.

Mirrored Ball No.3

24"x24"
-Sold-

Small mirrored ball and cloth composition.

Horse

36"x48"

A very reflective chrome horse. I have painted this old hood emblem several times, but this by far the largest version. This canvas gave my little easel a workout.

Waving Robot

18"x24"

Close up of an old style toy robot.

Subterfuge

10"x10"


This obviously is not my normal style, but I wanted to do something a little different. I have been painting large pieces lately(commissions and for galleries), but finally had some time to work on something I have wanted to paint for quite awhile. This painting is based on a sketch in one of my many sketchbooks filled with surreal imagery.

Broke Coke

24"x18"
-Sold-

New piece. Remnants of a broken Coca Cola bottle.

Vertical Cloth

24"x30"

Small green bottle with cloth. This is the third and final piece of this series.

Green Bottle

24"x30"

Small green bottle composition. This is number two of a three piece commission

Blue Bottle

24"x30"

Small blue bottle with green satin. What was supposed to be a 48"x48" commission turned in to three smaller pieces. This is the first of the three.