Something Old and Something New

No, I'm not getting married (again).  I'm repainting old landscapes by changing background elements and/or adding birds.
"Crow in Marin," originally painted in 2009, got a partially new background (oil on canvas 20x24)
"Roman Arch, Pink Tree," originally painted in 2011, had a title change to "Roman Arch, Spanish Storks" when I added the birds in 2012.  (oil on linen 22x28)
"Yellow Road," originally painted in 2011, had a title change to "Wild Turkey," when I added the Guatamala ocellated turkey in 2012 (oil on linen 22x28)

Brick Wall

Digital Graffiti

Color Composition

A chair and light in the Indian Valley College art classroom.  Pastel, ink and oil on pastel board 8x10.

Little Flower Paintings

Three Pansies (oil on handmade paper on board 5x7), Black Rose (scratched oil on board 5x7), Tropaeolum Tuberosum (oil on photo on fabric on board 8x10)

New Works

Five new small paintings (most 8x10):  Hand with $20 (egg tempura on marble dust), Cityscape (oil on photo on fabric on board); Row, Row, Row Your Boat (oil on photo on fabric on board); 3Women Running (oil on canvas board); 4 Blue Tits (oil on marble dust on board)

Blue Songbird

More birds and another paint over.  This time I painted over Pink Candy.

"Where are the children?"

Two crows discuss the change in nest contents.  Repainted oil on canvas 12" x 16" originally posted here.  For better or worse, I'm adding birds to a lot of older paintings. 

Four New Caledonia Lorikeets

New oil on canvas 16x20

In the City

Final 7x10 pen & ink and watercolor of a 4 part series.  City is loosely based on memories of Palm Beach, Florida

Woodpecker

New 16x20 oil on stretched canvas.  This Pileated woodpecker is based on a fun photo found on the internet at http://cristinasarno.blogspot.com (link is here) set against a photo of trees I took around San Geronimo.  Although, on occasion, I have noticed acorn woodpeckers in my backyard , I haven't yet been graced with a Pileated woodpecker.  Some cool acorn woodpecker photos can be found at www.roysephotos.com (link is here)

Calla Lily

Silver point and egg tempera on marble dust on board 5x7.  New technique learned in Chester Arnold's art class.

Witching Hour

New oil on stretched linen 28x22

In the Forest

Pen & ink and watercolor 7x10

At The Beach

Pen & ink and watercolor 7x10

In the Garden

Pen and ink and watercolor.  Question is - should I do this as a large oil or paint more birds?

Portrait of Lucy by B.J.

B.J. Thrailkill did a much nicer job painting me than I did painting myself.  Portrait done as part of an assignment in Chester Arnold's painting class 3/2012.

Self Portrait Pink and Green

#6 of 6 self portraits done for Chester Arnold's painting class at College of Marin.

Self Portrait in Blue

Oil paint and mixed media on marble dust gesso on board (above) based on digital painted over photo composite (below).  #5 of 6 self portraits done for my art class.

Girl at the Window

Latest large oil painting - 36"x36" on stretched canvas.  Mendocino ocean, Greek windows, and a very altered Amber portrait.  I got creative with the shadow.

Self Portrait Red Background

#4 of 6 self portraits - this time in a "realistic" mode.  8x10 on canvas board

Gold and Green Self Portrait

#3 of 6 attempts at Self Portrait.  Each one looks like a different person with some resemblance to myself.  This effort was supposed to be an abstract but, for some reason, a picture insisted on emerging of a more youthful me.  Mixed media (acrylic, Schmincke Bronze pigment, ink, watercolor and oil on marble dust gesso on birch board) 8x10

The Autrey Look

E.A. Autrey and his five daughters looking at the world through blue-green tinted lenses. 

Barn Window With Flowers

Photo taken in 2012 at Olompali State Park, printed on fabric, rabbit skin glued onto 10x8 birch board with oil painted flowers added

Suburbia

Fruit Nest With Petroglyphs

Meyer lemon, other (unknown) type lemon, and winter orange from my garden, rest in a nest of pruned apple tree branches with North America Native Petroglyphs running across the Robert Ryman-esque sky.  Oil on canvas 12" x 16" painted February 2012.

Red Parrot

Frustration resolved?  After painting over "Two Eggs" with "Balloon Seeking Marble," I was still unhappy with the result so painted over the piece again with this "Red Parrot."  I like it enough to leave it alone now.

Self Portrait in Green

Second in a series of self portraits done as an assignment for my painting class. Final is 8x10 oil on canvas board.  Also shown is the underpainting.

Ibiza Beach Paddle Ball

Recent 8x10 oil on canvas, of a beach paddle ball scene, based on a quick sketch done in 2005 in Ibiza

Susan with Boat

Newest version of sister Susan, from a photo taken by E.A. Autrey in Paradise, California in 1956.

8x10 oil paint and charcoal on photo-printed fabric, rabbit skin glued onto birch board.  

The original photo is here, and the first version, a digital painting of "Susan is Blue," is here

Zero Plastic Surgery

Self Portrait made with silver point and Copic marker on marble gesso on board 8x10