The Bank Job, part IV... the process

Big Red, 2010. oil on canvas. 40 x 60. sold

This is the last painting for the bank. I took a whole series of pictures while I was working on this painting and I thought that everybody would enjoy seeing the process of how the painting took shape.

drawing the composition

laying in the first layer of color

putting in a little red...

refining and adding to the sky

working on the fields

further refining of sky and fields

done.

The Bank Job, part III

Warm Twilight, 2009. oil on panel 24 x 24. sold

Here is the third painting for Yosemite Farm Credit.

enjoy.

Patience...

Big Turns, 2010. oil on canvas 44 x 54 sold

Sometimes they work out better the second time around....you gotta have patience.

More

Evening Clearing, 2010. oil on panel 22 x 28

Another recent painting.

Working on it

Hopeful, 2009. oil on panel. 15 x 17. sold.

I'm working a big commission so other paintings are coming along slowly.

I have several paintings that I think that are mostly done that I will post soon. They are in my studio waiting for my final approval. I tend to have to let things sit there for a while so I can get some distance from them and see them for what they really are. Sometimes I'm so anxious to be done that I'm fooled into thinking that it may be the greatest painting ever when really its not.

I think I may become slightly delusional when I'm finishing work in my studio. Its all just part the painting process for me.

The Bank job, part II

Almost After, 2009. oil on panel. 24 x 24 sold

This is the second painting that I finished for the bank commission.

Titles are funny things. I purposely keep them ambiguous so people can fill in their own story. But sometimes this leads to awkward conversations....

The study for this painting (it had same title) was hanging in a gallery and after staring at the title card for several seconds, a woman turned to me and said, "I don't understand, almost after what?"

I frankly didn't know what to say. I fumbled around for some words, "Um, a lot of my paintings are of late evenings." She continued to look at me blankly, clearly not understanding. "It's almost after evening or twilight," I said implying that she could fill in the blank.

"I still don't understand. What does the title have to do with the painting?" she asked again.

Sometimes I'm not even sure why I try.

More Work...

Intense Ending, 2010. oil on panel. 8 x 9 sold

Another smaller painting from the year's first batch.