Entanglement I

I loved doing this one, although I did finish it sometime ago, it's still fresh in my mind . The colors kept me happy and the fernery kept me on my toes, a little like a tangled ball of wool to work out.
Enjoy.

The Actual Window

So now you can see the finished product, we consulted on the colors, and as the clients wanted the blues and grays, I suggested that the orange tones would be a great compliment.

To explain the 'connection' I mentioned earlier, all the white areas are actually white glass, every piece had to join with another piece, and lead piping was placed on all the edges.

This window lives happily here in Austin, maybe one day you will walk under it and say, "oh, I regognize that. I know the artist!"

Horse design for stained glass SOLD!

Although this was done a few years ago, I thought you might like to see the progression of this piece.

I was asked to do designs for a stained galss company and amongst other subjects, horses of course were a popular choice for clients.

This piece was designed completely in Photoshop, yes, drawing it and colors included. I use a tablet to draw my designs, with a pen tool, it is so much easier to get total exactness, and this stained glass company needed me to connect each seperate piece of the glass, nothing was to be left hanging like a thread. It was like a huge jigsaw and a was a great challenge.

The design was for a huge transom window measuring 6 foot by 5 foot and the clients had not at this time picked the colors they prefered, so I did a more tonal version for them to see.

Whiter Shade of Pale

Okay, I know I have done one so similar to this with a golden horse and a blue bucket..see an earlier post for that one.

This is not actually from my own photo, my other one was.

However when I saw this shot on Wet Canvas's photo reference archive, I had to paint it.

I did change a few little things, like the color of the bucket and I made the fence come across the horse at the top for design purposes, but essentially I could not show this one in a competition, because it is from another person's photo... oh well..

I still loved doing it.

It is on that rich burgundy suede matboard again, love the stuff, have only one small piece left in that color :(

Oh woe!!

Two Steppin'

I love chickens, they are so comical and very proud, at least the roosters. Why would'nt they though, when you see those colors in their feathers, wonderful.

I went to Austin zoo to get these photos, made a composit from which to work.

I had a nice piece of rich burgandy suede matboard, and thought the oranges would look great on it.

What do you think?

Hazel's version of the painting below

As promised this is Hazel's version of the same scene, she did it in oils, and it is simply wonderful. I think it's around 11 x 14", so larger than my effort, and she used a lot more of the orange earth colors, lovely I think.

My version looks more MOODY I think, almost a different time of day. As I said before I only realized that this was the same scene after I had almost finished my own painting of it. Hillarious, that's old age for you huh?

Australia Revisited 3

Gum trees in Australia have such a gleem to them, when the sun hits them it's magic.

This is from a photo I found in my aunt's ichives, and while halfway through painting this while I watched my favorite telivision programs, I realized I had seen something like this in Hazel's work?

I looked at the book I did on her a year or so ago, and voila, she has also done an image of the same scene.

I am posting both on the blog, so you can compare. I am amazed I did not realize my overlap sooner, I did that with another of her painting choices too, guess she was my mentor after all, and I certainly like the same scenes she used to paint.

But all that aside, this is my painting, warts and all.

A Rose by Any Other Name

This is a small one today (8" x 10"), I have been very absent from my blog and website. I am

going through a 'dry' spell of late, and I thought a few small paintings would snap me out if it.

I think I have so many other things in my life, art societies and shows, distracting me, never good for the creative juices, but I will try harder, I promise.

Seattle Seclusion

This one is not completely finished, I know I have more in the details to attend to, but thought I would post it, just so you know I have not been completely slacking off :)