works for the Solomon Series

Currently I'm working on a series of pieces for Solomons cocktail lounge restaurant. Here are a few samples:

work in progress: octopus

7 days agotoday
size: 48 x 24, available
Another octopus, I know, but I like painting them. Perhaps its because their many arms remind me of my many styles of work, everything going in a different direction but connected to a core being.

Pan

This latest piece is a depiction of Pan,
playing his pipes late at night, deep in the forest.
30 x 40
oil on canvas
created: october 19, 2009
SOLD

Hanging with Zala

Hanging out with my most amazing friend K Z last night as she wrapped hoola hoops and I worked on starting a series of large pieces for a local coffee rotissery. The work is still in progress, but we had a fantastic night of it all. I'll have to get some pics of her hoops to post here as well.

Two newer pieces

Another Bonefish and a classical old Hobart portable welder.

Bonefish is Available.

Inspiration of a moment

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12x 36
oil on canvas

This piece was somewhat cathardic for me to create. It represents moments in my life I once cherished and am unable to reclaim. I guess we all have those, I hope you look back on yours with fondness. It now resides in the home of whom it was meant for.

In progress: Knew Them When

Currently working on a piece for a band, though they don't know it yet.
Here's some pics of the first days work:

One big canvas, one long day...

A friend gave me this fairly large canvas the other day. I spent part of a day prepping it and decided that Wedensday I would paint it. I worked on it for about 16 hours that day. I'm hoping to finish it tonight, but who knows

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Achilles con't

Coming along nicely I think. This is from work done yesterday, will see what happens today.
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Achilles- In Progress

I thought it might be interesting to share the journey of a piece in progress. I've been working this piece, off and on, for over a year now. I think it will go through some interesting changes, geuss we'll find out.
Starting with a rough sketch, the idea of the piece is to show Achilles just after he has fallen from the arrows hit.
I refined the sketch abit....
Then added some color, at this point I left off on doing anything else for many months...
When returning to the piece I felt it needed some underlying shadow and some helmet work....
Wanting to make the helmet "bronzy", I overlayed a bit of green on the yellow...Then added some ruddish hues, going to leave it for now...
The red sky was bothering me, wanted something stormy and undefined, started with some yellow ( oh I added a little warmth to the cloak, but its not close to its final look yet)...
Added some white...Made some clouds, grabbed the palate knife and threw in a hint of far off mountains..then I went to bed...