PORTRAIT OF JUDITH

Judith brought a dancer's costume to model in. My initial inspiration was her thoughtful facial expression, and so I chose to paint her portrait rather than the full figure.

Oil on panel

6" X 8"

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HEAD STUDY

I took a figure workshop with Camille Przewodek last month. This was very challenging for me. This lovely model was posed outdoors by the river and we worked fast- in two twenty minute sessions. The idea was to paint the light and color which in this case was very warm. She is backlit, creating a mud-head effect. Henri Hensche took his students to the beach and had them paint what he called mudheads. No features, just the basic head and shoulders - the light and shadow. Its surprising, but you can even get a likeness this way. This helps to solidify the form, and the light, no temptation to paint eyelashes!

Oil on board

8" X 10"

PORTRAIT OF JUDITH

Since taking Al Tofanelli's portrait class at l'Atelier aux Couleurs in Petaluma, I have been painting some portraits of the models at my Wednesday night group. I hope I got a likeness of beautiful Judith.

11" X 14"

Oil on canvas board

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PORTRAIT OF JUSTIN

A Study in Grey

Oil on Canvas Board

12" X 16"

I was working on seeing the values and painting edges better in this study from life. I just loved his hair, so much a part of his whole persona.

MAN IN HAT

A study in black and white

Oil on canvas board

9" X 12"

QUICK HEAD STUDY 1

I saved some recent 15 minute quick sketches. I like this one.

Oil on grey paper

8" X 10"

QUICK HEAD STUDY    

This is more tonal quick study work. The idea is to do 'lots of starts' and cover many square miles of canvas in order to make progress. This was a 15 minute study and while a little rough, I like it.

Oil on board    

                                                                                  

8" X 10"

TONAL PORTRAIT STUDY

The next several postings I make will be of the tonal studies that I painted while taking Alfredo Tofanelli's class. In this study was trying to find the darkest darks and lightest lights, the movement of light. The lightest light was on her earlobe, but I had to tone it down for the sake of the painting looking 'right'. This is always an issue in painting- whether to be true to what you see, or true to the correctness of the way the painting reads.

Oil on board

9" X 12"

'MEHER'

Meher Baba 

The word Meher means compassion. This painting was created for a fundraiser to benefit a rural free clinic in a remote area of India. The clinic was established by Dr. Goher, a close disciple of Meher Baba. She devoted her life to Meher Baba both as his personal physician and through her work attending to the medical needs of the very poor villagers who came to the clinic. Although Dr. Goher has passed on, her clinic continues to serve in the loving way she established it, and relies on donations. Small donations go a very long way.

http://www.meherfund.org

14" X 18"

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REFLECTION IN COMPUTER SCREEN

I turned off the computer and painted my reflection. When the nest is empty a woman has time to reflect on herself. Thinking about issues of beauty, fading beauty, and the beauty in the little details of a silver hair or a wrinkle.

Oil on maple

6"X 6"

"ALL CRACKED UP"

OK, I haven't lost it just yet. This is my response to the Daily Painters Website challenge! The first week of the month there is a group theme.
I haven't been posting lately, but I have been painting..

6"X 8"

Oil on maple hard wood panel

'SASHA'

I have been painting mostly from life for a few years, so it was interesting to apply what I have learned about color, light and form to painting from a photographic source.
She has such a sassy personality!

Oil on canvas panel

12" X 16"

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ELLEN AS BLUE BOY

Happy 50th Birthday to Ellen Degeneres, January 26,2008

8"X10"

Oil on Canvas