"Sunflower", complete.

And here it is, "Sunflower", 9 by 12 inches, acrylic on canvas.

"Sunflower"

A couple of people (Yes! A whole couple) have mentioned that they like to see posts on my process of a painting. So here is an example for an "Americana" painting I'm leaning toward calling "Sunflower". I paint from dark to light, with a mix of purple, red oxide and cadmium red dark as the base. The drawing is in white pastel pencil. The different layers of color are opaque. Sometimes if I decide I want a color darker than it turned out, I'll give it a wash of a darkening color.
I'll post the finish soon.

"Francis"

"Francis", acrylic on canvas, 10 by 8 inches.

I know what you're thinking, and yes, that is a reference to St. Francis, the Catholic patron saint of animals. He's mostly associated in popular culture with birds, so that seemed a good title for this painting, even though here it depicts a young woman.

It's off to Copper Moon Gallery in Taos.

"Francis" in progress

I've decided to pick up again on the "Americana" series with this painting, "Francis", pictured here on my small easel. The sky needs to be completed, then it's finished.

The original title was going to be "Feathered Friends", but I became concerned about that sounding unnecessarily cornball. So now the title is a play on St. Francis, the patron saint of birds. These birds are all natives of New Mexico.

Of course, I'll post the finished version next.

"Charles Baudelaire" and "Vortex Tour" at home.

Here are "Charles Baudelaire" and "Vortex Tour" hanging in the home of the collectors who now own them. The "Baudelaire" hangs beneath another work I don't know anything about. It works well with the blue wall and the colors in the other work.
"Vortex Tour" is on this deep purple wall, which helps it appear to glow. It's 30 by 24 inches, which is hard to ascertain without any context, such as furniture and such.
Thanks very much to the collectors for sending me these photos.

"Vortex Tour"

"Vortex Tour", acrylic on canvas, 30 by 24 inches.
This painting, it subject inspired by a trip to Sedona, AZ, will soon be on its way to its new home in Austin, TX. The new owners are practitioners of Tai Chi. Very "TexZen" they said. That would have been a good title, too.

Illustration Friday - "Tango"

Like they say, it takes two.
This is "The Mediator", from my "Americana Series".

Illustration Friday - "Poise"

The young woman of "New Age Rodeo", one of my "Americana Series", shows considerable poise in the company of her two friends.

Illustration Friday - "Breezy"

For "Illustration Friday", this is a detail from a painting, the rest of which can be seen at my website, called, appropriately enough "La Colina de Vieto", or (more or less) "Hill of Wind".

Fishing studies

The drawings above were studies for "Rio Pescadores", below, one of the Americana Series.
Regarding the signatures, I'm not really that obsessed with my name. Those were for an article about my work that required an example of the signature I use on my paintings.

Studies

The sketchbook drawings above served as studies for the paintings below, "New Age Rodeo" and "Rose of Sharon". They're part of the "Americana Series". These and more can be seen on my website.