Ruling the Roost

8x6 oil on Raymar panel.   I few months ago I went out to a friend of a friends home on the back bay.  They have a wonderful collection of critters.  It was a photo opt and I am looking forward to painting them.

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Princess For A Day

Last weeks model brought her wedding dress and wore it for the session.  Painting the white fabric was challenging.

14x11 oil

Mov'in To The Music

Music festivals like Lalapalooza take place in huge parks with enough land to accommodate several stage areas.  This keeps you moving all day following the music that you want to hear.  Throughout the day there are musical events happening on five and sometimes six stages so you follow the program and make the day what you want.  This is fun and involve an amazing amount of walking.  You may find yourself acres away from the next venue you want to see.  So you get up and move fast, grab a bite and run to get a good spot until the next time.  These performances go on into the late hours of the day.  I must say I pooped out and my husband and I had dinner and returned to the hotel and enjoyed the lights of the city on the way.  Now for the boys...They ventured into the early morning hours, enjoying the night life of Chicago.  What is a mother to do?

This is a 12x16 pastel which is more of a study for an oil I think.  It is a little rough and experimental.  I did it with an under painting that got covered up for the most part on an Ampersand white pastel board.  I like them as they are very stable.

I was drawn to the scale of the figure in the foreground and the buildings in the back ground.  I also took this photo while laying on the grass looking up which created a bit of an ants eye view.  I may have exaggerated that as he has a small head and big feet.  

So there it is for today.  Have a wonderful weekend. 

Lalapalooza Muse

It was a few years ago when our family took a vacation in Chicago. We have three grown boys, four if I include my husband that love music and play various instruments. So we decided that the inclusion of a music festival would be quite the ticket for all. I am delighted to tag along wherever those four guy are headed.

I was tickled with the colorful crowds of people in this wonderful park in the middle of my favorite city, Chicago.

I have poured over these photos for sometime hoping that I would grow to paint them. So time has come and here is the first one.

18x18 oil on canvas

Desert Empire

6x6 oil painting of the desert industrial empire somewhere between Arizona and California.