Tree Reaching, Irvine Park 22x28 oil

Photographing my work makes me crazy.  For this one I pulled out the 35mm to see if I could capture more detail.  I just think one must see a painting in person to get it.  Taking a photo of a painting and then uploading it to the web seems to take the life out of it or redirects it.  Redirect, in that it may be brighter, duller, lighter, darker, less vibrant or more and so on to become a slightly different version than intended.  So I do the best I can.

Using An Old Subject

I love this old tree in Irvine Park.  I did the pastel on the left a few years ago and hung it on my wall.  Resently I removed every painting from my walls in my home while we paint and make improvements.  I sat this one against a wall in my everyday view.  It made me think that it needs to be bigger.  So today I started this one.  This is just an underpainting.  I have some thinking to do.  Stay tuned.