Day 18 of the 30 in 30 - "Sporting New Duds"

Well, this 30 in 30 is for some reason more challenging than others as far as being able to actually paint every day.  And usually I am ahead with by a few paintings, so even if I don't make it to the studio one day, I have one waiting in the wings.  Not so this time. Anyway, I missed yesterday again!  I did however spend most of the day yesterday thinking and talking about art and composition with a master artist - Don Victor Vargas.  Although I have nothing to show for it, I do feel productive about yesterday.  Enough about that.

Today's painting is called "Sporting New Duds".  I actually have painted this rooster several times, in slightly different poses and with different backgrounds.  I just love this guy's expression, pose and especially the colors -  the bright, warm oranges paired with the black and turquoise.  I just love painting him.  Decided it was time he sported some Chucks of his own, so I dressed him up a bit!

Sporting New Duds, oil on panel, 6"x6"
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Day 6 of my Holiday Painting Spree - "Dali"

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday! I am a bit turkeyed out, and ready to get back to the studio... Today's painting is 3rd in a mini series of roosters I painted, all named after a famous artist. This little guy is named Dali - he seems to me to be rushing into the room to make a statement... create a masterpiece perhaps.  He just needs that mustache.  

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Dali,  oil on panel, ready to hang
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Day 5 of my Holiday Painting Spree - "Monet"

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! 

It is Turkey day here in the USA and I will be busily cooking and eating throughout the day! I hope everyone has a wonderful day with family and friends and eats so much that you wonder why you did that to yourself.  

In other news, today's painting is 2nd in a mini series of roosters I am painting.  Today's painting is titled "Monet" in honor of the great impressionist, Claude Monet.  I heard a great story about him and his career yesterday - While he lived his later years enjoying the fruits of his artistic labor, evidently he started out quite poor, having to resort to borrowing and begging for money! (Gives me hope...) Anyway, it was fascinating to hear that he spent loads of time and money designing his famous gardens at Giverny - importing water lillies and installing complex water features and irrigation systems. 

When painting today's rooster, I couldn't help but imagine him pecking around those gardens in Giverny. I wonder, did Monet ever include chickens in any of his paintings?

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Monet, oil on panel, ready to hang, 6"x6"
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How 2 rooster paintings could look hanging in your home :)

Day 4 of my Holiday Painting Spree - "Rembrandt"

I have never owned chickens, but I predict that at some point, they will become an addition to my life.  I have painted countless chickens as an artist (how did this happen?) and I always seem to gravitate back to these interesting birds as subject.  They all have such character and the friends I know who do keep chickens simply adore them... for their eggs and their companionship believe it or not.  On another note, the titles for today's painting came to me as I was looking at the picture I took of the painting this morning.  I always inspect my images closely to make sure that the detail is intact and the colors are correct. As I was looking at the face of this one, the artist Rembrandt popped in my head.  I think it is partially the style and brushwork that I am developing.... but I also think I might be following the tradition of TMNT and naming my animals after famous artists... (yes I have kids and yes, one of them was obsessed with the Turtles!) I won't go into detail here, but if you don't know who the TMNT are, and if you want to find out more about this series of unlikely super heros, click here... :)

So this is my super hero chicken for the day, "Rembrandt".  I can picture this guy strutting his stuff in a pretty little kitchen, but suspect he would hang nicely most anywhere....

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Rembrandt, oil on panel, ready to hang, 6"x6"to purchase please click here

Below is an idea of how this painting could look in your home!

Day 16 - In the Road

I am doing birds for the next few days as they are fun and generally quick... I have daughter's birthday coming up, an art opening Friday and a party to throw on Saturday, so it is necessary!  This guy is the same rooster as yesterday, just in a different position.  I like everything about how this one turned out... like it even better than yesterdays rooster.   He looked to me to be standing on a road somewhere... I just hope he made it across!

In The Road, oil on panel, 6"x6"
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Day 7 of the 30 in 30 - Chickens on my mind

It is never easy getting into my studio on the weekend....my kids and hubby are home, and I want to be spending time with them!  But I finally made it up there this evening and got this guy finished just in time.  I actually sketched him onto the panel yesterday during the art fair, but we had to pack everything up early when the rain came.  I haven't painted a chicken in a while and had fun with this subject once again.  Besides, my chicken painting inventory is getting kind of low!  Tomorrow I start laying out a commission I am working on of someone's house, an American Foursquare, (which happens to be one of my favorite styles of houses) It will be interesting dividing my day up into painting for the 30 in 30 challenge (quicker) and working on the commission (slower).... Will let you know how it goes! Thanks, as always for looking!

Elvis is in the building!

This is the 2nd of 3 chickens I will be offering at a special starting  bid of $25!  I named him Elvis after a character in a humorous children's book series called "Minnie and Moo".  In it there is a rooster named Elvis.  After I painted this guy, I just knew that was his name.  Doesn't he look like an Elvis to you?  :)  This painting is framed in a pickled, white solid wood frame and is ready to hang and enjoy!

Elvis, 6"x6", oil on panel, framed
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