Practice

Most of my paintings are practice. Many of these practice paintings never see the light of day and I get a real kick out of having a burn party when to many of them accumulate. These three paintings are “sketches” I did this spring which were thoroughly enjoyable to paint.

“Camellias” 8″x10″ Oil on Raymar Panel


I don’t have much to say about this one. I did it up at Jack Warners gardens. I would love to learn how to do these in a lighter pallette.

“Trumpet vine” 8″x10″ oil on Raymar Panel


This is a good example of a painting that will probably be judged unworthy of sale. I was on the cliff side of Jack Warners gardens and the wind was blowing at about 25 miles per hour. The things just wouldn’t stay still and it almost looks as if these are blowing in the wind.

“Self Portrait” 8″x10″ on Raymar Panel.


This is the first self portrait I have done. As you can tell I didn’t spend long on it, but it does show how green the light is in my studio this time of year. It also proves that I squint when I paint!
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