Took a perfectly good modern-looking kitchen and remodeled it with “abstraction.” Went dark-online-less this time and played around with yet another color combination. Below is […]
Kitchen Remodel #2
Took an architect-looking kitchen and “abstracted” it. Chose a limited palette again to study how the colors interact. For the record, I DO NOT like […]
Lonely Camper
I took this photo in 2002 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and have been afraid to paint it for as long. The thought recently occurred to me […]
Bold Diner
Painted another diner…not sure why I’m drawn to them, perhaps it is the compactness or clutter of them. Continuing to play with color and levels […]
Warm Diner
Painted a diner/restaurant with a limited color palette of Alizarin Crimson, Orange, and Cadmium Yellow. Looks almost like a thermal image…blame it on the former […]
Printer Mountain
Not really “Printer” mountain, but Mt. Lindsey, a 14er that is part of the Sangre de Cristo Range in Colorado. The reference photo I used […]
Broken Forest
I was playing more with this stained glass style like artists Jacoba van Heemskerck and Erin Hanson. I love the dark outlines–very dramatic.
Landscape Architect
This experiment was combining stained glass drawing style with bold colors. The subject is a house with some landscaping around it. Composition-ally, I’m really starting […]
Primary Diner
This was a big jump in “abstraction” for me. I tried to break the image down into very distinct shapes and use minimal colors to […]
Big Hands
Portrait of a country man with a hat (no, that isn’t his hair!) with oversized hands. Used a limited palette of ultramarine blue, dioxazine purple, […]