Critiques Welcome

After some very helpful critiques and compliments from the good folks at www.wetcanvas.com I saw how off my perspective had become with the top two books. So I battled awhile to correct the problem without affecting the overall painting too much. I stopped myself before I could ruin it so it isn't perfect but I'm pleased with the fix. Also, here is the promised landscape from Southern Utah. Painting this with bright colors (brighter than they appear in the photo), thick paint, and painterly strokes was a perfect follow up to the more disciplined book still life.

Also, the landscape is on a 24"x16" canvas, as opposed to my usual smaller canvas board. I liked the feel of the canvas indenting under my brush, especially for a looser painting. On the other hand I like the support of the board when working on small details.

Classic Literature

11"x14" Canvas Board

Giclee prints available when ready- stay tuned

St. George near Tuacahn

24"x16" Canvas

Available for purchase $75 +$5 shipping

Also...

Here's a painting of mine that's hanging in my grandfather's St. George house. The only picture I had of it was extremely low quality so I took some better pictures of it while I was down there. It feels very honored to be hanging in such good company as my grandfather has a nice collection of original art. This also showcases how good a painting can look all framed and hung. Don't you want one of your own now? If so, simply follow the link on the upper right corner to my ETSY shop.

Back from St. George

Wall Plant

Unfortunately I only had time to paint on one of the two canvases I took down to St. George, but I took some pictures so I can work on a larger landscape here at home. This is a planter on the front porch of my grandparents house. When we went down three weeks ago I saw this and knew I needed to paint it. I checked out a few really good painting books from the library and read them during our drive and I was excited to try out some new ideas. I really like how this turned out, especially the pot and shadow.

I've also made a lot of progress on the canvas on my easel that I started before the trip and its shaping up nicely too.

Well I'm back...

I realize that April is pretty pathetic here but finals came and took over my life. Now I've finished the semester and its summer! So I should be able to get back to it although I am out of the habit now. Here are two double page spreads from my trip down to St. George with my wife to celebrate summer and visit grandparents.

My grandparents have an interesting half rock/half metal sculpture of a... turtle/dog/ armadillo/ something.

My gorgeous wife getting some sun :) She turned over halfway through so I had to finish blind.