How I Start

These are all acrylic washes or glazes. Once one color is dry I glaze over with another. I’ve added oil to the the last two (below). I personally like #5 & 6 but kept going because it’s a...

“Tosca”

I like Puccini operas – “La Boheme”, (1896) “Tosca”, (1900), “Madama Butterfly”, (1904), “Turandot”, (1924). I find his work accessible with its universal love themes, high drama and the music is just lovely. When I was younger, I embraced “La...

More on Joy

I am most likely the least positive thinking person in my family and feel sometimes overwhelmed with all the happy thoughts going around here. But it works, it does make a difference to the people you come in contact with.  Cybel’s post today on Auntie Carrie illustrates how little you need to do in...

A Personal Experience, Joy in Doing What you Like

I’ve made mention in an earlier post that I love painting heads. I experiment with colors and brush work. I start off with a vision of what I want to get down on the canvas. Sometimes I get close to what I had in mind. Often I am so far away from my original intent that I become concerned and...

Playing Around and Having Fun

The way things work out, it can take a hell of a long time to realize that life is so much fun, when you’re having fun. This is one in a series of small paintings I did for the Arts and Business Council of Phoenix....