Good Morning

Being up until dawn is not always the worst thing. Here is a quick painting that I did of one particular morning.

In progress

Because of an exciting illustration project, this little darling will stay on the easel for a bit longer. But I'm glad to be getting back into my oil painting and tightening up my technique. I took a tiny break so I could reassess my direction. Now things are going wonderfully.

Also, batten down your hatches: a First Names Only store is a-brewin'. More on that later.

Roots

New painting off the easel and in a show. It's taken a while to get back into the oil and I can't for the life of me remember what tore me away from it.

Elephant Face

Some very deep and unforgettable thoughts going on behind those eyes.

Nighttime Challenge

Jeffry Morales (name drop! check out this gentleman's work) challenged me to do a nighttime-y piece. Here, Jeffry. Now, I challenge you to mail me some cookies!

Waterfall

I had to break my gouache out for this painting. I've been doing so much digital work recently that I missed the tangibility of paint on paper.

Sketchbook Update

Both from my sketchbook and inspired by my favorite lady singer, Ingrid Michaelson. She is fantastical and so wonderful in concert. I saved my ticket stub from one of her concerts in Madison months ago and just thought of a thing to finally do with it. Also, her cover of R.E.M.'s Night Swimming won't leave my brain, not that I want it too, and I had to paint the above night swimming thing. I HAD too.

ps- I'm also hoping if I say her name again, Ingrid Michaelson will find this post. Regardless, I whole heartedly enjoy her music.

Moo yourself!

Cows always seem disgruntled.

New Face!

Stilted House!

Revamped and reposted!

My Baby!

This is my new-to-me-bike-that-is-definitely-twice-my-age-atleast. It's a Schwinn American bike that is probably from 1962 or 1964. Somewhere around there. I'm in love.

sketchbooked

SHARK WEEK!!!

Buffalo or Bison? Buffalison?

Poultry Companions

These are my feathered babies!

My favorite chicken is the Araucana with the coppery feathers. Her name is Penny because she isn't entirely made of copper but still very honest. The white one with the awesome stretch and squish is Sam. The brown turkey is named King George because he was a tyrant to another beloved but departed turkey named Benjamin Franklin. The Wyandottes at the top have no names but the rooster is very pushy and tends to boss around the bigger chickens.

Wish you were here...

in lovely Wind Mill City!

Fancy Lady

Hansel and Gretel

I recently read a novel about two Jewish children that ran into the woods of Eastern Poland to avoid the Nazis. They used fake names and became real life Hansel and Gretel. I did a quick painting of what that forest might have looked like in the summer.

The Shot in the Dark

Meet my portrait of Sheriff Pat Garrett. The man that took a wild shot in the middle of the night and hit Billy the Kid dead in the heart.

New painting in progress

New painting! I found this old picture of Sherriff Pat Garrett. He's the man that shot Billy the Kid, right through the heart and in the dark no less. The original taker of the shot in the dark. Later he became a Captain of the Texas Rangers and bffs with Teddy Roosevelt. Then, he squandered all his money and was shot by a cattle rustler in a saloon.

Creeper!

It's possible that this man could be my neighbor.

Storms-a-brewin'

I plan on sculpting this as soon as I finish another project.