Latest News/Paintings
Painted a scene from my local arboretum...Bodenham Bridge and Old Oak Meadow Feb 2010
Feb 2010...The Man with No Name.
I ran Clint Eastwoods fan club for 20 years (79-99) and for his 80th birthday this May thought I'd try my own impression of Clint in his Dollar Role..Don't do figures but I'm satisfied with this first attempt. Had to paint in stages and do a trace of Clint on horse..painting in the detail after the background had dried was the most painstaking job and getting the background to look like Monument Valley. The Dollar films were shot in Spain, but Monument Valley is the most iconic Western backdrop and I wanted to give that illusion.
Go Ahead.Paint My Day!
A 'cowgirl' friend of mine from the wild west plains of New Jersey :) said she'd like a painting of mine. Well instead of my usual MLT's I tried to paint her a ranch scene, in particular the Ponderosa from Bonanza, being her fave..Hope she likes...Carmen, this is just for you! Happy Trails.
Oct/Nov 2009
Decided to add a Kingfisher to my latest falls painting, but sadly he looks more like a Kookaburra :( But 'Silver Birch Falls' has gone to a friends home. Since then I have also perfomed surgery on the beak :) Third is a large practice piece I hung in the garage (sep 09)
Decided to try a couple of small paintings'Fairyland Castle' and 'Winter through the Window' (a gift for a friend,long overdue Nov 09)
My fave todate however has to be the third scene based on a Bob painting which makes it appear you have painted on Wood not canvas..(Nov 09)
The friend I showed how to paint a simple basic seascape in November was happy with a leafless tree. I tweeked mine after painting along with him and added a tree or two. Here's my original I painted and after I'd 'tweeked'. My birch had more branches and I tried to paint my version of a cypress tree from California..not happy with it! So final tweek....dear friend likes this..On its way! :)
To Boldly Go.. !
My attempt at a 'space' scene for a present...background was all freehand and the Enterprise was a stencil cut out I painted in once background dried.
A friend who was born in Italy asked me to paint an 'italian' scene to hang in her hairdressing salon..thought I'd try a Tuscany style scene...:)
Painted a simple MLT with student Seebra which I've called 'Spirit Mountain'...Still in the mood..I painted what was to be a sunset water fall 'Twin Falls', after seeing Bob's friend Dana Jester on Youtube..(Fantastic!)...Mine got a little more colourful by the time I'd completed in an hour..which I thought was good going...but if you look up Dana's on Youtube...he does his in just EIGHT minutes...:)
