Kiwi Dance

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

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For this painting I wanted to focus on the 'geometry' of the kiwi; really emphasizing the quirky shapes that are created when the fruit is sliced in half.

Pillow Talk

5"x 7" oil on canvas panel

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I couldn't resist this title. The tomatoes just seemed too juicy and "intimate". I rarely work with a pattern, but I thought I'd give this one a shot. It's actually a woven table runner I got in Guatemala this past January.

Young Model

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This is was the last of the paintings I did at the workshop last week. Our model was a young woman, who was actually doing it for the first time, she did a great job! Anywho, I really had fun zeroing on her face and getting a nice, loose portrait of her.

Figure- Workshop Day II

11" x 14" oil on canvas panel

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This is again, from the workshop I attended this past weekend. We worked on figures the second and third day, so here is the first of the two paintings I completed. My goal for the painting was keeping it loose, yet dimensional and playing with the 'finished vs. unfinished' aspects of the composition.

Still Life- Workshop Day I

11"x14" oil on canvas panel

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The next few posts will be paintings I did this past weekend at a David Shelvino workshop. My goals for the workshop were in getting a fresh start, a new perspective and 'eye' in painting. I have been working on a large figurative for last month or so and just before this weekend was feeling rather stuck. Since coming back, I definitely feel rejuvenated, refreshed and ready to move forward with it.