July 2011 Production Summary

Here's July. The plan is to have a monthly update/gallery post like this one that shows all the hilights of the month. Maybe I'll have a dog show every so often of those that don't make the cut. Anyway, I'm also going to document some of the technical stuff too like applying water and paint as well as the mechanics. There's going to be a post soon about using raw canvas; photos will be in them.

But for now, here's the "art." PS: The island pix aren't finished.

First up is a photo of the "face" in development on "Face-Melting Mind-Blowing Bluesrock Guitar Onstage."


















Next is the title after finishing "Face-Melting Mind-Blowing Bluesrock Guitar Onstage."























Here's some detail of the face after finishing "Face-Melting Mind-Blowing Bluesrock Guitar Onstage." Can you spot the homage to "Slash," the burning cig butt?

























"Icy Blue Heart" is the name and oddly, I didn't realize I'd been listening to John Hiatt's song of the same name about an hour or two earlier until just now. I'm using a shake-the-canvas technique I watched Deshawn play with. I'm gonna use more of that.
























OK, if I name the paintings then you HAVE to see what I'm trying to paint, huh? This one is "Mercedes 3," as I'm using the name "Mercedes" as the female in all my paintings, at least until I find another such muse. Kidding. I hope I can learn to draw a small bit better.

























"The Devil Wears Ray-ban," can you see it now?
























This is part of a series of islands/charter paintings I'm working on. The theme is a closeup of the flag of record for various boats and locations where I sailed, showing highlights of the island locales. In the case of this one, the locale is the large ocean to the stern of the boat as we run before a squall. But, it's Guadleoupe, French West Indies.






















Using the WDP to paint landscapes is hard and I need a lot of practice. This is the southeast side of St. John, USVI, just past Cruz Bay heading across to Norman Island from the Caribbean side of the chain.

























This one is a bit trickier, it's "Tahiti01." An experiment with raw canvas, stretching, as well as WDP, this is just a roll-up, unmounted draft during development.