Some Paintings I Did

It keeps occurring to me as I see these on my living room wall that I never shared them on my blog.  It's one of those "kept meaning to" sort of things.  But since they are still new to you, dear viewer, here are the two paintings I completed last summer:

 For You Blue

Acrylic on Canvas, 20" x 16"

 

 You Were Dead When I Found You

Acrylic on found board, 23"x11.5"

 

(Detail)

 

Studio Shot

I have a busy day today, but I am committed to posting at least once a week.  Thus, here is studio shot featuring a painting I started yesterday.  On the wall you can see it's counterpart painting of my blue shoes.  I'll post a nice picture of that soon.  Thank you, come again.

Apples!

Hello!  Similar to the story of the bananas and tulips, I was affronted by the beauty of two apples sitting on the same plate on the table by the kitchen window:

Excuse the glares, please.  It's wet oil! 

Batman and Elephant

The other night, I watched American Beauty and drew a sketchbook still life of my The Dark Knight Returns Batman figure.  After that was complete and the movie was over, I still yearned to draw so I copied this elephant out of Newsweek until I fell asleep with Darjeeling Limited on.  Yep, that's how my night went. 

Still Life: Bananas and Tulips

As I walked by the table under our kitchen window, I saw these sitting there and was instantly inspired to paint them.  The positioning was already there; I don't know if I subconsciously arranged them the day before to make a nice still life, but all I had to do was removed a few pieces of mail and a tupperware container and I had my composition.
I had got the tulips for Dori's birthday and had wanted to paint them before they withered away.  Though Tulips are her favorite flower, Dori is disgusted by bananas, so there's a nice wee bit of irony to the picture.