Portrait Workshop

Ok...this is not a traditional portrait. True. I would call this a non-traditional figure study. But it's close enough, and I wanted to post something new. Which this is.

I'm having a workshop on Saturday, March 30th in Corsicana at the Senior Center (a great facility, btw). Even though it's sponsored by the Corsicana Art League, it's open to anyone. We will have a live model (always nice). Let me know asap if you're interested in joining us.

As a p.s....I don't know what's up with the glare in the lower left side of this painting...maybe I'll take another photo. As a photographer, I'm quite handicapped. I have no left brain. I'm so right brained, in fact, I'm surprised I don't walk in clockwise circles.

This is the first of a series of paintings of New Castle, New Hampshire. Lately, I've been painting landscapes with a palette knife...not a new idea, but new to me. I've found that I really, really enjoy using a palette knife. Maybe it gives me a sense of power...wielding a knife in my hand. Though a palette knife would be a pitiful weapon.

 Hopefully I'll be doing a show in New Castle this summer, if everything goes according to plan. Things always go exactly according to plan for me. (I'm lying...)

Meanwhile, I'm trying to conjure up my muse Aunt Clara for this week's efforts. Come on, old girl...