Four New Paintings

I'm a bit behind in posting painting here. And, since I post the newest each time, I have posted these in the order that I finished them. And so I will comment accordingly.

A Slow Set came from an idea for a technique. Create a painting by painting small squares in a rather random pattern. I controlled only the where the value of the colors went (other than starting with the orb at the very beginning). The squares are 1/2". Similar to the pointillist technique but with more restriction to the boundaries of each "point" or square.

The painting took more than 24 hours of actual time at the canvas. the paint is applied very thickly providing a significant amount of texture to the painting.

A Slow Set - 9/2009
30" X 30"
Oil on Canvas

Behind Again - a painting I took from an original by John Karl Claes. I love and am facinated by the colour combination Claes puts into his paintings. Especially the ones where the sky dominates the space. This is in no way a copy of Claes' painting titled "Behind" it is an interpretation of the concept.

Behind Again - 8/2009
30" X 30"
Oil on Canvas

Down Front - someone must always take that spot. Sometimes it is you and other times it is me but someone is always down front leading the way, standing out, catching the light that the others avoid or shy from.

This two panel painting is very simple. An arrangement of trees that seem to be without direction or purpose except for the one Down Front. Please forgive me for expressing the stories in my mind but this is the message the painting gave to me once it was done. It was not complete until the final tree was put in place down front.

Down Front - 8/2009
36" X 29" in two panels
Oil on Panel

"Leaving Yonder" - is a painting of unusual dimension. I wanted a wide panorama for the subject. The painting is for the melancholy, the lonely, those separated from their family and other loved ones. The viewer must decide whether they are approaching a new shore after leaving their homeland for a new life in a land and country they have never been to before? Many have experienced this feeling but not so many anymore do so on board a ship. Or, is the viewer leaving their homeland and heading out to the open ocean for a voyage to a new life. Either way, they left their home over yonder.
Leaving Yonder - 9/2009
48" X 7.5"
Oil on Panel