New Painting – Number 427

So I have finally finished this painting (the orange one), Number 427.  Anyone who has come by my studio during June and July has seen this thing in various stages of completion.  Here are some progress shots.…

New Paintings: Process

Here are some start-to-finish progress shots of Number 424 and Number 425.  I started these March 31st, the day after the auction preview at NCMA.  I am still playing with the same colors as I used in 423 but I have added a lighter orange, moved the orange inside and I am using 2 blacks (one turquoise, one blue) each with gray variant.  The exteriors are white shades of the two minor colors, chrome oxide green and van dyke brown. …

3/26/12 New Painting

Hard to believe it’s the end of March and this is the first painting of 2012, Number 423.  I have been focused on the prints since January so I haven’t spent much time actually painting.  It’s been a lot of fun but I needed to paint.  I am still planning a giant painting on this roll of canvas I have.The plan has been to go very heavily multilinear on that since I will have space to put a lot of lines.…

The situation in the studio right now

Still experimenting with the paint pens.  My favorite so far is the On the Run 7mm. I am working on a set of prints that are 11″x14″ which is smaller than the prints I have been making.  I did some sketches to get a better feel for that size.  These are done with a very lightly water-thinned Phthalo blue:…