Stilts - Hot Mama Long Legs

Stilts - Hot Mama Long Legs

5" x 9.75" x 2.25"

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This painting was made using a "found photograph" as a reference. It is from a early 1960s fashion photo from artist Hurst P. Hurst. It is painted on MDO style plywood, which just means it has a paper face on it. I designed the piece with the wave patterns in the leg area just to have some fun. 

Some Lady

Some Lady

5.5" x 6.5"

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This painting is Marilyn Monroe? Could be. I painted her more like just a pretty lady. I was mainly looking at technique. Learning how to paint again after a long lay-off. 

Buddies

Buddies

Oil on birch panel, 2010, 5"x 5"

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Todays painting is a couple of dudes back when they were just young dudes. Everyone one has a photo like this, either of your father and you're shocked at how young he looks or of yourself and again shock at the picture of youth. Why these guys are trying to shine up an already sun bleached car is anyones guess, love combined with youthful exuberence probably. This is another found photo, a friend has posted an album of these on facebook and they are endlessly inspiring.

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Pretty Girl

Pretty Girl

Oil on birch panel, 2010, 5"x 5"

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Todays painting is another found photo, a black and white, date unknown. In these instances I feel sometimes like a fashion designer coming up with colors that this person might wear and look good in. I also wanted to paint her so that if you are a guy looking at the painting you would fall in love with her. Thats all, two simple things in this painting. I reinterpreted what the colors on that day might have been, and I'm trying to have someone fall in love with an inanimate object, can't be too hard can it?

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New York Central

New York Central

Oil on birch panel, 2010, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting comes after a few days off. Trains, I like, model trains, real trains. I think it goes back to childhood and the early male psyche. When my son was born it was trucks first, then a years long fascination with trains, he was just attracted to it. We didn't really do any thing to encourage it at first, then we fed his appetite for it, I was pretty gung ho after awhile with the train part of my brain waking up after a long slumber. There is a spot in Cleveland Ohio where you can stand in between the rapid transit tracks and the freight tracks and when trains are on both rails and passing by on either side of you at a pretty fast clip its really an intense experience.

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Cannon Crew

Cannon Crew

Oil on linen/panel, 2010, 5"x 7"

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This painting was my first attempt at painting in this 5"x 7" format, then I set it aside for awhile. I thought I would try it out in black and white and see what happens. This painting is of three soldiers from WWII firing off a cannon. I really liked the intensity of this moment, the shooting of the cannon and with it, all that it implies (the shell is going to land somewhere...), with its fierce explosion causing two members of this team to shout, while the third merely just tries to hang on to his bucket. Humanity puts people in strange situations at times...

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The Red Cloak

The Red Cloak

Oil on birch panel, 2010, 5"x 7"

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Todays painting is of a young lady stopping to pose for a picture, while on some sort of bicycle trip. It was from a batch of "found photos" a friend has posted. The original photo was in black and white, and I painted it how I thought things might look on that day, who knows how long ago. Judging from the photograph this was probably taken in the 1940's or early fifties. What other color could a person paint a cloak on a young lady taking a trip? Red is the only option.

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Three Musicians

Three Musicians

Oil on birch panel, 2010, 5"x7"

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Todays painting is of three musicians, playing at a county fair perhaps. I like how they are playing just for the pleasure of it, no one is watching. I think they all have a sweet disposition and what ever they are playing, I'm sure is nice and "Old Timey".

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Road Trip Woman

Road Trip Woman

Oil on birch panel, 2010, 7"x 5"

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Todays painting is a young woman on the road. The license plate says the car is from Kansas, which makes me think of Bonnie and Clyde. Why? I don't really know. I don't know a thing about Bonnie and Clyde other than the fact that they looked an awful lot like Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. I have to remember, not every young, beautiful woman from this era was in a gang.

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Girl On Motorcycle

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Girl On Motorcycle

Oil on birch panel, 2010, 5"x7"

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This daily painting is of a young lady probably from the 1930s or 40s cruising a nice little stretch of road. I don't normally think of women and motorcycles together, especially from that time period. I suspect this young lady was quite a self reliant free spirited soul.

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