Sunday Softball #8

Sunday Softball #8

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

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Todays painting is another one with very strong light, this time (not unlike the last one I suppose) I am trying to compose for drama and a sense of action. No one is really doing anything but I'm trying to instill as much drama and anticipation in that nothing as possible. I think it would be a drama-tically different painting if my friend Loretta wasn't in the painting on the left there. Did you notice my very clever play on words there? Thank you very much...

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Dean At The Park

Dean At The Park

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

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Todays painting is really a study in silhouettes and the effects light has when blocked, it doesn't give up that easy! It makes skin glow, it illuminates the hair on your arms. By denying it direct access it seems to over-compensate with intensity. I've always liked seeing the details in something that at first glance just seems a monolithic shadow, it seems more mysterious and maybe more revealing at the same time. I also like the interaction between the man on the right and the dog sizing each other up.

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Sunday Softball #7 (Yer out Craig!)

Sunday Softball #7 (Yer out Craig!)

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

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Todays painting is of Craig happily sliding into second base unaware that he is totally out, (just because you make the effort to slide doesn't make you safe!) and being demanded off the field. I really like my composition here and the juicy colors and my brushwork is pretty loose which I am liking alot. Ya, (patting myself on the back) pretty good effort today. Best of all is that Craig was out, and that retired the side.

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Sunday Softball #6

Sunday Softball #6

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

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Todays painting is of Rock n Roll Softball, a Sunday tradition for the past five years at least. It is made up of a loose collection of friends, mostly musicians (thus the name) and is a great excuse to drink beer, and yell "Sports!" from people who really aren't accustomed to physical activity.

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