Crankin' 'em out, sorta...

I have been painting frequently.  My motivation, besides love of painting and constant urge to arrange and create, is the gallery (Xanadugallery.com, under studio artists, A. Holmes) that my work is on currently.  They will remove my paintings after 4 months if they have not sold.  I need inventory to replace those removed/sold works.  I don't need inspiration or ideas, I need time, more time!  My brain is filled with ideas to explore.

Low Tide

 18" x 14" 

(I write these sized W x H)

My ability to take photos of my work stinks.  I'm never please with the colors.  Then I try to adjust them to make it look like the painting, but then it gets all mucky, and I revert back to the original.

Another Day in North County, San Diego 

18" x 14"

I think I'm too heavy handed with the varnish/sealer I put on my paintings.  Or maybe I need to try a matte finish.  Semi-gloss makes the paintings too shiny when I take the photo.  It's all an experiment for me.  Even the work.  I like to experiment and some turn out and some don't.  This painting is heavily textured.  I painted on the canvas, scraped it off a bit and then began this painting.  I often cover the whole canvas in one color, i.e., the most frequent one I will be using for the painting as a base layer.  In any one section or painting there could be 5-10 layers of paint.  I just like to get the color right.

Lily of the Nile 

22" x 60"

I said before that I was not please with the results of this painting so I went back to it and fixed it.  Mainly, the right bottom corner was displeasing to my eye.  Much better now.  I'll need to ask my daughter to take more photos for me to collage and paint.  She's a great photographer.  Soon to come:  another beach image.  I'm trying to complete a small series, including the two above.  Can't decide what the next series will be, perhaps trees after we move to our new home or roads, paths and maps.