Groundhog day

Gantu the Groundhog

Watercolor

6"x9"

Gantu the Groundhog is going to appear in a larger acrylic panel that I am working on. In the meantime I felt like doing a quick watercolor study of him. So here he is...

Tangiers painting

Tangiers

13"x19"

watercolor

This is the second painting in a series of images that I am working on, inspired by the book "The Alchemist".  In efforts to finish this piece for the "Big Characters" show that opened this past saturday at Seven Arts Gallery I had to cut a few corners in my process.  Lately I like to complete a value study as well as a color study before jumping into the painting, but these steps were left out due to limited time. The result was that I ended up with some things that were a bit more spontaneous than if I had gone through my usual preliminary steps. Of course there were also some things that I struggled with by not having a few essential details sorted out in the beginning, but that is par for the course.

The Chieftans

 The Chieftans 

13"x19"

watercolor and acrylic

Here  is a nearly finished version of one of the paintings from the Alchemist series that I have been working on. This piece along with a number of other watercolor, acrylic, and digital paintings will be on display at the Seven Arts Gallery in Ridgefield, CT, as a part the "Big Characters" show. The opening is this saturday April 6th, from 6-8 pm.