Summer Projects 2016

April Paint Projects

I finally feel at a place where I can keep up two blogs again.  Here are some projects from April that I finished up, or at least prettied up.  I especially love that bottle!

I also did a version of the Colombus, Ohio temple for my parents.  I think that was the art highlight of the month.

Flower Commission

The first painting I did when I arrived to Utah was this flower painting. I did another version that turned out terribly, but this one was a winner.  These flowers were a special request to paint some old dead engagement flowers.  I love these.

Bike in Italy

I wanted to do this copy of a painting with a bike in it.  At this point in the painting, I'm struggling with the orange color.  It's too strong and cheap looking, and then the blue is too strong on the other way.  The texture of the wall also greatly contrasts with the doorway.

My dear friend Karina is the owner of this bike.

30x40 commission of a farm in Utah

A few months a dear friend from Utah approached me about doing a painting of her husband's family farm.  It was 30X40 and took me all month. It was a great experience.  I documented the progress for fun and for the family.

Here is the study before I actually started the painting.  This is like my practice piece where you sort out composition problems.

Day one on the big 30X40.  Graphing it out.

Here it is in monochromatic phase.  I really love the way paintings look at this phase and have a hard time painting over it.

Starting to lay in color.

This tree on the right of the paining went through many phases.  Big, different colors, and finally at the end I just made it smaller.

Here is the final.

Red Flowers Study

Here is a red flower study based on a painting I love. (Erin McGregory). These were a gift for a woman who had surgery recently at my church.

Tree Study

The us a tree study that I did recently. This is one of my favorites.  It's a study because it's based on another painting.