Ireland (Summer 2012)

I've been working a bit more on my paintings from Ireland. I finished my black and white painting, uploaded the boat graveyard painting, so now all I need to do is my "Master Painting." Save the best for last, right?

Anyways, the camera glare kind of messed up a lot of these photos...I'm hoping to use my brother's DSLR to take better photos when I get to Ithaca.

Black and White Painting - of The Four Bronze Horses of Helios,
created by sculptor Rudy Weller in 1992 and located in London. 

Burnt umber painting done at the Boat Graveyard. 

Color version - revised at home. 

Cloud studies - four small paintings done outside of Ballintaggart. 

Top left painting. 

Top right painting. 

Unfinished version. 

Boat Graveyard.

How most of my paintings start out. 

The Dragon - I did this in someone's backyard..hope they didn't mind.

Dragon's Head. 

Quick paintings of the fenced areas outside our homes. 

Four color studies of the Dragon's Head. 

Large, unfinished painting of our kitchen on a rainy day. 

Another landscape just outside of Ballintaggart. 

Palette knife painting with a dead palette and a touch of alizarin. 

A rock wall right outside our homes. 

Self-portrait. 

Still-life - I was taking a break from landscapes.

Cyanotype of the London Eye. 

Cyanotype of the The Four Bronze Horses of Helios.

I only took photos of a few pieces so far (out of the 30 or so that I did). I'll get around to adding more later. Most of my work isn't even finished (at least not to my satisfaction), and seeing as we need at least three finished pieces for the show in the fall, I really need to get cracking. Luckily I don't have a job this summer, so once I buy an easel my goal is to do art - lots of it. (As if I didn't get enough during the first two months of my summer). -7/27/12

The archway outside of Dick Mack's. 

Inside of Dick Mack's. I always thought the
color scheme was an interesting choice. 

Joanne in front of the Dragon's Head.
 This painting didn't quite survive the elements. 

A print made by etching into a copper plate. It was a fun process,
but definitely not my thing. It felt like the most roundabout route
to making art. I'll stick to drawing and painting.  

Private Lessons

Artwork over the years. Up until I left for college, I took private art lessons every week. It was just an hour session and not including summers, but over a period of about 12 years, that's still quite a bit of time spent doing art. The majority of the work I did ended up being gifts for friends, but the early stuff was simply learning the techniques and skills that I've used ever since.

Wolf drawing that's hanging on my bedroom wall. 

A colored-pencil drawing of the Bahamas I think?

My middle name. 

A mini painting of some water lilies. 

Still life. 

Another still life of some fruit. Also, I was 8 years old. 

My signature is my favorite thing about this.