This little painting is a real gem at 3.5 by 7 inches. It’s unique size makes sit a great painting to place in an unusual spot,or on a small easel. These painting make great gifts too.
$50.00
HAPPY MOTHER”S DAY!

8 by 8 Transparent watercolor on 300 lb watercolor paper. $50.00

Folks I’m rising my prices starting next month June 1st 2008, but I will leave all of my old paintings at the lower prices. I will also still sell ACEOs for the same price. I hate to do it but everything is going up for me. Yesterday I purchased over $300.00 worth of supplies, mostly paper but I still need paint and some of my mixed media brushes are getting frayed. Since I only buy the best paints and paper I can’t save much money. I buy during sales and in bulk but its really amazing how much the supplies cost. The Art league in Charlotte NC charges me to sell my work there. It’s 30%. Most Galleries I have shown in  get 50% so thats why I have stopped showing in Galleries except for once a year. I also have to pay for membership into several professional art organization each year at about $75.00 each. I have kept my prices very low but it leaves very little for me at the end of the month. I love what I do and I would do it for free if someone paid for all of my art supplies but that isn’t going to happen.
My prices are the lowest on the daily painter’s page and its time to raise them just a bit.
My comission prices will stay the same for now.

Update about Art’s mom, she is at home now and Hospice is coming out to help Art’s father. Art has been helping a bit. Art’s sisters have really been angels and have done everything to make her confortable. It seems she is hanging in there but she had a prettty bad stroke and she is very ill.

Love survives death and that is the most important thing to remember.

Calico Cat Standing by a Wisteria Vine

This video is almost ten minutes long. It isn’t sped up and is painted in “real time” It shows the wet into wet techinique needed for fur. This is where you wet the paper first then apply the color leting it float onto the paper, guiding it to create form.

You don’t have to use a chinese paint brush you can use a number 6 up to a # 9 round and get the same effects. Rice paper is used here but regular watercolor paper also works great, use a bit more water with watercolor paper. Isn’t it great… how the artist gives the cat a asian look with the eyes. The slant is exxagerated, you can do this or put them in straight across rather than angleing them up at the edges. If you want a more “fat” western like cat you just think about the body like a bowling pin and that is the shape you need.

6.95 by 6.95 $40.00

This photo isn’t the best, The painting is actually much nicer. This shows the texture of the gesso a bit too stongly.

15 by 22 watercolor on paper $200.0

This is a watercolor painting painted from a live model.

16 by 20 Acrylic on canvas 300.00

Watching Koi you find yourself calming down your heart rate slows and you become mezmerized by their movement, & the reflections of the water.

Some of the Koi seem to have personalities which I wouldn’t have believe till I saw this for myself. They are very eagar to come when called in hopes of getting dinner. They also have a pack type metality with some fish being bossy and others being shy or frightened.

Carp, Koi, sumi-e

A bit of fun! Try it!

Sumi- e Ink technique…  This is almost ten minutes  long because its painted in real time. If you want to see how the ink stone works it shows the artist drawing the brush across the stone to gather the ink on the brush hairs, uses water only sparingly and paints in a one stoke method that is favored by decorative artists the world over.  Many of these brushes are made from Goat hair and once wet are rather floppy.

11 by 14 acrylic on canvas

I wanted you to see the various parts of this painting so you can a glimmer of the impasto work. This is not usually “my” style but as I’m up for trying most any painting technique I decided to try this style with my Koi. I learned this years ago and found it a bit tedious which isn’t my nature.  I like spontaneous and  impusive painting also  the feeling of exploration, so I had to keep reminding myself what I was trying to acomplish and not allow myself to meander thru this .

8 by 8 acrylic on canvas panel $60.0 It takes more paint to produce impasto pieces. Its like painting with whip creme. I have been trying all the different mediums you can mix into acrylics. Some are fun and I really think if your looking for texture you may want to try some of them.

This is a close up of the impasto