Rialto Bridge

 When it was announced that our new bridge at Siena Lakes, which connects two of the buildings, would be called the "Rialto Bridge", after the famous bridge in Venice, I just had to paint it (again).  The plan is to have the painting hung somewhere on the bridge to memorialize the name.

During the actual painting process, I had heard that AI could be used to help an artist evealuate the work. So, I actually used it to look at this painting.  It didn't paint it, but it gave me some ideas to improve it.  Amazing!!

Gold Pour

 It seemed like time to do some acrylic pouring again.  I get tired of literal paintings every now and then and decide to try some pouring of abstract designs.  Thsi is the result of one that I did while teaching Mary Ann, a painting buddy of mine, to do pouring.  She did a few nice peices and I did this one.  It uses a gold base color and then some neat blues and purples moved around with a palette knife.

It's going to hang in our apartment, I think.

Cookies&Cream

 I ususally don't do portraits or pet paintings.  But, some friends asked me to paint their son's dog, named Cookies and Cream.  How could I turn that down!

This little one is so cute and I fell in love with the eyes and the tail. It rurned out pretty well and now hangs in the son't house.

Tree in Fall

 I had decided that we needed a new painting for our door - a "door painting" like many before.  When I saw this image of a tree in the Fall, along with one of my favorites - a path - I had to paint it.  It has all the aspects of a good composition, light source, depth, "sky holes" in the tree, and interest via the path.

This one is proudly hung outside our door now and always gets attention from people who pass by.

Sunset in Pastels

 This one fits the sunset genre, but adds a new wrinkle.  I have been arranging for art classes to be available at the senior community where we now live.  When I found an art teacher who could do pastels (chalk-like), I decdied to take the class myself.  This is what resulted from that class.

I'm very proud of my first pastel piece!

Island Sunset

 

I said earlier that I was in a "sunset phase".  For some reason, the sunset colors have hit me this year.  Maybe I'm just in a strong color phase.

Anyhow, this image fits my eye this year.  It suggests an island lication when a beautiful sun goes down.  The reflections capture the sunset colors, but adds the island trees, too.

The Mill - All in Place

 In the last post, I discussed the process of painting the same mill in different seasons.  Here is how the three were hung - with a very interesting lighting scheme. 

I love the way it ended up!