R Street Bridge

R Street Bridge oil on board 8" x 8"

Puddle

Puddle oil on board 8" x 8"

Cabin Cruiser

Cabin Cruiser oil on board 8" x 8"

I saw this boat docked at Moss Landing.

Fryer Goodies

Fryer Goodies oil on board 8" x 8"

 This work was another painting that was shown at the 20th Street Art Gallery 20/20 show. Sad to say, the gallery recently shut its doors. I guess it's a sign of the times, although the owners say they want to devote time to charitable work.

Halloween Jacks Part Two

Chicharron Jack oil on board 7" x 5"

Banana Jack oil on board 7" x 5"

Watermelon Jack oil on board 6" x 8"

Chicharron Jack was carved from another snack. Yes, I'm ashamed to admit that occasionally I eat chicharrones, which are sort of ghoulish. I found out it's not a very good carving medium. Banana Jack was carved from a bananito, or apple banana. The cut edges oxidized, turning black and thus adding a cartoonish look to the face. Fitting to the ghoulish theme, bananas are naturally slightly radioactive due to small amounts of potassium-40. Watermelon Jack was carved from a personal sized melon. The red meat adds a nice sense of mayhem.

Halloween Jacks Part One

Foil Jack oil on board 5" x 5"

Pretzel Jack oil on board 5" x 5"

I thought I'd do a few Halloween themed paintings and since I didn't have a pumpkin at the studio I decided to do some Jack O'Lantern faces out of other things. The first thing I saw was a bit of orange foil I'd been saving so I modeled a very rough little face out of it. It's tiny, being about an inch in diameter and the face is a little difficult to distinguish. About the same time I was snacking on some pretzels when I realized that the pretzels themselves looked like a face. Again, this is a small object, being a mini-pretzel.

Deux Chevaux

Citroen 2CV Dolly oil on board 8"x8"

I started this painting back in January using acrylic and didn't like it. Finally, rather than give up on it, I returned to it using the acrylic as underpainting and then overpainting in oil and also changing some elements in the composition.

I've always liked these little cars, which were quite advanced for their time. Their suspension was designed to be capable of driving across a plowed field with a crate of eggs and not breaking any. They also got more than 70 miles per gallon. But the interiors are very simple and the top speed is something like 60 mph.