Third flower painting in air conditioning

Everything's peachy! Somehow all the greens and peaches worked. These larger paintings are taking 6 hours or more. This one is about 18 X 14 inches. Looking forward to the new plein air season. Got a new easel and bag shedding at least 15 pounds. Better to roam with. Also ordered more paint as I did not want to break up the stealth box every week. So I am ready to go, just waiting for the temprature to drop a dozen degrees or so. Still in the hundreds here.

The pups are loving the grasshopper population explosion.

How to plant a yorkie-girl:

AC painting

Another hot day in Tucson, another bunch of flowers inside.
A smaller canvas and 6 hours.
The theme was white and I must have gone through half a tube!
Sorry no comments so no pup pics.

Air Conditioned Sunshine

Sunny sunflowers in air conditioned comfort of home. Gail came over and we painted inside.
I decided to go big (for a plein air painter) this is 18 x 24 inches! So I painted small flowers on a large canvas!

Here are the puppies also enjoying the AC. They don't even stay outside for too long!

Making a list of paintings for the Ventana Medical Systems Show next week, 18 good enough to show from 4 years of painting. Presenting at Art Institute of Tucson's open house tomorrow.

Check out Empty Easel link to right for tutorials I wrote on using GIMP to edit your photos!

Grading to be done!

Summer Painting

The monsoons have started, it is hot and humid.
Not a good condition to paint outdoors, even if it is lush and green for once.

5 x 7 inches Hotel Congress

Inspired by Duane Keiser's cigar box (see "love these paintings" in list to right)

I got my painting partner and I, smaller stealth boxes to paint in coffee shops. In this inaugural outing, we went to the lobby of Hotel Congress. Nice to work in air conditioning with music and bathrooms handy.

Also painted some in studio common objects, here is a fresh teabag on a 6 x 6 inch canvas.

Here are the pup pictures, they are happily hunting lizards, palo verde beatles and tarantulas.
Miss Priscilla scouting.

This is Rufus in action, he is a swift and strong leaper, look ma, no feet on ground!

SketchN and PaintN

Have had the urge to sketch for a while, so we went to the old downtown residences which are quite charming. Next day went to Tohono Chul and painted there.
Of course the obligitory puppy pics.

Florida Map

Revised #2:Revised:
Original:

Here is a Florida map to be published in a book of photography by Patty Dirienzo.

Not the final version but getting close! Click on image to see bigger version.

Evening walk at studio

These were taken by KGUN9's anchor Guy Atchley.

Perfect mothers day gift: me with my kids!