Alright, I know its been a few weeks since I posted here last. My alibi is that I've been busy painting and getting stuff done around the place. Even more to the point, I didn't have digital pictures yet of the work being done. This morning I took a number of photos, and they appear here today. All of this series existed before, but are continuing to evolve.

Koshare
Oil on Canvas

At the end of the last session the painting was largely monochromatic. Now more color and surface snap have been added. This will almost certainly be one of my submissions to the 2009 Encantada Exhibition.





Rio Ariba
Oil on canvas

When you saw this last it was shown in the portrait mode and was titled "Corn Maiden". Oh well. After thinking on it, I decided to change to the landscape mode and expand the color palette. There is a thematic similarity to an earlier painting, but this one is more abstract and better developed. This will likely also be an entry to the Encantada Exhibition.



Ristra
Oil on panel

This painting has been around for quite awhile, and has undergone a number of adjustments over the past couple of years. This is the latest version, and is more brilliantly colored than most of the earlier efforts. Is it near enough to be my third Encantada entry?











House in Portugese Bend
Oil on panel

This panel is darker than the others featured here today, and the dimensions are different from those of standard frames. Framing is a real hassel, so this one may sit around the studio for awhile. The longer a painting sits, the more likely I'll paint over it hoping to come closer to a really good image and painting.

In the last posting, I showed a little painting titled "Heart of the Matter". As I painted that my friend and partner in crime made a digital video clip of the process. Unfortunately, the clip is about half an hour long, and the orientation of the pictures changes a few times. I'm working to correct the video clip (another thing that's taken up my attention lately), but fixing the problem strains my computer resources. Oh well. Joe and I intend repeating the experiment incorporating the lessons we learned in that first ad hoc try. Maybe later this year I 'll have a video clip that can be shown here. Stay tuned.

In addition to these four pieces, I've been working on several more but can't document them until I get fresh batteries for the old digital camera. Stay tuned.