Lillies, Lemon, and Orange
12x16 Acrylic on stretched canvas

My new painting is coming along nicely, but still needs some work. So, once again I will show a painting I have already done. Lillies, Lemon, and Orange was painted in August. It started as a study of a vase, but became this beautiful still life. Hope you like it.

Rock Pile
12x9 acrylic on stretched canvas

Today was another day working on the mural, though I did get some personal painting in on a new canvas. Just got some of the background done, so it will be a day or two before I finish it. The painting, Rock Pile, was painted about 3 days before I started this blog. It is a picture of an interesting pile of rocks near may house someone uses as a driveway marker. I didn't like the driveway, so I left if out. Turned into a really interesting painting. Hope you like it.

Castaway
8x10 acrylic on canvas board

Well here it is, an absolutely fabulous painting. I worked on this all yesterday morning and again today. I had to redo a few things here and there but this one is just awesome. I hope you like it as much as I do. By the way, this is my 51st painting, not counting work on the mural. Long way from my first painting, which I will not show on this blog.

Saguaro
14x11 Acrylic on stretched canvas

Todays painting (not shown) is not finished yet. It needs some background work and the finishing touches, of course. So, I decided to show you this one. I painted Saguaro in August. I want you to compare the change in quality to Tree, Field and Hedgerows (in the footer of the page) which I painted in March, and to Brackenridge Park (above) which I painted in April. Now compare it to  yesterdays post. I hope that you can see a marked improvement in quality over the past 8 months. .

I think that Saguaro is a good painting. I was quite satisfied with it then. And I still am, which is saying something since I am beginning to have a more critical eye for my art. Many paintings I thought were o.k. before are now in the "Gesso" pile so the canvas can be reused. I have also been giving some away to family and friends.

Island in the Stream
11x14 acrylic on stretched canvas

One day my youngest son wanted me to take him to a park and we ended up walking along the San Antonio River. I took a lot of pictures while we were strolling along, including this one. It was actually a rather drab, overcast day, and most of the pictures are kind of dreary. I decided to brighten this up a bit. I really got the island to snap out at the viewer. I really do like this one.

Dead Tree Study
9x12 acrylic on canvas board

Todays painting is another study. This time it is a couple of dead trees in winter time. Colors used were ultramarine blue, burnt sienna, dioxazine purple, cadmium orange, and white. Turned out good.

Buck 54
11x14 acrylic on stretched canvas

Well, if there is going to be a day I won't do a painting it will be a Thursday. Not that I wasn't painting today, but Thursday is one of the days I work on the San Antonio Tri-centennial mural. I was painting pretty red flowers today. My section is the beautiful garden, so I will be doing lots of flowers.

Anyway, about the painting above. I did this painting about 10 October. It is my creation from start to finish. I did the setup and the composition, lighting, drawing and painting. I don't see many paintings of penny rolls. I did really good on the coins. Even got Lincoln's silhouette really good on one. I am thinking about doing another still life, but haven't decided the subject yet. But I have a few more trees in my noggin, too.