Wednesday, April 11, 2012

"Cut & Paste"

This is one of my latest paintings, finished last month.  It is done with Sharpies and oil on canvas.  I did several initial drawings of this until I got a result I was happy with.  It measures 12x24 inches and is for sale in my Etsy shop here:  www.paperandcanvas.etsy.com

Thursday, April 05, 2012

"Teslow Grain Elevator" - SOLD

 Grain elevators are my favorite thing.  If I won the lottery, I'd spend the rest of my life traveling around saving them one by one.  I've always though an old grain elevator would make a great house.  Many of them were created with beatiful large wood beams that aren't available anymore.  They come with built-in awesomeness.  They are unique structures that I've always admired.  This one still exists in central Montana.  It is going to Washington D.C.! 
Oil on Canvas.  24x36 inches

Monday, April 02, 2012

"Rainbow Bar & Lounge" - SOLD

This painting, the largest in my body of work, just got a new home in Greenwich, Conneticut!  It measures 36x61 inches, and was just 1/2" under the limit to ship ground via UPS.  Yikes!  I think it's sort of funny that I sold two paintings in one week, and they were both sold to buyers from the same state.  This sign was an actual bar sign in the small town I grew up in.  I always thought it was humorous because I didn't understand what a "supper club" was when I was a kid.  It sounded pretty exclusive and mysterious when I was eight.  Right after I graduated from college, the bar was sold and this sign was taken down.  I felt the sign needed a resurection, so here it is, my homage to quirky small-town bar signs. 

"Before & After" - SOLD

This painting titled "Before and After,"  got a new home New Hartford, Conneticut!  I did this painting as a sort of study on a new medium I wanted to work with.  I liked using water soluble pencils in college and this is one of the first paintings I did using them.  I was at home on a weekend trying to get a handle on them, eating a granny smith apple.  I thought it would make a fun subject, and this turned out to be one of my personal favorites. 

"Black-capped Chickadee"

 I've had this  little 9x12 canvas ready to paint for about a year.  I finally got around to painting this little Chickadee sitting on a willow branch.  It's nice to put your hard earned art supplies to work and end up with an actual usable result.  I like how he turned out. This little Chickadee is available for purchase in my Etsy store:  www.paperandcanvas.etsy.com