PATIO GARDEN

After I took some photos of my back patio of my shady garden I decided to paint it.  This sounds simple but I am not a landscape painter and there is a lot of detail here.  I put my chair out on the patio, sprayed myself good to keep the mosquitos away and set to work.  I admit to doing the preliminary work in my studio but felt the only was to capture the dappled sunlight was to face the elements.  So I did.

Finished Painting

Finally got a chance to take a photo of the finished piece.  I think it turned out pretty well.  I wonder if it will have the impact that a photograph has, though.  After all this Could be a figment of my imagination.

'Walking the Line"

Life just gets in the way!

Believe it or not I have actually been painting, and having a lot of fun and frustration and impatience, and joy...all mixed in together.  I think I finished my painting of Mary and the "Angel" and have set it aside for awhile to see if I want to do anything else to it.  In the meantime I'm starting a rather complicated scene from my patio garden.  This is not really my usual so it's kind of an experiment for me.  It is in it's awful state that paintings go through, so I'm not posting it. You painters will understand. Painting is a lot more fun without the gallery, but then again I need a gallery to display them.  Decisions, decisions!

I took in some of my old pastels to be photographed by Rick Wells.  (By the way,he is a master at this)  I miss working in pastel sometimes.  Funny how I choose different subjects for different mediums. I wonder if other painters do this!   Anyway, they're on my website if you want to see them.  "franknueppel.com".

I'm still working on the best arrangment for a studio.  I'm afraid my husband may divorce me if I make him move anymore things around, especially since I'm thinking about moving it all  uptairs.

One thing about life....you never know where it's going.  You can organize, plan, make suggestions and on and on,  but........don't bother because you never know where it will take you.  One thing is sure, things will always change.  I think about one of stranger paintings, and least liked except by me, called "Walking the Line".  That's life.

Ready for final touches.

The first picture is just sketching in, the second is a second working.  This week I'll have it finished.  Hope it connects somehow

I was checking on how the face looked when lit from below and my daughter agreed to pose for me.  There were several of us there when I took this picture.  We all felt we got something very unexpected.

I thought about this for awhile and decided I wanted to paint it.  The photos are a start to finish which is still to come.
 See what you thin.