R & R

Took some time off to think about where I wanted to go on my paintings.  Decided to change subjects for awhile to refresh.  Have done a couple of florals.  Let me know what you think.

This is from my garden, "Roses of Sharon".  I usually call them Altheas but my friends told me that name was too prosaic for the painting.

This next one is also a view of the garden coming around the corner from the back.  It is not as nice nor interesting as the althea.  I don't know if it is the subject or the composition.  Haven't even named it yet.  Actually, I can't decide if it deserves one.

Painting of the girls at the beach has been sold.

Fun at the beach? 10x8 oil on canvas.

Painted this today.  Haven't named it yet.  Any suggestios?

Finished paintings

These were taken by a bad photographer.

On The Easel

Another beach scene entitled "Almost Dark", 20 x 16 oil.  Just started this.  Probably won't get to work again until Friday.
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Getting there.

I'm calling this "Dreaming" as a working title.  It's an oil, 20x16".
Anyone have a better suggestion?

Explanation

  Well, "the best laid plans" have been fouled up again and here I am doing what I planned 3 days ago.
   Any way....more on the same subject of being frustrated with painting.
  I am showing 2 photos.  The first is the photograph of my subject and the second is the painting, definitely unfinished, of the painting in question.
   Something happened to my painting time this week and now further work is postponed until at least next week

The original photograph of a young girl sitting on a rock overlookiing the gulf.  Great mood, I thought.

Photograph of unfinished painting

Decision Time

It's always great to finish a painting and feel overall pretty good about it.  But then there's always a
"now what".  So here I am.  I have been pleasantly surprised by the nice comments I've had about the snow painting.  I was worried because I really have seen very little snow in my life.  And oddly enough everyone has liked the colors.  Well, I feel very confident about my use of color.  I am thinking about another one and have had a request to do a large one for a condo in NYC.  And I probably will do that.  And I have a photo I took with some birds in a tree.  I would really like to do that even though most people won't like it and thus it will probably not sell.  Not that that has ever stopped me from painting what I want.
Then the other evening I noticed the late afternoon sun coming through the front door had really interesting  shapes and colors ( I go crazy over shapes).  I love the way the sunlight dances through the vine on the front porch.
Every time I've tried to paint this week something  has come up and now I'm getting frustrated about not being able to get in the studio besides wondering where I'm going to start, or really even "why", since  I don't even have a gallery to show in.
Oh well!.  For some reason, I just have to paint.  It's like an affliction.  Somewhere inside something is schreaming at me, "paint, paint, paint!'  So, paint I will, when I decide where to start.
I'm still contemplating how I can best do my"relationship" series.  I've had a few more ideas with mixed media.  That just needs to cook for awhile.

Finished oil, "Winter Morning"

I think this is finally finished.  First ever snow pic for me.  May do another one similar for my daughter's new condo in NYC.  I have a request.