Raven headed up river

Raven

Fishing Vessel Paintings

Added the jetty to the sketch. Painted the backgrounds 4 days ago and waited until they got dry enough to work on. Then began the boat in this one and will work a little on the water today but mostly will get the other one started.

Fishing Boat Sketches

Sketches for a pair of paintings I am starting.

Attempting a log on the beach just below the Yachats viewing platform at the Yachats State Park.

Painting at Depoe Bay City Park on the south side of the bay.

Painting at Yaquina Historic Lighthouse State Park looking towards the bridge.

Erik Sandgren Oregon Coast Invitational Paint Out day 2 at Yachats State Park

Erik Sandgren Oregon Coast Invitational Paint Out 2013 Day 1 at Seal Rock State Park

Final version of "Evil" before leaving it with the cat owner for critiquing.

The fun version of the way he wanted to remember his cat.

"Evil" kitty got his head today

Okay now "Evil" the cat has his head but there is still lots more work to do before he is finished. Oh and he got the cover on his pillow too.

"Evil" the cat gets his other leg

Well "Evil" got his other leg today but not his head.

More work on "Evil" kitty

Well "Evil" is starting to get his fur. Poor kitty looks pretty bad at this point.

Underpainting "Evil" the cat.

Finally all the wallpaper work is dry and I don't have to be afraid of messing it up. Here you see the under painting. "Evil" the cat will look basically black when he is finished but there is a rather Burnt Sienna color of fur in places as well. That is why I chose to do his under neath color this way.

Painting the wallpaper behind "Evil" the cat.

It took about 6-7 hours to paint the wallpaper four sessions. First I painted the Naples Yellow pattern and then NY and White negative space around the pattern after the pattern was dry. Each layer left to dry between so I wouldn't mess up the first. Then a complete second coat of each because the NY is not very opaque. The second coat hasn't been done in this photo so you still see all of my drawing through the paint.

"Evil" the cat

Commission sketch for painting of "Evil" the cat. 20" x 16"

Final stages of Bobbi Jo's edition of the Lavender Chiffon Dahlia. It is upside down so I can paint the bottom edge of the wrap around canvas. A whole new perspective.

Still working on the new Dahlia

Day four of work on Bobbi Jo's Dahlia.

Bobbi Jo's Dahlia Painting

Well here we are at day three of work after much waiting to dry and several interruptions.

Bobbi Jo's Dahlia Painting

Drawing and first two stages of revisiting my Lavender Chiffon Dahlia for Bobbi Jo's edition of it. The first one sold at the Valentines Banquet Auction in St. Helens.

My 2012 Book LIst

This is my reading list from 2012.
Great Books of the 20th Century-Easton Press among others

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Ambassadors by Henry James
The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard
She by H. Rider Haggard
All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Babbit by Sinclair Lewis
The World of Goya 1746-1828 by Richard Schickel
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
 A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The World of Winslow Homer 1833-1910 by James Thomas Flexmmer
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Artist's Way A Spiritual Path by Julia Cameron
The 3 Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck
Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon
I, The Jury by Mickey Spillane
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis
The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
The HOrse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

By far the one I got the most out of was The Artist's Way and I didn't finish the Beloved by Toni Morrison. This is the second book by her I have left unfinished and consider it too full of smut to read.