On the Easel

I finished the background for "Ovis Nectarus" this week. After a few days for the paint to set up I think I am ready to start. I am in love with the idea of narrative, though I am not sure I am so good at it.....I have a few sentences for "The Age...." painting and a string of words for this one.

I have this little painting hanging around with a question mark......If anyone has any interesting suggestions to finish it up, send me an email......I am looking for the pairing of unique elements, not whimsy..not like "a bird in a sweater, or with a clowns hat on"....know what I mean?

Painting a day: "Guilty"

Oil on canvas
9 x 12

Painting of the day: Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcake

Oil on canvas

6 x 6

SOLD

I don't like mondays.....

My traps are killing me today.....sometimes a combination of intense painting and training my shoulders too hard causes trouble......in trouble today, so no painting. I suppose sitting at the computer does not help either...

Stepping back from the new large painting I just finished is like taking a deep breath. There is a recovery time for sure. But I have two new ideas and have started hunting for images. Though impractical I love to work on these large 30 x 40 canvases. The smaller ones seem so confining. Once you experience the freedom of such a big space to paint on it is hard to go back.

I watched (or mostly listened to) the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy last week while painting. I find the movies to be an endless source of visually stunning inspiration. I haven't looked into what some of the actors are doing these days in quite awhile, but I found a link to Hamilton-Selway Gallery in Hollywood for an exhibit of beautiful photographs taken by Dominic Monaghan. So, have a look...more than an actor. Oh, and then there is Beecake....

Painting of the day...Scottish Deerhound

"West", Scottish Deerhound
Ladygrove Deerhounds

New Painting

I just finished this painting through much trial and tribulation.....

"The Age of the Drowning of Sorrows"
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40

There are some strings of words forming for the narrative. You can see the large version on the main website: http://www.traceyclarke.com/