Thepaintedsoul
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thepaintedsoul
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32 creative works found
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When my children were young we used to visit Pigeon Forge, Tennessee on our way to the Great Smoky Mountains. Our last trip through I decided I would do some paintings of the less picturesque aspect of our trip. . . painting images of the tourist trap nestled at the base of those beautiful mountains. Of course the kids love the painting because it sparks deep fond memories of our family trips together. After nearly two years of on and off painting on Beach House, it’s ready to debut. BEACH HOUSE GRILL / original ptg. 33” x 23” / acrylic on canvas
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Creating a compelling portrait with prismacolors has always proven difficult. I keep coming back to the subject from time to time to see if I’ve improved at all. The need for a CD cover image for a future album release prompted this attempt. Original drawing 16” x 20” / prismacolor on acid-free board collection of the artist
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What fascinated me most in painting this piece was the color possibilities with the stoplight and the pebbles in the trash bin. IN fact, I almost got obsessive-compulsive as I tried to paint each pebble a different color. Original ptg: 32” x 32” / acrylic on canvas private collection
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If you can’t laugh at yourself, well. . . I did this self-portrait at a time in my life when I was feeling a bit crazy about my future. I’d had a bad run of luck, and was talking to a friend about it. During the conversation I had this image pop into my mind of myself loading up with lucky rabbit’s feet and still turning lemons. Here’s the final result. Original ptg.: 16” x 20” / acrylic on canvas board artist’s collection
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Somewhere along my path I met an amazing guitar maker. We hit it off. As a guitar player, I deeply appreciated his skills. He was passionate about his craft from the woods he chose to the glue and varnishes he selected. He was a perfectionist and it showed in every joint, planed surface, and abalone inlay. And he appreciated my work as a painter, wanting me to eventually do a painting of him at work on an instrument. We met and he wanted the location to be someplace more dramatic than his apartment. A building with lots of wood and fine furnishings. I took a few shots of him for reference and left, with him telling me that he would get back with me on a location and time. In the meantime, I did this portrait study of him at work rubbing a layer of his homemade compound onto a guitar he had in progress. And I waited and waited. . . and waited. One day I asked a musical friend if he’d heard anything about our mutual acquaintance, the guitarmaker. He had. He told me that the guitar I had seen him making was for a high-profile client whom the maker thought would propel his career into the limelight. The guitarmaker had built that guitar in my painting for him to look over. Evidently, the guitar was rejected and the friend got a sad look on his face and told me that in a fit of rage the guitarmaker went back to the studio and smashed the guitar into a guzzillion pieces. Artists can be fragile. He was fragile to the point of a burst of insanity. That guitar was gorgeous. The wood beautiful. The design flawless. But the rejection annihilated his heart. I’ve heard since that he works some kind of mundane job. But I never heard whether or not he still builds guitars. Original ptg: 12” x 9” / acrylic on acid-free board destroyed in flood
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This is the only serious self-portrait I’ve ever painted of myself. Probably because I am a very private person, and I’m not that thrilled with the guy looking back at me in the mirror. : >) But I post it because it’s my second 100% digital painting. The first being the Listening House landscape. 0s and 1s on hard drive.
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Sometimes I have to spend an evening of painting any idea that comes to mind without visual references. Looks like a disturbing portrait of my inner self. . .or maybe just a bad day at the beach. : >D Original painting: 16” x 20” / acrylic on canvas collection of the artist.
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When I was younger my wife and I visited a friend who lived in a one room cabin without all the modern conveniences. She was a hearty woman since she also lived there in the winter time. This is a look into the mountain vallery where here little cabin stood just west of the Continental Divide. My approach for this painting was to do a complete underpainting in umber like the old masters would use. Then I used glazes to develop the light in the painting. The shadow areas are extremely thin paint. Using this approach helps to unify the overall look of the painting. Original painting:31” x 12” / acrylic on canvas collection of the artist
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An illustration for a children’s book I’ll probably never finish. The premise of the story is that a little boy goes sledding in the woods and stumbles upon a hollow tree, which offers him a strange experience. It has to do with Christmas elves, magic cocoa, and a beautiful Christmas star forged by the elves for the little boy. I used my three oldest children as models for this setting, then made up the rest of the shot from favorite items around the house. . .i.e. the Christmas bulbs on the right. A mantle clock given to us by my wife’s grandmother. And a few other treasured items. Too ambitious of a project for this guy. But I guess I should never say never. I had a blast just letting my imagination kind of flow. Original ptg: 20” x 16” / acrylic on canvas board destroyed in a flood.
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Yes, it is a strange image. Just goes to show how offbeat my mind can be at times. Original ptg: 16” x 20” / acrylic on masonite board collection of the artist
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Ever had one of those creative interludes where everything dropped into place? The hand and eye are at peace. The line seems to define itself effortlessly? The image almost appears to emerge magically from the picture plane? Guess I was in a peaceful place, because this drawing fell together in one session with the model. Original drawing: 16” x 20” / graphite and chalk on charcoal paper collection of the artist
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Collected in this calendar are a variety of landscapes I’ve painted through the past few years.
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Another exploration into the still life ideas found in my other shallow depth paintings like Dutch Still Life. Original painting: 20” x 24” / acrylic on canvas board private collection
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One of my last paintings in oils. This was a good practice for completing an underpainting then glazing in the color. Original painting 16” x 20” / oil on canvas private collection
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Sometimes I just have to drop everything and create a cartoon of some sort. So this is a diversion into that realm. The six people shown are each members of my family. I’m the one buried with the mitten, hat and boots poking out of a snow drift. Silly. But the scene is actually tame in comparison to where we sledded. The landing zone had tons more trees and a drop off and young saplings that we splashed into at the end of the sled run. : >) Original ptg: 5” x 7” / pen & ink with digital colorization
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This drawing was from my college days. Thought some of you might find it a fun ride to see where my work began. This was done in my first drawing class in college. My instructor was excellent! He taught us so many amazing things about looking, about seeing, about what to put in and what to leave out. I’ll be forever indebted to him for his help. You’d understand how good he was if you saw the drawing I did pre-college. They’re so lousy, I can’t muster the nerve to post them here. : >D Original drawing: 18” x 12” / pencil on Strathmore paper destroyed in one of our moves
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One of the last lithographs I created was this image of a crab shell. I thought it looked to blah just sitting on the cold limestone, so I added the tablecloth pattern. Felt like it was just what the lithograph needed. Then hand-colored each print with watercolors Original lithograph 7” x 11” / litho and watercolor / edition of 15 private collections throughout the U.S.
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This illustration was for an article that never got published. Still I’m glad to get a chance to practice portraiture in whatever form it comes in. Check the Red Bubble artist’s profile picture brisdon if you want to see if I got a good likeness. He agreed to allow me to use his likeness for the article. Original drawing 8” x 8” / prismacolor on acid-free board collection of the artist
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The first time I ever tried lithography, this is the image I got. When I decided to tackle the process, I had no idea it would be so complicated. Nor that it may cause a hernia if not done right. This church is in Adair, Missouri, USA. The town has nothing left to it but an abandoned store, two residents, and this forlorn church. It is on the National Historic Register because it is the largest wooden-structured church west of the Mississippi. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, READ ON The local historic preservation group put up a good fight to preserve this building. And last time I went to see the place it was still standing, but the inside was a tormented mess of pews, fallen statues, and debris. They did manage to rid it of the outside support beams holding the left side of th building up at the time I did this litho. Anyway, I decided to tackle the litho. Found the largest piece of Bavarian limestone at the university print room in a nearby town. It measured approximately 30” x 24”. I thought, “WOW! I can make a huge impact with a print that large. In the ensuing two months, I wheeled the stone to perfect smoothness, then paintstakingly drew the church in reverse with a grease pencil. . . and had the university printmaking professor stopping by every day to tell me, “Don’t go too fast or you’ll ruin the final image.” He forgot to tell me to find help when moving the stone from drawing table to cart to printing press. This monster weighed in at around 150 pounds. But at the end of this ordeal I ended up pulling 50 really well-done prints. My problem at this point was that when I left the prints in the drying rack overnight, they would get stolen. I finally wised up and took them home with me to dry. I still have five prints left and a vivid memory of the experience. It was well worth it!
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Illustration for The Painted Soul: Photographs book and CD. Original Ptg.: 9” x 7” / acrylic on 140# Strathmore watercolor paper private collection At parties with my friends, / we played songs that never ended. / We thought these days would last for all time. Those days have long since gone / They don’t seem so long ago. / I put these photographs away. lyric excerpt from Photographs
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The home where I had my first studio. Young, inexperienced. . . sometimes it seems like a dream. Original drwg: 12” x 8” / mixed media artist’s collection
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Acrylic on watercolor paper
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This painting was done when I was working as an illustrator and trying to build a portfolio. Was trying to show my ability to paint a likeness of a celeb, so I chose young Joni Mitchell, the singer-songwriter. The face was a reference from one of her early albums. Thanks to my wife for posing for the body portion of the painting. Original painting: 16” x 24” / acrylic on masonite collection of the artist.
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Requiem
by thepaintedsoulThe old waterworks on the edge of town had been abandoned at least ten years. That was certain, because I’ve been walking past its sun-b…
I stood frozen to the ground in awe and sorrow at the scene. Where would the finches feed this summer? I would miss them. The waterworks was an eyesore for certain, so was the forest’s encroachment redemptive or the cover-up of a crime?
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