11/11/2011 Day 30 Painting #30

Well, it's done. There have been some hits and some misses...but I finished it.

I tried a lot of different ideas. Some failed, others turned out better than expected. I still don't know if I discovered my identity as an artist.  This has been a journey with many detours. I still don't think I reached my destination or my full potential.

I'd like to pursue more abstract painting and I'd like to learn how to do realistic portraits. If you have been keeping score, I explored some abstracts in the past thirty days, but no realistic portraits. I have a lot to learn.

During this process, I realized I was putting out a lot of half baked or half finished projects. I need more time to develop my talent. I also got a lot of crap out of my system.


I'd like to try this again in the future. Maybe in six months. Hopefully, I will be doing more professional abstracts and get over my fear of attempting portraits.


Now, I got a long queue on my Kindle of books to read.


1 Last One

11/09/2011 Day 28 Painting #28

The past two days I tried painting something I wasn't feeling and it shows. Today is an improvement over yesterday, which I might say is the worst of the lot. Today I was very aggravated and thought I should try to paint something serene.Something easy and light, something to get back on track... I ended up with some of the saddest looking mountains ever painted. Loaded the pallet knife too heavy for the size of the painting. Could have been fixed but got way too frustrated over a shelving unit that collapsed in my work space.

Untitled Day #28

11/07/2011 day 26 Painting #26

Painting #26 in as many days....

Untitled #26

11/06/2011 Day 25 Painting #25

My second one today. Both painting use different techniques. Paint #24 was painted entirely using a sponge.

Painting #25 was painted on poster board using spray paint.

Outer Spaced

11/04/2011 Day 23 Painting 23

Back on track after yesterday. Not perfect, but not bad. I should use a different tape and narrower strips next time.

Ambivalent Mosaic

11/03/2011 Day 22 Painting #22

Not inspired today, so I thought I revisit an old pre-30 in 30 painting. I added some texture and a wash to a previous work.

This is the first one in about a week that I am disappointed with. But sometimes you just have to take one on the chin.

Past History

11/01/2011 Day 20 Painting #20

It's the Day of the Dead. It's my B Day. There is a sugar skull There is a camouflaged winking baby.

Sugar Skull, Hidden Baby

10/31/2011 Day Nineteen Painting #19

Is this a trick or a treat? It's sort of a cheat, but, given the nature of the holiday, it is totally appropriate.

Don't you be Tarot-fied. (It's just a token of my extreme)

10/17/2011 Day Five

I knew it would be somewhat of a mistake to start this project while I was working twelve hour shifts. Tonight I am sort of exhausted. Kind of busy today, you know, putting candy wrappers on people's desk can be pretty darn hard work.

Today's painting is kind of a cheat. Maybe. I painted the background last night and really like the colors. But couldn't decide whether or not it is too plain. I followed some sage advice from the television show Portlandia and 'put a bird on it'.

I don't know if it better with the bird or not.

So I present to you and mixed media acrylic on canvas.

To Bird or Not To Bird