Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose you
Started back at Thanksgiving, I never could manage to get this Crown of Thorns picture finished. Inspired again by The March For Our Lives ... always knew the Crown painting would be born at the right time. So here it is.
RISE UP
We'll rise up; we'll rise like the waves.
We'll rise up; we'll rise unafraid.
We'll rise up; and we'll do it a thousand times again.
Maybe a bit of touchup here and there ... but basically finished. Ready to head off to her new home.
Well, she's not quite finished, but this is a great place to stop for a few days. Still need to detail the body (fur) and maybe a little more work on the face.
May finish up with our Golden girl today ... will certainly come very close ... out of the studio for a week or so, working with the other side of the brain, so would LOVE to have this one ready to deliver.
Should finish this weekend ... well the carpet ... that could take some time .... but she is coming to life and that's the big thing.
Here's the color underpainting for a formal portrait of Dianne's Golden. Want to deliver it by the end of next week .... four or so more days of painting ... just need a bit of warm weather since the studio has been chilly for the past few days. Oh well ... it will be summer soon enough.
First painting done in South Carolina Studio: Gracie. A little creature, of course. Now that the birthday surprise has passed, here's the inaugural picture.
Starting three new commissions this week! Here is the underpainting for a Birth of Venus tribute, featuring my favorite model, Josie. Probably another day to advance the underpainting, then the real fun begins. There are embroidered flowers on her jacket ... thinking about surrounding her figure with same ... for now I'm seeing them on the lower part of the canvass, around her legs. We'll see...
Thanks to the Williams family for letting me hide out in their lake cabin and work on these drawings.... about twenty more to do ... Yikes. This one is Phini. It's the last drawing in the book ... my nickname for Phoenix was Phoenie ... so calling this last one Phini. Happy New Year.
Phoenix Chattahoochee - quantum superhero.
