Yeah Summertime!.....and the carport smells like turpentine!

Now that summer is here, I've been able to move all my oil painting supplies outside and hack at the canvas again!

I've begun painting a series of portraits of friends and family that Im excited about (btw. if you are one of the aforementioned friends or family but have not sent me any portrait pics of yourself ack..hm...*ADAM*... nows the time!).

These portraits serve two purposes: 1. They are great painterly exercises for my atrophied artistic ligaments, and 2. I can immediately give them away to the ones I love- aka. the ones Im painting the portraits of. Which means there is NO lag time between when I finish them and when they find a happy home. Also, this means no filled up closet space, no gallery semantics, no weirdness when/if money exchanges hands, and no pressure for the art to be anything but pure candid honesty. Just a free gift from someone who's grateful to be creating freely.

Here is the first segment of the first painting. It is derived from the wedding pictures of our friends/neighbors/co-workers (yeah, its complicated) Felix and Jessica.




PS. If you have any extra canvases or old paintings (I can reuse almost anything if its made of wood and/or stretched canvas) you'd be willing to donate, please let me know.

PSS. If I have not talked to you about painting your portrait, but you're interested in one, let me know. BE ADVISED-I need specific photos for this project- NOT just everyday photos. I can take them myself or let you know what Im looking for and have you send them to me via email.