Works In Progress

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	This is a personal painting related to the disorder of "Pectus Excavatum". It will not be entirely monotone, but with a bit of color here and there. I still have many more hours of work left.
	This is my response to politics. Another painting just started, with many hours left towards completion. I am still obtaining reference for my eagle.
Little pet drawing of mine. Birds...
	My response to the classic "Ophelia" painting. Still have a lot more time to spend on this one. And yes, I did pose in a bathtub for reference (though the water was warm).
This is demonstration item I did for my watercolor class. Another one I am not sure if I will finish.
	REVAMP of "BAHAMA MIDNIGHT" Oil on Canvas / 16" x 20" This is another self portrait. I actually painted this back in 2001 (with the red flower in the hair) and it was called "Bahama Midnight". Well, I always hated it, so about half of it has been revamped. All of the face has been repainted, and the pink you see is the head dress I am in the process of painting. It was originally acrylic, and now I am covering it with oil - I love oils so much better. (Remember - you can paint over acrylic with oils, but not acrylic over oils - oils need to breath, whereas acrylic is a plastic). I also have imaged some close-ups, and also included the original painting so that you may compare.


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	CHRIS Oil on canvas / 20" x 30" This is one of my few recent paintings that is not a self portrait. I was taking pictures of the people I worked with and Chris got lucky (is that called lucky?) enough to land a spot in a painting. The photograph I took had enough natural lighting, and he wasn't grinning (well, too much), that it almost looks like a life sitting pose. Of course, I have used this method in the past. It's rare that you will have someone that will volunteer to sit for you in life, so I have found that if I take pictures of people acting natural, they turn out to be decent paintings. I have halted on this painting, because I'm not quite sure what to do with it. Painting his face was almost the easy part. Now I have to decide what the rest of this painting will be about.

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Please see "Oil Paintings" for the recent paintings completed.
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