Walken at Jersey Shore

James Dean

Bear detail

Old Lure with broken hooks

5 x5 oils on linen covered board

This old lure has been hanging around the studio for years, I don't know anything about it except I like the marks and those marks help shape its character and I'm sure, is an indication the use.
I played with an approach similar to trompe l'oeil--defined by the NGA as, the artistic ability to depict an object so exactly as to make it appear real. I'm not sure my lure does that but I think it offers an element of illusion and dimension.

I hope you enjoy the painting

and it is for sale.
Thank you David

trompe l'oeil artist to look at are:
William Harnett, and John Frederick Peto

Tara 9 x 12 oils

Tara was created as a preliminary to a portrait demonstration I did at the Phelps Mansion Museum. I pushed the development of the values to create a more arresting look and to help establish a stronger, moodier piece, I used higher key flesh tones, similar to those found in paintings created by Bouguereau Courbet, Ingres.

5 x 7 Coffee Mug

Coffee mug is painted with a combination of Green Umber, Trans Red Oxide and white. The green and red together neutralize and create optical grays in areas. The goal was to push the value and see how many color variations I could create from three colors.

Bag and Strawberries

I know more strawberries, but I had so many left over from the last painting, I felt obligated to make another one.

I really enjoyed making this painting which became more of an exercise in chasing fleeting light-
Am a big fan of the side to side, single, sweeping light source, but while setting this one up, I noticed and liked a second light source, the cool defused natural window light and that became an area of interest for me but a challenge to paint.

As you know, window light is elusive and this required me to go to the studio the same time each day to record it, and as the light shifted, I moved onto other parts of the painting.

Other areas of interest and challenge include the cool/blue light illuminating the warmish semi transparent bag, resulting in the bag revealing many different traits, and I think from a paint point of view, it's that mix of traits that really intrigued me.

I hope you enjoy the painting, and it's for sale.
thank you
David
9 x 12 inches
oils

Strawberries

10 x 10 oils linen