Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait
4.5 inches x 3.5 inches

Oil on Solid Oak

April 2011

Lightning fast self-portrait, painted alla prima, in the studio, today.

"C'est La Guerre Derrière"

"C'est La Guerre Derriere"
4 inches x 5 inches
Oil on Solid Oak
April 2011

Please click on the photo above for a larger image.

Trees 1 & 2

"Tree 2"
6.25 inches x 7.25 inches
Oil on Bristol Vellum
April 2011

"Tree 1"

3.75 inches x 3.75 inches

Oil on Bristol Vellum

April 2011

Stroke Meditations Panel Number 7: "Calm After The Fire"

"Calm After The Fire"

6 inches x 11.75 inches

Oil on Poplar Panel

April 2011

Please click on the photo above for a larger image.

Stroke Meditations Panel Number 6: "Happy Birthday British Petroleum"

"Happy Birthday British Petroleum"

10 inches x 12.25 inches

Oil on Poplar Panel

April 2011

Please click on the photo above, for a larger image.

Stroke Meditations Panel Number 5: "Finding The Eye of The Storm"

"Finding The Eye of The Storm"

8.25 inches x 12 inches

Oil on Poplar Panel

April 2011

Please click on the photo above for a larger image.

Stroke Meditations Panel Number 4: "Re-Discovery/Horizon Seraphic"

"Re-Discovery/Horizon Seraphic"

8 inches x 11 inches

Oil on Poplar Panel

April 2011

Stroke Meditations Panel Number 3: "Watching The Wind Blow"

"Watching The Wind Blow"

9.25 inches x 11.75 inches

Oil on Poplar Panel

March 2011

Please click on the photo above for a larger image.

Stroke Meditations Panel Number 2: "Cerebral Hurricane of Tranquility"

"Cerebral Hurricane of Tranquility"

11.25 inches x 12 inches

Oil on Poplar Panel

April 2011

Stroke Meditations Panel Number 1: "Fire On The Water/Leaving From Where We Left Off"

"Fire On The Water/Leaving From Where We Left Off"

7.5 inches x 11.5 inches

Oil on Poplar Panel (unmounted)

April 2011

Please click on the photo above, for a larger image.

What I Did Today

I custom made this stretcher frame from recycled Douglas Fir flooring, that was originally destined for the scrap heap(such a lovely/useful wood, it would have been a waste to let it go, IMO). I ripped each plank on the table saw for proper width, routed the canvas sides for a raised edge along the perimeter, and mitered the corners to fit. In the above photo, I am readying the first crossbeam.

Second crossbeam...

Using 6 criss-crossing brad nails and glue for all of the joints. In the above photo, you can see one of the corner braces being put into place.

And done... In the above photo, you are looking at a 6 foot tall by 5 foot wide canvas stretcher frame. I, of course, had to stop and rest, intermittently, through out the day; paying close attention to my level of fatigue, and napping when I needed to. All in all, I feel that this day was well spent.

A closer look at my joinery, and the raised perimeter edge that I mentioned...