Moon, Lovers, Lute

My lovers out on the water on a moonlit night, The final 36x24 oil painting in my series.
Since business is slumpy, and I have a lot of paintings to sell. I'm going to work on something large.
I cleared a wall, hung a piece of canvas on it. 84x56, don't have a plan, just going to go with the flow & let it happen, maybe I'll shut my eyes.
We'll see.

New Stuff

 8x8 moonlight song

12x12 Full Moon, Lovers, Lute
Starting some new works, this one is from the Never Tear Us Apart theme. I'm doing some variations in different sizes, these are acrylics but I think for the larger, final one I'll go with oils, they'll add mystery and mood.
Meanwhile I'm painting some 8x8 orchids  some in acrylic some oils, I recently went to an orchid show and was blown away by the gorgeousness of orchids. I'm posting them on Daily Paint Works auctions. I just love being in the middle of a bunch of paintings and painting whatever I want to and feel like painting, it's the best!!

Okay, I have to blog, so I'm starting again with a fresh resolve to do it regularly.
We'll see. Anyway, I've had a pretty good year in sales of original paintings thanks to the online
gallery Zatista.
Currently I'm working on Amazon Handmade, a new section which is supposed to be like Etsy.
I'll be selling giclee prints of my works.

couple of new things:
The Average Lifespan of a Butterfly, oil on canvas, not stretched 54"x76". I'm offering larger paintings not stretched so I wont have to ship a huge painting, just roll it up and ship in a tube.
To finish this one I'll varnish and highlight some areas with diamond dust and glitter.

"Serenity"  32x54x1.5 oil on canvas. I have to keep going back to my musicians, they sell but also because I love painting them. I'll just suddenly get an urge to paint something, it happens a lot with the musicians. Today, suddenly I felt like I have to paint 3 Muses, 50x20x.75 each and ordered bars online.

Quia Angelicis Choris

The latest large painting of angels with gold and silver leaf, when it's dry enough, I'm going to lay it on the floor, varnish it and add some glitter and diamond dust on top of the varnish. So, they will sparkle and glow as you pass by.
This one is 63x54 not stretched, I can offer the large paintings like this so I can just ship it in a tube. Huge price difference than shipping stretched.

St. Raphael

St Raphael, this is 50x20x.8 He's one of my favorite angels, I love the story of Tobit. His feast day is Sept. 29
This painting has some bling in it, not too much, keeping it subtle but he will sparkle at you as you walk by. gold and silver leaf, some glitter and diamond dust. I was inspired by an art exhibit I went to recently of artist that use sparkly things in their works. Some were very blingy and some more subtle, like you didn't notice til you were right in front of the painting.

Chorus Angelorum

I was struggling with my last painting, which rarely happens but when it does, it tells me my style is about to morph.  Here is the first painting, the first of my new series of large abstracts. I've been wanting to paint larger but didn't want to store them, and to ship is very expensive. So, I've decided to offer them not stretched, the buyer would have to have it stretched. For instance, the difference in shipping price to San Fran, stretched $900, rolled in a tube $75

This is 'Chorus Angelorum', 62x53, the stretched size would be 56x46x1.5
Oils, gold & silver leaf on textured canvas

The Jam Session

This is my latest, 'The Jam Session' 34x56x1.5 oil on canvas, I labored over it a little but. Every once in a while I get stuck on a composition and have to stop, step back, regroup then work on it til I like it.
I hate when that happens, but I think it happens when your style starts to morph a little.
Anyway, I do like it now, I made a smaller version while I was painting this one.

'Jammin'' 12x12x.75 oil on canvas