2011 Juried Biennial at the Cannon Gallery in Carlsbad

I was honored to have been selected to show in the highly competitive Cannon 2011 Juried Biennial!  Here are some scenes from the opening Jan. 29.  The show runs through Mar 18, 2011.  Click here for more info.   Some of the best regional art is being shown there so check it out!

My surrealists inspired "Exquisite Corpse."

 

Several strangers now have my drawing on their cell phones!  My friend Helen Wilson looks on.

My best buddies Ann and Donna showed up.

The opening was mobbed!

Summer... the latest rendition

Summer....almost finished

Chip...again

I think I am finished.  I've made some adjustments and added some "frosting on the cake" –– details like whiskers and highlights.  The photography is not accurate,  it looks so much better in real life!  I guess the camera has a hard time with the myriad of colors and the overhead lighting.

Works in progress: Summer and Beau

I've made some progress on Summer and Beau. Still.... way more to go!

Work in progress... Summer and Beau

This portrait of Summer is the 2nd one of three commissioned along with Chip (shown in the earlier post). I'm almost finished and will start on Beau, the third dog in this series. You can see here how I begin, starting on a red canvas, blocking in the background and applying a chalk grid to guide my drawing. I work from a photo reference in my computer.

Chip

I just finished teaching 7 weeks of art camps which has fully occupied my attention.
Here's the painting of Chip which is mostly done. Today, I'm reorganizing my studio and will block in the background for the third painting in this series of Chip's buddy Summer. I can then turn this painting of Chip over to the wonderful woman who commissioned it and had been patiently waiting for it!