Paintings since the beginning of 2018

Watercolor on 5x7" canvases: 

8x10"

Acrylic on canvas and on wood. Trying to study the effects of light. The umbrella should have the sun coming right thru the fabric, not blocked like it is here. But after many tries I was finally happy with the water. The sunset--who knew how much brown is in the sky? This was only a value and color study in one layer of paint. I never finished it with more layers.

5x7"

11x14"

                                              

Mini 2" versions of a large painting I was doing of a lemon and apple:

Larger than life 18x24" Lemon and Apple

Bacon, eggs, pancakes, etc, Befores and Afters: 6x6"

 

 

No before, just an after.

            

Set of miniature breakfast plates--each of these is 2" square:

Fried Eggs and Homefries 10x20" deep canvas, ref photo from pixabay. I plan to make a lunch, dinner, dessert, and snack to go with this breakfast.

2 restaurants here in the southwest. I love the architecture here. Both 11x14" deep canvas and based on my own reference photos. Again challenging myself with different lighting--one with setting sun glowing on the side of the building and the other a dusk scene brightened up with different lighting.

Eggplant, Mushrooms, and Chives Painting

First one of 4 vegetable still lifes I'm working on. Going to enter it in the Erie County Fair.

12x16" on stretched canvas, acrylic paint with gloss.

Cherry Tomatoes painting

Cherry tomatoes. So much more delicious than grape tomatoes! Lol. I just finished this 11 x 14" acrylic paint on stretched canvas. Very happy with it! Mixing white is coming in handy.

7-4-16 Latest version: (It looked like it was missing something so I added a tomato top!)

(First version)

 (From this morguefile.com reference photo which I obviously cropped.)

Fortune Cookies Designs

I wanted a phone case with fortunes from fortune cookies on it. But I couldn't find one. So I made a few designs myself. These are on redbubble and look great on other products too. I bought myself the last one below for my phone. Link to see my portfolio =>

 http://www.redbubble.com/people/paintintheneck

Pizza Box and Menu painting

12 x 16" still life painting of a pizza box and menu. Abstract style, acrylic paint done on a stretched canvas with sides painted black. It's ok, but there were many mistakes, so I learned a few things.

Gumball Machine Art Painting

Inner child inspired painting of an old Gumball Machine. Acrylic paint on a 12 x 24" stretched canvas.

"Enjoy" and "Thank You" Chinese Food Paintings

Last month I wasn't happy with my one Chinese food painting so i redid it and 2 others. This time the two others came out and I'm happy with them. I almost forgot to paint the rice. So...Enjoy! and Thank You!

Acrylic paint on 12" square stretched canvases.

Chinese For One

New painting, not very happy with it. I may change the whole background....don't like the yellow/warm coloring I used on the container. When it was grey it looked better. So then I took a low quality photo of it and experimented with photo effects on it and came up with some better images, lol.

ORIGINAL

SEPIA

COMIC BOOK AND RED TINT EFFECTS

LOMOISH EFFECT

ORTONISH EFFECT

Stages of painting the fortune cookie

Lemon Meringue Pie

Lemon Meringue Pie

12 x 12" acrylic painting on stretched canvas. I am finding that every painting is an adventure.

 Background

 Lemony filling

 Crust

 A couple of the several layers on the side of the meringue

 Browned top, first try. Second try was better.

 Plate and final

Hanging on the wall in my kitchen