Unusual Perch

Unusual Perch

8x10 inches, oil

So earlier this summer I painted, as a joke, a cow portrait for a friend of my sister-in-law, up in Door County.  The friend was pleased, and claims "the eyes follow me everywhere."  Right.

Anyway, my sister-in-law, got all droopy and said that she liked cows, too.

This is for her.

Complaining Cow

8x10 inches

pastel on paper

Who knows where this came from?  Maybe just from a desire to play. I know I want to do a whole series of small cow portraits in acrylic, and that it generally works better if I do some warm up drawing first. But this bawling cow just got away from me. 

Maybe she is my alter ego - complaining loudly to nobody in particular: No more robo telephone calls!  No more ripped up streets!  No more nincompoops!  Enough with the gloomy cold weather, already! 

Steady Gaze

8x10 inches, acrylic

Oh good grief, I have been so sick sick we got home from Mexico.  Bronchitis, that led to such violent coughing that I lost my voice.  It's only now that my vocal cords are starting to work again.  The sound ain't pretty, but I can make myself understood, and the coughing is slowing subsiding.

So, yesterday I felt good enough to go to the studio and get out the acrylic paint.  My goal was to paint much looser than usual, something a little wild and colorful.  I rather like this lady, though I think I can push the loose and abstract look even more.  

Time will tell.