The Artist’s Magazine‘s 2011 All-Media Art Competition

I am happy to announce that my painting "Glass Jar with Rag" received an honorable mention in the Artist's Magazine's 2011 All-Media art competition.

Click here to view the winners and honorable mentions.

In Progress Still Life

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9"x12" Oil on panel

Progress has been slow recently, but I hope to increase my studio time and complete this soon. I have been working on the wine glass which is proving harder than I initial thought. There are lots of thin subtle highlights along the edges of the glass and rim (the contrast in this photo is much darker than the actual painting which is hiding some of the details.) that have been testing the steadiness of my hand to paint properly. But I'm happy with how it is coming out so far.

In Progress Still Life

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9"x12" Oil on panel

Just finished the first pass on the bottle with the exception of the label. I'm going to come back to that a little later in the process. To be honest I'm a little nervous about painting the type on the label. I need to psych myself up for it. I've gone ahead and started painting in the wine glass. I'll post some pics of that as soon as I get it finished.

In Progress Still Life

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9"x12" Oil on panel

I've begun working on the first color pass. As you can see I'm painting in the cloth first. Simply because it was the furthest object in the background. I tend to paint background objects first and work forward so that I can layer on top of what has already been painted.

On another easel I have started a preliminary drawing for the next wave painting. I'm making good progress so far and should have something to post up soon. This one is going to be a challenge but I'm excited to give it a try.

Under Painting

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9"x12" Oil on panel

Just wrapped up the monochromatic under painting. At this stage I'm not to concerned with value accuracy. I'm mostly trying to build form and refine any issues that I had with the drawing. After working some initial values into wine glass I realized that the stem was still off a bit. So I reworked the drawing from what I had originally. I think its accurate now, but that's what I said last time. We'll see.

Under Drawing Complete

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9"x12" Oil on panel

Just wrapped up the drawing for the lastest still life. I struggled a bit getting the wine glass symmetrical. I think it's finally pretty close. Tonight I will start painting in the monochromatic under painting.

Preparing Panels

Things are starting to settle down a bit in regards to the new baby. I wish I could say the same for work though. Since I've been back from paternity leave I've had to work through two weekends and countless days that end at 2 am. I'm really hoping things slow down because it's starting to get old.

The little bit of free time I have had recently has been spent preparing panels for upcoming paintings. I've been wanting to give Art Board panels a try for sometime now and decided to purchase a few for my upcoming paintings. They are a bit pricey compared to other panels, but the quality seems to be really good. I read online that it is a good idea to seal them with shellac before priming (If anyone has an opinion on whether or not this step is necessary I'd love to hear it) to prevent support-induced discoloration. The above picture is from the shellac session.

Now that the panels are done I am starting to work up some drawings. Tonight I worked on the preliminary drawing for a still life commission. I hope to start laying down some paint later this week. I'll be sure to post up some pictures as I progress.