More nudes

This one was recently finished--at the same time as Peaches and Cream--also done with a palette knife. Nothing too special..but a journey.

Click here: H. Wesley Wheeler :: Saatchi Online - Show your art to the world

OK..this post is about just one things. Check out Wes at Saatchi. Wes is a friend of mine..his work is suggestive of Rothko , though done in a totally different manner.

More penile Colony

This is called Peaches and Cream. It's 24 x 36"...done primarily with a knife. Maybe it's just the normal newness and delight in a new work.....but it's my favorite piece ever (at least today).

It's been forever since I've updated. That's because for a two and half month period I have a life that doesn't allow for extras....like updates./Coaching, while starting the school year as a teacher does that. Coaching is over for awhile..and soon I'll upload images of all my recent work. Been focusing a lot on the Penile Colony series. Also started a new one that looks at ways we move through life and I am using water as a metaphor for life and it's challenges. the image update will clarify this...no limit to were I can go with it and it's fun. Though I don't know if I enjoy the Penile Colony series more..we'll see. My work reflects a new influence. I have a friend named Wes Wheeler..his style is very Rothko-ish...contemporary color field work. I'll put up a link to his work soon. Anyways..he paints with palette knives. I love the textures he gets with palette knives and also the smoothness they are capable of.Since I am very interested in textures and patterns it made sense to see what would happen when I included the knife work. C'est bon!!!

Bodies

It's interesting how many things bodies can be a reference for and how they can inspire so many different things. A photo of a woman pulling her hair up inspired the start of these three paintings....could do an infinite number of paintings inspired by the pose. Again...these are just started...

Bodies

Just a few of the things I've been working on.Clearly not finished..but sometimes I like them at the different stages.Bottom one is an old painting that I decided I only liked a few parts so I applied gesso over it and created textures. (Same approach I've used with most of my abstracts. An under layer of textures that flow around the surface.)

More of the Penile Colony

Just a few more of the penile colony series.


Been working on different things...obviously the impact of light is one of them. The other, although equally obvious, is about looking at something with different eyes.