Catching up - 2

Since my exhibition described in the previous post, I have been painting regurarly.

I have started using Oils seriously. Until then the grat majority of my paintings were done in acrylics.

Oils are also a lot of fun. Quite different in the their physical behaviour, how they feel and behave. Less different than certain people had said concerning their color rendering.

The first series of paintings were portraits, an area where I felt I could use more practice. I will be posting examples later.

All in all, since then, I have done or almost finished about 15 paintings.

Catching Up

The primary reason I stopped posting in June 2009 was the organization and holding of my first (solo) exhibition of my paintings. It was held from 3rd to the 13th of June in a local gallery owned by the town council. All the organization is up to the exhibitor, the space and most necessary accessories are provided (hanging, easels, lights, etc...).

The exhibition was a good success for a first exhibition. Approximately 200 people attended the opening and a number of paintings were sold. You can see a few pictures and information on the exhibition.

Reviving my Blog

Ok. I decided to revive my blog.

I have seriously slacked off (blogside) for a while now, almost 6 months. Those months were filled with other things, some more of that later.

I promise ( to myself in particular) that I will post more regularly.

First new (painting) post by tomorrow evening.

All the posts below (before) this one are my previous uneven efforts. I am keeping them in the interest of historical completeness.

Fist stages of my current painting

Its always interesting to see a painting as it develops...
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Finished painting Alpilles (Provence)

New since 15th January

A painting of Provence I started this week and progressed faster than usual 70 x 50 cm:





A small rooftop painting started a couple of weeks ago 50 x 40 cm



A larger painting of my local cinema 100 x 80 cm:


River scene stared several weeks ago then put aside for awhile... but I always get back to them :-)

Some progress on this one i started (in a post earlier):

Started yesterday: Acylic on canvas 70 x 50 cm

Started Last week : Acylic on canvas 70 x 50 cm