A PAINTING A DAY

Mango

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"Mango" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,
Auction starts @ 8.00pm Pacific time.

Still life with a Mango, the color contrast and the textures on this tropical fruit were particularly interesting to explore with the soft color and light gradations.

Reclining Male Nude

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"Reclining male nude" 6.5" x 9" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Portrait of a Girl

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"Portrait of a Girl" 6.5" x 7.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Stairway

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"Stairway" 6.5" x 8.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Standing Female Nude done in charcoal with white highlights.

Peach

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"Peach" 6" x 6" Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas,
Auction starts @ 8.00pm Pacific time.

Hope

"Hope" 6" x 8" Oil on Canvas Panel,
Auction starts @ 8.00pm Pacific time.

A female figure in contraposto looking up, done with rich coloring and layers, the painting itself has a surreal quality and leaves a lot to the viewer's interpretation.
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Portrait of a Little Girl

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"Portrait of a Little Girl" 6" x 6.5" Charcoal and Pastel on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Auction starts at 8.00PM. Pacific time.

Hideaway

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"Hideaway (Reclining male nude)" 6.5" x 9" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Reclining male nude charcoal drawing.

Reclining Female Nude Study

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"Reclining Female Nude Study" 6.5" x 8" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Charcoal drawing of a female nude with white chalk highlights on paper.

Illumination

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"Illumination" 6" x 8" Oil on Canvas Panel,
Auction starts @ 8.00pm Pacific time.

A standing female nude in an Interior with the light coming from the window, my aim was to capture the light first of all, with all its subtle nuances and the figure as a protagonist in this daylight interior.

Whisper

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"Whisper" 6" x 7.5" Charcoal and Pastel on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Auction starts at 7.45PM. Pacific time.

Japanese Vase and Violas

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"Japanese Vase and Violas" 6" x 6" Oil on Canvas Panel,
Auction starts @ 8.00pm Pacific time.

A still life composition with a green oriental vase and violas, I like the color contrast between the two, worked well with the warm background.

Centersight

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"Centersight" 6.5" x 5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Auction starts at 8.00PM. Pacific time.

Surreal female portrait study on paper.

Girl reading a letter

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"Girl reading a letter" 7.5" x 5.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Auction starts at 7.45PM. Pacific time.

A girl consumed in reading a letter.

The Guided

"The Guided (Female Portrait)" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

Auction starts @ 8.00pm Pacific time.

Female Portrait with a girl looking upwards, I wanted to capture a moment of yearning and revelation, to achieve a spiritual feeling in her eyes.
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Waiting (Standing Female Nude)

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"Waiting (Standing Female Nude)" 7.5" x 8.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Auction starts at 8.00PM. Pacific time.

Stading female nude seen from the side, her eyes focused in expectation...

Study for "The Eyelock"

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"Study for "The Eyelock"" 7.5" x 5.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Los Angeles Alleyscape #2

"Los Angeles Alleyscape" 9" x 12" Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas,
Auction starts @ 8.00.pm Pacific Time.
As promised, here's the second Alleyway that I did, a slightly larger piece then the previous one and more dynamic in the composition and perspective.

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Higher Ground

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"Higher Ground" 7.5" x 5.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Auction starts at 8.10PM. Pacific time.

The latest Female Nudes straight from my studio.

Covering Nude

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"Covering Nude" 5" x 6.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Auction starts at 8.00PM.

Los Angeles Alleyscape

"Los Angeles Alleyscape" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,
Auction starts @ 8.15.pm
From my L.A. Cityscapes series, a sunlit Alleyway exploring the different structures of the houses and buildings with lots of light and dark at play using bold colors as the perspective of the composition takes you within the painting, in its own reality.I'll be listing probably another alleyway like this just a little bigger in size pretty soon.
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Female Profile Study

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"Female Profile Study" 6" x 7.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Auction starts at 8.15PM.

The Yellow House

"The Yellow House" 6" x 8" Oil on Canvas Panel,

I saw this house nearby where I live and I was drawn by its color intensity as sunlight falls on it, so I knew I had to paint it, the result is this, a full of life colorful little oil painting with an almost Impressionist feel for color.

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Orange Canna Lily

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"Orange Canna Lily" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

Auction starts @ 8.00.pm

A Canna Lily still life, depicting the beauty of this flower, deep color and warmth that this particular flower radiates from within, painted directly from life.

Message in a Bottle

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"Message in a Bottle" 6" x 6" Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, Sides Painted, No need for a Frame

Auction starts @ 8.15.pm

The inspiration for this painting came when thinking about all these different ways of communications we have today at our disposal and I thought I'll make a painting on this theme to deliver my own message, my way, using my tools, send it in a bottle, to whom it may concern, whoever gets this message:)

Sarah

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"Sarah" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

Auction starts @ 8.15.pm

Portrait Of A Young Man

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"Portrait Of A Young Man" 5.5" x 7.5" Charcoal and Pastel on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Auction starts June 1 at 8.00PM.

I like combining the soft pastels and the sharper and exact lines that I get with the charcoal I think they compliment each other, since Pastel as a medium adds volume and the other adds firmness to the drawing.

Thinking Arch

"Thinking Arch" 9" x 12" Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas,

Auction starts @ 8.30.pm

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Peaches

"Peaches" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

Auction starts @ 8.30.pm
Still life with peaches and leaves, the composition is set inwards to suggest the third dimension, I've placed the leaves around the peaches to add to the organic feel of the painting.

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The Letter

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"The Letter" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

Auction starts @ 8.45.pm

Male Nude seen from behind reading a letter, I wanted to hide the letter from the viewer to achieve a more intimate/personal mood in the composition leaving more to the imagination of the observer about the letter's content.

Misty

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"Misty" 6.5" x 9.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished

Auction starts May 26th at 8.30PM.

Onion and Knife alla prima still life

"Onion and Knife" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

The second still life from the new series, this one is in a diagonal composition, the knife gives the direction going inward creating the third dimension and the wrinkled drapery underneath simulates movement around the still objects.

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Strawberry on plate still life

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"Strawberry" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

Auction starts @ 8.45.pm

This is the first piece from a new still life series that I've started, I usually have different ideas about setting up still lives and they change constantly, so you will have an insight as my perception on this subject changes from one to another as I'm experimenting with composition and subject.
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Portrait Of A Man oil sketch

"Portrait of a man" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

Auction starts @ 8.30.pm

This is the latest portrait from my studio, it's been done in 'alla prima' mode, with very loose brushwork, to emphasize the intensity and spontaneity of the moment better.

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Foresight charcoal portrait of a young girl

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"Foresight" 5.5" x 7.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, varnished

Auction starts at 8.45PM.
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Japanese Cup and Five Stones

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"Japanese Cup and Five Stones" 6" x 6" Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, Sides Painted, No frame needed

Auction starts @ 8.30.pm

Self Portrait

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"Self Portrait" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

Auction starts @ 8.30.pm

Male Nude In Interior

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"Male Nude In Interior" 5.5" x 7.5" Charcoal on drawing paper, varnished

Karen

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"Karen" 6" x 7" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, varnished

Overcast

"Overcast (Crouching Female Nude)" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

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Portrait Of A Man

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"Portrait Of A Man" 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel,

Auction starts @ 8.30.pm

I had to reshoot the image for this piece since I wasn't really satisfied with the first take, I never really am actually, it's hard to capture the original dimension of the painting, this one represents it much better though.