A PAINTING A DAY

The Stream

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"The Stream" 6.5" x 9" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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"Los Angeles Times" 6"x8" Oil on Canvas Panel
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The impression for this piece came to me while observing all these reflective surfaces that are very present in today's world, mirrors and mirrorlike objects that surround us in our daily enviroment, people and objects reflecting color and light upon each other, forming a constant visual communication that's brought by the dynamics of today's living.

Alyssa

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"Alyssa" 6.5" x 8" Pastel and Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Katie standing

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"Katie standing" 6.5" x 9" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Hiding

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"Hiding" 6.5" x 7.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Eggplant

"Eggplant" 5"x7" Oil on Canvas Panel
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This Eggplant still life was very interesting to render since there was a lot of color contrast and colors were merging from violet to ultramarine blue to carminish/madder red.

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Spanish Attitude

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"Spanish Attitude" 6.5" x 8" Pastel and Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Elaine

Detail:

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"Elaine" 6.5" x 7.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Charcoal portrait of a Girl wearing a hat laying down.

Re-Thinking

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"Re-Thinking" 6.5" x 9" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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How many times have you had to re think one thing over and over again until you've reached a positive result?

Consolation

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"Consolation" 6.5" x 9.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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The Script

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"The Script" 5"x7" Oil on Canvas Panel
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The composition for this piece with a Girl in a chair reading came naturally to me and it's all about color and natural light which is so much richer outside then indoors and the light is in constant shifting movement falling and reflecting on different objects.

The Safe Place nude girl soft pastel

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"The Safe Place" 6.5" x 8" Pastel and Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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The Philosopher 3 color charcoal drawing

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"The Philosopher" 6.5" x 9" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Center Peach

Still Life composition with a Peach and an Ornamented Plate, I used the peach as the main object in the center of interest and the plate in the back was adding a lot of movement with all the intricate decorations on it.

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Daylight

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"Daylight" 6.5" x 7.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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This is a new drawing in charcoal that I did and used a different combination of chalks to add more value and dimension to it, quite strong line gestures are used at certain areas to emphasize that particular part even more.

Cristine

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"Cristine" 6.5" x 8" Pastel and Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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This is the latest female nude fresh off the easel (the french one)it was done in pastel with some accents in charcoal to strenghten the lines and structure of the drawing (I use this combination quite often). Also I should add that I've put many of my paintings on Sale in my Online Store, if you are interested you can access it from here
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Kristy

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"Kristy" 6.5" x 8.5" Pastel and Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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The Painter

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"The Painter" 5.5" x 5.5" Charcoal on drawing paper, Varnished
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Let Go

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"Let Go" 5" x7" Oil on Canvas Panel
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The Painting came out directly as an inspiration from the painting process itself, with the constant alterations in color, composition and values that the painter has to deal with all the time, the perpetual process of creation and elimination as a unifiying principle of work, I used the artist's tools here to convey my basic idea into this still life.

Alleyscape #7 West Los Angeles cityscape painting

"Alleyscape #7" 9" x12" Oil on Canvas

Sunlit Los Angeles Alleyway, the composition is focusing on perspective here and the dark and light play thats formed from the buildings.

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The Red Dress

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"The Red Dress" 6.5" x 9" Pastel and Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Portrait of a girl

"Portrait of a girl" 6" x 6" Charcoal on drawing paper, Varnished
The Auction for this Drawing starts @ 7.30Pm Pacific Time.

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Alex

"Alex" 13"x9.5" Pastel on "Canson" Paper

This is a portrait of a girl that I did recently, larger then my usuall small pieces, the girl that was posing for the painting was lit from one side and I was trying to capture a certain yearning in her eyes with the head slightly tilted upwards and looking at the direction of the light.

Stairway #2

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"Stairway #2" 5" x7" Oil on Canvas Panel
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I'm always looking for places that inspire me, certain buildings, alleys or houses and this one caught my atention with the stairs and the way it was designed, fully lit by the sun and the strict shadows forming rhytm patterns.

Reclining Male Nude

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"Reclining Male Nude" 6.5" x 9" Pastel and Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Sweet Slumber

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"Sweet Slumber" 6.5" x 7.5" Pastel and Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Pastel of a female nude, strenghtened with charcoal lines, there's a certain ecstatic feeling about this figure's pose.

Melt Away

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"Melt Away" 6.5" x 9" Pastel and Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Bartlett Pear

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"Bartlett Pear" 6" x 6" Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, Starts at 8.00pm Pacific.

Remembering...

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"Remembering..." 5.5" x 7.5" Charcoal on drawing paper, Varnished
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Portrait of a man

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"Portrait of a man" 6.5" x 7.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
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Corine #2

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"Corine #2" 6.5" x 7.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
Female charcoal portrait drawing.

Daisies

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

A still life painting with Daisies and different types of small flowers done in 'alla prima' style, I had to paint fast on this since the flowers were dying out fast....

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