Boy on a Rope

Inspired after the fact. Has it happened to you- that you started working on a painting and something about it brought back a memory? I think it was the hat and the profile of the boy facing to the right in this painting by Georges Seurat that came to my mind.
Seurat was a French post- Impressionist best known for developing pointillism, breaking from the Impressionists in 1886, with this unique style of applying pure color in small dots.

Here's my layout of the composition. I'm painting over a 24"x24" oil that was a copy of a Richard Diebenkorn, who is one of my all time and go to favorites and a big influence on me. I used Cadmium Orange and a round brush, thinned down so it wouldn't build up on the surface.

Here's my finished painting. It's in a group show at Spring Bull Gallery for the month of September. All Hands on Deck features some outstanding artists, so I'm very excited to be part of this show!

Spring Bull Gallery

This is my panel  at  The Spring Bull Gallery where I am the guest artist  for the month of August and September. I also have a larger painting on the wall. I will be sending them some jpegs and my bio so that there will be some info about me on their web site soon. Great location on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. I am delighted and excited for this wonderful opportunity

Reflect

I posted these images separately in the past, but had always planned on framing them together , which is now done! The painting was also accepted into an Open Juried Show at The Spring Bull Gallery in Newport, Rhode Island. The juror was Richard Harrington, one of the founders of The Art League of Rhode Island.The show runs from June 4th-June 30th. Hope you can stop by the reception this Saturday from 5-7pm.