Original and Limited Edition Prints available. Email me for details."Free for All" Named after one of my all time favorite songs by Ted Nugent. I used a collage technique to get the texture.
Monday, May 19, 2008
No. 140
Original and Limited Edition Prints available. Email me for details."Free for All" Named after one of my all time favorite songs by Ted Nugent. I used a collage technique to get the texture.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
No. 135
"Orange and Pink Feather Wing" 10" x 12" This is a quick study that I did in preparation for a series of flies I am collaborating with Marty Howard on. I was experimenting with techniques and colors. I have the original of this fly, and I notice a number of proportion issues that I will have to address when painting the final.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
No. 133
"Quickie" 5"x 6" Sharpie and watercolor. Got this one in under the wire. Monday night is fly tying, then a few of us hit the local watering hole. I had planned on drawing a fly at the tavern, but one thing lead to another, so I drew and painted this one a few minutes before midnight.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
No. 132
Original Available - send me an email for details."2D-3D" 17" x 12" I started this fly by painting some thick (300gsm) watercolor paper in warm brown tones. I placed random textures and spatters on the paper. Next I drew out each section that I wanted to cut out. Once all of the pieces were cut, it was time to assemble. I glued 1/16" spacers on the back to stand the pieces off from one another. I really like the way the shadows show off the various shapes. I painted the pieces so that they looked like rusty pieces of metal. It took many sharp X-Acto blades to complete all of the cutting!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
No. 130
"Wulff Followers" This is a composite image of a Royal Wulff I painted along with a rainbow. Enjoy. Both images are watercolor composited in PhotoShop
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
No. 125
Original - SoldTo Purchase Limited Edition Prints click here.
"Decisions" 10" x 12" Watercolor and gouache. This painting started as color and value study for a larger painting I am working on. I was inspired by the Canadian Stamp Series that shows flies on stamps and decided to add a fly to this study. When I look at this, I want to put a big cartoon idea balloon around the fly!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
No. 124
"Hardware Fly" I have been slowly cleaning up and organizing my workshop. I am putting all the hardware in parts bins. All kinds of sorted hardware was laying on top of my workbench. They were just begging to be fashioned into a fly.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
No 123
"Blind Fly" 8" x 10". I got this idea from my friend Woody Hansen. He started a painting by creating the initial sketch blindfolded. You can see him in action here. Woody called me the other night to check on my thumb. We ended up discussing artists like Milford Zorne and Henry Fukuhara who both had macular degeneration, but continued to paint essentially blind. Woody took this idea to see what he would come up with. The above fly was my attempt. Another idea Woody had was to smear Vaseline on eyeglasses. This way you would see shapes, but not be totally blind.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
No. 121
Email me for details on purchasing original or prints. "Cinnamon Sedge" 8" x 11" Gouache on chip board. This is another Irish style fly courtesy of Marty Howard.
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The winner for the April drawing is......P Melchior. I have sent you an email with the details. Congratulations and keep the suggestions coming!
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