painting update

as often happens, paintings get reworked or adjusted. diamond in the rough, a painting completed for my rogue show, is getting a little bit of that treatment. here's the painting as it was



here's where it's going. i cleaned up the lines on the building, and the building/diamond itself. i'm trying to move the coloring on it more into my "style" of painting, and hopefully it will end up something like the coloring of the sky in this painting.

rogue festival 2009 - looks good, fresno

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tower 4
oil & polyurethane on wood
sold


living in it
oil on wood
$175


diamond in the rough
oil on wood
$100


water tower
oil on wood, fire treated
sold

painting update

good news, i finally know where my city hall painting is going. it struck me tonight, giving me a title. it's progressed quite away since the earlier photo below.

the new title: fresno's diamond in the rough.

as i painted and thought about fresno's city hall, i searched for its heart. i thought of confusion, i thought of politics as usual, and i also thought of the change that is about take place as a new mayor takes office.

the painting is currently a side view of the city hall, a view that i've always loved more than the front or back. something about the dramatic lines, the roof, etc. in my painting it really takes on a diamond shape, especially because of the trees and such the limit the view near ground level.

so, as i work on this painting, i know that fresno has potential. city hall could be a precious gem. or, it could just stay a diamond in the rough.