X4 Poster – First Background
18 x 23 ¾ inch oil on canvas work. I’m not happy with this background – So, I’ll let it dry and see what I can do.
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And…More Wilted Urn with Beloved Cat
Taking my time on the table, carefully layering out the black lines.
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X1 Poster Progress
So excited about this piece – just love his eye and how his cheek drips out into the space.
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Can You Hear It?
X3 Poster progress. Pepsi Cola is fizzing, and the X is popping.
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Wilted Urn and Beloved Cat, Continued
I laid down the background with a pallet knife and some cool-colored blues and greens. So much fun painting into wet – wet on wet!
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Starting X1 Poster…
For this 23 ¾ inch square oil on canvas painting I completed the background with blue-shading and drippy green lines.
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X3 Poster Underway
24 x 30-inch oil on canvas. Nothing special just yet.
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The Original Pears in Isolation
Prior to completing my painting of the same name, the sketch was completed a few years ago, but it remained unfinished. With some downtime from my easel, I returned to this piece in my sketchbook and completed the drawing. This piece was the inspiration for the mixed media piece Pears in Isolation.
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Progress on Pet Cat, Odin
A Xenophobe pet started on a 10 x 12 oil on canvas hardboard with a nice blue-purple background to make his colorful eyes pop. Just a side note: I named this work after my cat, Odin – who’s also wonky. Photo by C. A. Schmidt, 2022.
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Xeno Practice Flowers
These 4 x 6 oil paintings on canvas hardboard began as a practice session, exploring ideas how to paint the urn flowers for the Wake of Xenophobe 4. When I finished the round cone, I knew the color wasn’t going to work with the composition. I didn’t want to toss it incomplete, so I moved forward, painted the background and […]
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