Hmmm. I'm Still Not Convinced

I think I made her look older. Perhaps I need to add some of the yellow cheek border back to the right side of her face...

Kira with a Pearl Earring

Am I done??? I totally dig thiiiiis!!

I think I have found two minor spots I need to fix, plus an artist friend suggested I make her earring irridescent (I have the perfect color for doing that), so I may tweak this a tiny bit later. But overall, I'm feeling she may be done.

New Website?

I may be deconstructing my website in favor of a profile on Carbonmade. Ideally, I will be able to point my link to my website domain (I love my domain!!)

Here is my current direct link to Carbonmade: http://ladydean.carbonmade.com/.

Fun Detail

Up close and personal! Too bad I'm going to paint on her some more. I think this part will not change, however.

Fe de Erratas: I did add a few brush strokes to her right cheek, just to the side of the nose. Oops!

I Kept Going!

I think she looks like my brother's girlfriend, Kira, now. Hmm. I also am reminded of this painting by Johannes Vermeer. Working title: "Kira with a Pearl Earring" (must add pearl earring).

She still needs work. The plan is to paint again today! I'm on a roll. Hopefully.

Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. Colors palate: paynes gray, light magenta, titan buff, red oxide, naphthol red medium, naples yellow hue, and a touch of primary magenta and phthalo blue (green shade).

And a Close Up!!!

This is just so awesome!! Wow. I need to do more work like this.

Sigh... and of course I make it my Facebook profil pic and all the flaws in the painting shine through for everyone to see. Gah. I'm going to go vacuum the carpet.

Auto-Retrato (with comparison sketch)!!!

Oh, this is fun. I think I did something right in a painting for once!!! I wonder if James would agree...

Here is the original sketch.

Guess What... SOLD!!!

I've been hanging on to this one for forever. So glad to see it find a good home.

Acrylic on paper applied with brush. 12 x 7 1/4 inches. September 4, 1998.

Photo by Steve Lundberg.

Another Artist, Gone from this World

Rest in Peace, Robert Vaughn (branded as Robert Von). I posed for him for the better part of a year a few years back. I don't know that he made many pieces of work based on me, but I do know that these works-in-progress were of me. (The painting in the background to the right is not me, although it looks like it could be!)

And.... Wouldn't You Know It??? SOLD!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I SOLD a painting! RE my last post about drawing on restaurant table paper, the activity did result in a sale! Woo! I'm actually not sure whether the chicken or the egg came first; but, at any rate, I was able to produce art and sell art in one full swoop!

The grandmother of the seven-year old girl (and also the step-mother of the friend of the sort-of-boyfriend) asked to see some of my artwork (which, of course, I carry around on my person in the form of digital photos on my camera which I have not yet found the time to upload to my blog). She saw the photo of the painting you see here and asked, "How much?" I non-chalantly quoted my working price and she promptly pulled out her checkbook and said, "Write you a check?" I responded with, "Sold!!"

I noticed that her husband (i.e., the father of the friend of the sort-of-boyfriend) didn't seem too enthused about the whole thing; BUT, a. the price was reasonable and, b. hopefully he'll fall in love with the painting upon laying eyes on it.

The painting has since been delivered to the graduate (the friend, not the sort-of-boyfriend) and should be in the hands of his step-mother and father soon!

For the record, I owe the entire sale to my friend, Kevin. Congratulations for obtaining your Master's Degree! Now go make some art!!!

Side note: I wrote the following title on the back of the canvas board: "Kansas Prairie Fire II" but this is incorrect. It's actually entitled "Konza Prairie Fire." I give the owners of the painting the full right to cross out the erroneous title and write in the true title.