Painting #4 - Max

Painting #4 -Max

5" x 7" 

Oil on Canvas Board

$3

Purchased by Andy Miller

Sean was almost a Max. When I was a kid, I didn't know if I would ever be married, or even if I would have kids someday. But I knew that if I ever had a son, I wanted him to be Max. It turned out that Angela, from the same age, wanted the same name for her son. When the time came, and we saw that little spot on the ultrasound, (I had to take the nurse's word for it) we knew that we had a Max on our hands. As we got closer though, we noticed that the name Max kept popping up. When Angela's mom suggested Sean Patrick, we knew we had our name.  And so Max became Sean. Which is a good thing, because he is Sean through and through.

I've had 'Where The Wild Things Are' on my mind this week with the death of Maurice Sendak. It was always on my bookshelf as a kid, along with the Seuss, Uncle Remus, my Bible stories and everything else. But Sendak was always down on the end of the shelf along with Roald Dahl. They were kids' books, but they always made me feel a little older when I read them. Sweet, but a little spooky and sinister at the same time. The musical equivalent was hearing 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' for the first time when I was 8. There was something going on there that I didn't fully understand, but I liked it, and it made me feel a little more grown up.

Maurice Sendak 1928 - 2012
Requiescat en pace.  

Painting #3 - Kiwis

 

Painting #3 - Kiwis

7" x 5" 

Oil on Canvas Board

$3

Purchased by Kay Khrin

Sometimes the subject matter has a rich narrative or a poignant personal

connection. Sometimes it's just a snack sitting on a favorite plate. In this
case, the polka dot plates that go with the bowls that we got at Target.

Painting #2 - Kermit Pez

#2 Kermit Pez

5" x 7" 

Oil on Canvas Board

$2 / SOLD

I bought the first Pez when Sean was very small. I can't remember now if I saw it and thought he might like it, or if he was with me at the grocery store and it caught his eye. One led to another, and another, and another. One of those silly little traditions that take on a life of their own. It continued when Molly came around, and now, almost 13 years (yeesh) after I bought that first Fred Flintstone Pez, we have well over a hundred. You wouldn't necessarily think of Pez as subject matter for a still life, but once I picked one up and actually looked at it, I thought it would be interesting to paint. Turns out it is. And, now that Sean and Molly are getting older, they remind me of that very short period of time when they were small. There will be a number of Pez in this collection. And Kermit is the first.

Painting #1 - Happy Birthday to Me

#1 Happy Birthday to Me
5" x 7"

Oil on Canvas Board

$1.00 / SOLD

52 Weeks 100 Paintings

 

I celebrated my birthday the other day and decided that this year I am going to paint and sell 100 small paintings. (Approx. 5" x 7")  The first painting sold for $1*. The second painting just sold for $2. The third will be $3, the fourth, $4, and so on. When the paintings become available, (roughly twice a week) I will notify the people on my mailing list first, then post them on this blog and my Facebook page. The first person that responds can purchase the painting at the price listed.

Owning original, good art has never been easier or more affordable.

Sign up today here.  (Also, it wouldn't kill you to like the page while you're there.)


P.S. I got this idea from my new friend, Jolie Guillebeau. She does amazing work that can be found at https://www.facebook.com/jkgpaintings.  Please check it out.

*Shipping and handling for this painting, and all paintings in this series will be $5.

Still Life with Homer Simpson Pez

9" x 12"
Oil on canvas board
2012

Still Life with Cow Creamer

9" x 12"
Oil on canvas