Friday, February 10, 2012

Various Foxes

Been busy lately, lots of projects and exhibits are finding their way to me which is wonderful and I hope it keeps up.   But while that stuff is in the works here are some other things I've been having fun with. 

I drew this while watching the Planet Earth series on DVD.
The "bee-ZAR Tibetan Fox" as David Attenborough describes him.


Had to start a new sketchbook since I filled my other one, this was the first entry.



..and the figure studies continue... These are a great thing to keep yourself painting while waiting for someone to respond to you about a project.

"The undeniable joy of being alive" Oil on Bristol 17" x 11"
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foot detail - I'm gonna learn how to draw feet if it kills me

Did you ever make something and then forget that you made it?  Or somehow convince yourself that you are doing something "just this once"?  It's a miracle of the human mind that we can engage in a certain type of behavior under certain conditions that we would otherwise avoid.  For me I tend to forget about many of the things I've made if I don't see them after I made them. Such is the case with these full rear view figure studies.  Each time I've told myself "I'm just going to paint one from behind in a provocative pose just this once to get it out of my system."  Then I paint it, stuff it away with the other paintings and forget that I've made it. After finishing the painting above it occured to me I'd been here before....4 times now in the past couple months apparently, see below.




2 comments:

Jeremy said...

provocative pose show!

Steve Somers said...

Actually I'm going to do a "peep show" style exhibit with these in Kenosha next month. At Dr. Destruction's "Dorian Gray" art show. -- And actually dude, if you're looking for a weird time you should do that show too.