Commission

Had to put my plans for the Lichtenstein inspired work on hold for a commission. Money isn't everything but when you have three dollars in your wallet you don't turn down a comission. The client wanted a burly Elijah slaying the prophets of Baal. He was happy with the piece but I'm not sure if I'll be doing more work for him yet. Once I return to more personal work it will likely be more serene than this.

Acrylic and charcoal

20 x 30

The painting was photographed by my good friend Bob Detty who you can find here or at the Sunset Studios link under Friends.

I've become quite the fan of Roy Lichtenstein.

So I'm reading up on Roy Lichtenstein. I've become quite the fan of his work and that combined with my newfound interest in comic books inspired this painting.

"Whoops"

27 x 9 oil on illustration board

My little camera didn't really capture the true color in the painting and photography never captures brushstrokes but I wanted to take the comic panel I was working from and do the content in a very loose gestured style. I considered replicating the blocked color and outlines but thought it would be more interesting to alter it.

Running with the same idea of altering quoted content I'm going to attempt to paint Caravaggio's "Saint Mathew and the Angel"  in the block outlined Lichtenstein style. My first attempt to start the paintings was not very successful however. My book on Lichtenstein said that he was frustrated by his early paintings because his screens for the dots would clog and run together, I've run into the same problem.