"Spin"

Raise your hand if as a kid you could do this ride for hours but now you're ready to heave in the first 10 seconds!  Makes me a little queasy just looking at it.  Not sure why I painted it.  ;^)

One of three amusement park paintings I've done recently.

"Anticipation" (SOLD)

Whether you were the one waiting or the one arriving, you can remember the feeling.

"Alone in the Theater" (SOLD) and Bad Blog

Yeah, I know... man card, gone.

A couple things have happened since my last blog post.  First, my blog sort of shot craps.  All the images went bye-bye, and I can't get them back.  And, second, I've started experimenting with a really... blotchy... impressionist?... expressionist?... heading for abstract?... approach.  I was inspired to try this by the paintings of the very successful artist Joshua Meyer.  (My paintings don't begin to match the level of abstraction - or the level of skill - of his, but I love his stuff.)

Anyway... Back to the blog... not sure I'll keep posting here, as I can't find any solution for getting the old pics back, and it kind of pisses me off.  If I continue to be happy with my new direction and the response to it (which seems to be fairly good so far), I may sign up with an "online gallery" provider of some kind.  If I do, I'll mention it here in case you want to check it out and sign up for the new blog.

"Embraced"

My first new painting of 2012!  Had initially planned to call it "Abandoned", but in a burst of positivity, I renamed it "Embraced".  All in how you look at it, I reckon.  : )