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Flat is where it's at

2/13/2025

I really like painting on flat unstretched canvas and I like painting larger paintings too. So why did I start painting so many smaller works on 8x10 or 16x20 stretched canvases? I think I was just painting for the market and thinking that the price point would be less than a larger painting. Did it make me as happy as I like to be? No.

So this year I decided to paint the way I prefer.

Here are a few that I have completed so far. I really like them and hope you do too.

"Mr. Mooney's Dream After Eating That Gummy"
38"x29" painted on flat canvas

"Mr. Mooney's Retro Dream"
31" x 29.5" painted on flat canvas

Mr Mooney's Dream After Watching That Documentary About Quantum Physics"
42" X 27"
Acrylic paint on flat canvas
(The canvas edge is really white. Not sure why my camera did not capture that well.)

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Ooopsie. I am still painting. Forgot to update website!

1/2/2025

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Still working with the black and white theme. Still having fun! This is an iPad painting. I busted my leg by tripping over the black and white cat and for months, I have been making iPad art.

After over 2 months of not being able to walk or stand much, I started painting again.
These are painted on unstretched canvas.

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What is black and white and not red (read) all over?

6/29/2024

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I really like lots of color. So I surprised myself lately by doing black and white.
The graphic quality of these has inspired me.
So I painted a BUNCH more!

I had to add a little color to see the effect. Not bad.

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Fishing

5/26/2024

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I have been thinking about sardines. I don't even like sardines. But those fish all lined up look kinda cool. The tins they come in, well they can be very inspiring. This is the only part of this painting I liked.

The online workshop I have been taking has taken a lot of my free time, and it has been quite interesting for sure.
Here are some fish paintings I did very recently. The workshop is mostly taught using abstract paintings, but I wanted to do it in my own odd whimsical way.

Oops! Almost forgot this one that I did at my local art gallery, Valley Art, for Print Day in May. Magnets are holding this one on my dishwasher.

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Taking Time Out For Learning

4/10/2024

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I am taking a 3 month online art workshop and because I am self taught, there seems to be a few things I could learn.
Usually I paint things that kind of look like things, albeit in a wonky way. But in this learning phase, I am doing more abstract things. Take it from me, doing a GOOD abstract can be crazy challenging. But I am plugging along!

Part of the workshop is to have a painting journal. I resisted at first, but then found out that uh, I like it!

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Spring cleaning and a bit of this and that

3/19/2024

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Well. I had far more canvases tucked away in my studio area than I thought. haha!

I don't often paint abstracts, and I thought it would be fun to try one last week.
There is a small group of working artists and we got together for a critique afternoon and I got some good ideas and applied them to this painting. It is now done!

I painted this years ago and just ran across it in my photos yesterday. I like it and may revisit this kind of idea again. Fun to be inspired by my own art!

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Klaatu Barada Nikto

12/21/2023

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BIG ROBOT.
I put this on the wall to look and see what it needs next.
Hmmmm...

Another BIG ROBOT.
Looks like this will turn into a series!

Besides painting BIG ROBOTS I am putting up lots of art on the walls of my "gallery."

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Shrinky Dinks are BIG Fun!

11/21/2023

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I just finished a commission for a Shrinky Dink piece of art.
It was for a book club with 5 women.
It was very challenging and that made it more fun in a way.
It gave me techniques and ideas for more artworks.

Now that this is done, I am making Shrink-Bot and Shrinky Robot-Kitties!

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Do Bug Me.

9/21/2023

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It has been a while since I painted some bugs. Thought I would give it a go!

I think I am going for an infestation over here!

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Shrinky Dink is a Big Deal!

7/22/2023

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I had never tried Shrinky Dinks before and thought it might be fun to try.
Well, I tell ya, it is SUPER fun!
I am working on making art, like real art, but in a shrinky format.

Fun, eh!

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Flat is where it's at

"Mr. Mooney's Dream After Eating That Gummy"
38"x29" painted on flat canvas

"Mr. Mooney's Retro Dream"
31" x 29.5" painted on flat canvas

Mr Mooney's Dream After Watching That Documentary About Quantum Physics"
42" X 27"
Acrylic paint on flat canvas
(The canvas edge is really white. Not sure why my camera did not capture that well.)

Ooopsie. I am still painting. Forgot to update website!

What is black and white and not red (read) all over?

Fishing

Taking Time Out For Learning

Spring cleaning and a bit of this and that

Well. I had far more canvases tucked away in my studio area than I thought. haha!

Klaatu Barada Nikto

Shrinky Dinks are BIG Fun!

Do Bug Me.

Shrinky Dink is a Big Deal!

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"Mr. Mooney's Dream After Eating That Gummy"​38"x29" painted on flat canvas

"Mr. Mooney's Retro Dream"​31" x 29.5" painted on flat canvas

Mr Mooney's Dream After Watching That Documentary About Quantum Physics"42" X 27"Acrylic paint on flat canvas(The canvas edge is really white. Not sure why my camera did not capture that well.)

Well. I had far more canvases tucked away in my studio area than I thought. haha!

I post on Facebook and Instagram all the time about what I am working on. Click on the BLUE links and check it out!

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"Mr. Mooney's Dream After Eating That Gummy"
38"x29" painted on flat canvas

"Mr. Mooney's Retro Dream"
31" x 29.5" painted on flat canvas

Mr Mooney's Dream After Watching That Documentary About Quantum Physics"
42" X 27"
Acrylic paint on flat canvas
(The canvas edge is really white. Not sure why my camera did not capture that well.)