Latest oil painting "Thai Chilies", on streched canvas. It was done 3 weeks ago. Below the pen and watercolor study and of course, the chilies...

Study

In these very last weeks of dental school, Im overcome in anxiety.  I have finished all my requirements but still dont know if Im graduating on time. 

      So I paint instead. This painting started with a drawing from a photo I took in Rome, years ago. Well, the inspiration wasn't there. I started painting the sky and it became full of big fluffy clouds, and as I painted it  down to the horizon, I ended up with a very expansive sky.

      I first thought to paint an ocean scene, then Thinking of a flat landscape  finally the canyon scene came to my mind. I search in the web to find images , and came up with this, "Grand Canyon " oil study 8x10. 

Probably and hopefully this is my last painting while in dental school.

    

So here they are, some of my art making over the last 2 years. I continued skecthing, but not as much as before than school started. 

a new frwme for a  8x10 plein air old painting,

a pencil sketch 

found an unfinished pastel drawing, and,  finished it.

created little xmas gifts - winter scenes in acrylic paint,

Finished this painting... after many years...

Created this drawing out of a cardboard - pencil, colored pencil, watercolor and gouche...

Framed this one...

and this too!

From Fred Guess workshop "Color Your World" in New Orleans, lots of fun.

And this is the latest painting, 8x10 "Lemon Tea". For the art show at Howard University, I'm entering 22 paintings which 2 of them already have been sold to a friend...

  Its Easter 2014... two years since my last post. Im about to finish my program at Howard University College of Dentistry and can't wait to be back to L.A.
In the last 2 years much I have done in art, a few paintings and drawings. One workshop with Fred Guess in  New Orleans, which open my pallete to be more colorful.
 I finished my 10th still life from Dan Edmondson's workshop, which Im posting as well. The most exciting, besides finishing up with dental school, I'm participating on a group art show at the art gallery of Howard University Blackburn Center. Most of still life paintings which I completed during Dan's workshop and other originals of mine.

This is my latest painting in oil...  Persimonn, acorn squash and  copper pitcher  20 x 12 canvas  - oil. This is my Still Life 39 of Dan Edmondson workshop.    This first quarter of 2012 has been very exciting and stressfull. I'm posting this entry from D.C. where I'm living for the next 2 years. I got accepted to Howard University College of Dentistry  International Dentist program , which will give me my 2nd DDS degree and open many more opportunities in the dental field.  I sold two paintings to my good friend Bill, and that was very neat - and I promptly decided to paint the next still life. I was to go forward to #10, but I went to my own composition instead.   It is one of my best so far, I;m so happy. Hopefully I will be able to paint more in the next 2 years.

I have had this unusual frame for years and I also have another one similar as this one. Those are Italian window frames reproductions, which I found very cheap at Michael's on a clearance bin. I cut my canvas gator board to fit, and just couldn't decided how to make it work. Its very small about 7x5. So one day in january looking at this gourd I came up with the vision of just placing the gourd hanging over the edge to create the tromphe oilel (spell???) effect... I added more in the bacground to keep the eyes in the painting... I guess it worked.

Still life #8, from Dan Edmondson's workshop - asian vase with berries. Oil on masonite, 16 x 12. I love Dan's set ups and demos. Small details like the light on the branches were too white, my grapes a little distracting and also my vase designs captured the eye in the vase. Minor adjustments , dark glazing on the vase, and voila! This photo is before those adjustments.