Poydras Home Art Show

This year the Poydras Home Art Show was open to the public on Friday before coming down that evening. My three dot paintings hung together in the large front room. There was a lot of activity during the show.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Treinta

To conclude my third painting, I used shades of purple and red for my background. As in the other two paintings, I painted dots in a square pattern. This one turned out to be more exciting than my other ones.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Vientenueve

In my second painting, in this grouping, I rendered the background with shades of green. Again, I organized the piece in a square pattern. I used bright contrasting colors to make my dots.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Vientiocho

Below is the first of three new dot paintings. This year I worked with concentric squares over a patterned blue background. The blue dominated the other colors. I did my best apply dots of contrasting colors.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Phase II, Third of Three

And with the second coat of acrylic on this one, Phase II is complete. I thickened the variations of red and purple. Coming up next, lots of dots!


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Phase II, Second of Three

The second coat of green colors took a while. I kept certain areas darker than others. So now my painting is ready for dots.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

10th Street Cafe

For the next two months five of my dot art paintings are hanging in the back room of 10th Street Cafe located at 423 10th Street, Gretna, LA. They will be up through Friday, March 3rd, 2016. I am one of several featured artists.

Back to Ochsner West Bank Campus!

This month ten of my dot art paintings are hanging in a corridor on the first floor of Ochsner Medical Center West Bank Campus. They will be up through Friday, Wednesday, February 2, 2016. I am one of three artists exhibiting.

Calendar Dot Art!

The Jefferson Art Guild (JAG) 30 Month Calendar is out. Thirty of the guild's artists have work featured in it. My dot painting, "Veinte," appears above December 2016 - which is a year away now.

Poydras Home Art Show on Halloween

This year the Poydras Home Art Show and Sale took place on Halloween. The sky was overcast and the rain was light. Like last year, the show was only up for one day. My three new paintings hung inside in the big room. All three paintings appeared together on one board. On the following Monday I picked up my paintings.

Veintisiete

To complete my trio of new paintings, I used a yellow background. An "X" pattern is part of the background. I played with contrasting values and colors, but had a rougher time doing so.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Veintiséis

Next up, among my trio of new paintings, is this violet shaded painting. Again I maintained my "X" patterned background. As before, I played with contrasting values and colors.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Veinticinco

Here's the first of three new paintings in my "Numeros" series. I used more pinks and magentas for my "X" patterned background. Like the previous three paintings, I played with contrasting values and colors.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Phase II, Third of Three

Finally I painted the second coat of acrylic on this one. I again used variations of purple to violet. This one is also ready for dots.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Phase II, Second of Three

Next I added a second coat of acrylic to this pinkish painting. I worked with reds to magentas. Now it is ready for dots!


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Phase II, First of Three

The second coat of acrylic has been added to this canvas. The dots will be added next. I have the other two to do too.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Phase I, Third of Three

For my third painting I used a range of blues to violets. Once again I used an "X" design. And so I've completed the first coat of acrylic paint.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Phase I, Second of Three

My second canvas included a range of pinks and magentas. Again I repeated an "X" design pattern. And so I finished the first coat of acrylic.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Phase I, First of Three

October is a couple of months away. So it is time for me begin my next three dot paintings for the Poydras Home Art Show. Today I painted the first layer of acrylic paint on three canvases. Below is the first of the three. Again, this year, I will paint using an "X" design format. Now is the time to work on these paintings.


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Alpha Omega

In completing the last image in the "Alpha Series" I chose a blue background and repeated a design used at the midpoint. Only this time I went with non-earth tone colors. I believe it makes a good ending to this group of paintings.



acrylic on canvas, 6" x 6"