some houses

well i really hate to put anything near that hot painting below this
because it's going to dim in comparison...but...well...here's another
paper piece...18"x24" acrylic and oil. the path in the background is
from spain. i got a lot of good pics from there (spain2928851.shutterfly.com)
some great source material...air power windmill things, hills, paths, freeways,
balls with things coming out of them, sheep etc...feel free to use anything
if it catches your fancy. i don't think i like the houses in this painting...they look
a little too....naievish style or something. also...do you think the sky needs
something in it? or is it good to have a little bit of open space?
-brrradner

2crown

new piece
im very happy to have seen this made
im heading this way with some new pieces.
i like the idea that we carry our history and emotions spirit around with us
so i want to paint it,
im going to make objects in this same way
and see where it goes,
i was thinking abstraction was the best way to show this
but i was thinking about including real objects ,
whaddaya think?

World's Biggest Ears

I had to come up with a painting of a world record. I don't know why I decided to make it from the 19th century. It just seemed appropriate somehow. I need to go back in and make the ears look less pasted on.

this is my first quilt!!!! it was designed from a photo i took of "the big i." for those of you who haven't been to albuquerque, there is an area where interstate 25 and interstate 40 merge together called "the big i." it's huge and roller coaster like. all the fabrics i used are 1930's reprints. i love these fabrics.

3 new smoke stacks

three more paintings out of the 10 i want to make...the bottom one has some vinyl i stuck
on there and then painted over. they are all acrylic first, a lot of acrylic layers, sanding, medium
and then the landscapy stuff is oil and some other more rendered sections. on paper, too. any
opinions? this is kinda different than what i was doing over the summer...i'm having fun with
the acrylic. do you like this newer stuff better than the stuff from the summer? i think
eventually i'll make some big stretchers and do like 4 feet tall versions of these...
i need a break, though...goin to spain for a few weeks to hike. get some good landscape pics. thanks for
any input!
bRadner