Compilation of recent works.

5x7 cat commission.

8x10 cat commission.

5x5 inch tomato study.

2 4x4 inch cherry studies.

And last but not least, a repost of a facebook post.

Yesterday, we went for a stroll around the Maymont park. And there, near Italian garden, we found a shrub. But it was no ordinary shrub! It was a shrub covered with waxy, fragrant blooms.
Now, you cannot blame me for thinking that Mother Nature had gone off the deep end again- flowering things that could be smelled 20 feet away do not belong in the month of January. But Mother Nature was not to blame here, for a change.
This plant is originally from China, and is called wintersweet (one of the Chimonanthus species). It is not as common in the gardening trade as it should be, due to the long time it takes to bloom (3-7 years) and due to its relative plainness in the summer. Still.The bugger actually blooms. Fragrantly. In the winter. And if I'm gushing, so be it. If you are from Richmond, you have absolutely no excuse to not visit Maymont and be amazed at this little winter miracle.

More apples and Wrens.

A pair of 4x6s from today. (~20 minutes each). There's something very satisfying about doing these smaller panels.

And update on the Fairy Wrens.Still a lot of tonal issues to resolve.

Studies and logo.

4.5x4.5 and 6x3 inch half-hour studies from today.

4x6 inch acrylic ink on watercolor paper.

Odds and ends.

... Brain dead after "Zombie Prom", a live musical.

So.
Updates.

Had a reception  for my first solo gallery show in a nearby town, Marion, VA. It was decent. Below-friend and yours truly in front of Thief of a 100 Flowers.
There was also some violin music. Which was neat.

Finally recovered from a rather nasty bout of tonsillitis. Some work, meanwhile.
Studies. (8 inches at most in any direction, acrylic on board.)

And a couple of drawings started on a side-project (experimenting with acrylic inks), that 'm going to have to redo. (Note to self: have some idea of what you're doing before going through with it.)

Batch studies

Needed to put a finish on the studies, so here they are, as a batch. Kind of funny how you can actually pick out the improvement on them.. (Compare the cupcake on lower-right to the pastry, bread and cookie above it).

And yet more studies

Acrylic on board, as usual.

Just trucking along..

More studies

Done with the bluebird large. Going to let it sit on the easel for a bit to see if anything jumps out in terms of quality control. Meanwhile, here are some half-hour painted sketches. The DeskCat decided he liked the one of the leaf.

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Edit: Ended up going to studio after dinner. ~7x7 inches, acrylic on board.