El Cortez, 03/11, Oil on canvas 18 x 18 inches
This is a painting I’ve been working on in the downtown area of San Diego of the El Cortez building. I’m excited by a number of other nearby downtown scenes and also working with this square format. The parking meters here only last for 2 hours so I’m trying to limit myself to only working in 2 hour timeframe (over multiple sitting – maybe limiting it to no more than 4 sittings) This way I’ll get less parking tickets and perhaps enhanced vigor in the paintings.
Mission Hills Homes, 03/11, Oil on linen 16 x 20 inches
Another recent painting, this time where I’ve been working on painting a number of residential homes in the Mission Hills section of San Diego neighborhood in an effort to get more commissioned paintings of people’s homes. I’ve sold a couple recently giving me hope this could be a good way to support myself until gallery sales alone will suffice. As a way to get people aware of my work I try to pick interesting scenes where people can see me painting and hopefully encourage interest. I only want to paint scenes that genuinely interest me visually and not just for the home owner – hopefully this can work. Here is a link to my dedicated website for this venture – I call my new commissioned paintings business Abode Art.
amazing paintings!