A Feral Cloud

This week I've been working on this painting of the feral cat who's been "ours" since she was born under our porch. The dappled afternoon light gave added interest to the subject.

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Garden and Windmill at GenHaven - SOLD

These paintings were a commission I've just completed. The location is a beautiful country property not far from where I live. It was so hard to choose what to paint that I painted a second view as well.

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I used my daughter as a model for this but it's not a portrait. Next week I'll submit a few paintings to a juried show at the Wimberley Valley Art League.

The Conversation - altered

I changed what bothered me about the composition, and think this works better. Comments?

Church in Baveno - corrected - SOLD

I tweaked the painting after getting some feedback from fellow-artists at WetCanvas.com. I like the result.

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Church in Baveno

I painted this from a photo I snapped on a wonderful trip to northern Italy in October, 2001. We stayed each night at the Hotel Lido Palace in Baveno, a wonderful, elegant, welcoming hotel owned and run by the D'Amico family. (I've posted a painting of the operatic patriarch, Paulo D'Amico at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cschaertl-painter/2725648409/in/photostream/) I've wanted to return ever since, but I in still indulge mini-vacations by reviewing my photos (and 0ccassionally painting a scene from the trip).

Demo

Last Saturday the Wimberley Valley Art League held a very well-organized "Arts Fest" complete with many artists, jewelers and musicians. A number of my paintings were displayed in one of the pavilions, and I set up my easel and paints.

I used as reference a photo of someone I'd caught unawares at my daughter's SXSW party. He has such a great profile that I knew I wanted to paint him as soon as I laid eyes on him. (Danny, do you know him?)

A lady making the rounds of the Arts Fest thought he looked like Jesus. I can see that. There's an intent intelligence in his benign expression.