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change posted by layne cook at 10 53 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday may 18 2014 white camisole 6x6 i was so drawn to this young woman s stance i will probably use her somewhere in a larger painting but i felt compelled to do a little painting featuring her alone posted by layne cook at 1 27 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday may 17 2014 contemplation this is the painting i created last year from the same reference photo that i used for me time it was much smaller i think 12x9 i have to say i like the vertical format i bet i could paint this same figure many more times and come up with different versions maybe i ll do one every year that could be interesting to me anyway posted by layne cook at 6 26 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday may 15 2014 me time 20x24 i have used this photo reference before for a small painting and i really like the contemplative mood my previous painting was pretty neutral this time i had fun with color posted by layne cook at 9 22 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday may 14 2014 as anybody can see 18x24 here s another bocci painting these guys are so expressive i just love that so fun to paint posted by layne cook at 7 32 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday may 10 2014 close call 18x24 just started painting on oil primed linen panels boy do i like them they re a bit on the expensive side but i decided to give it a go anyway i m thinking they re worth it i like he fine texture combined with the firm surface posted by layne cook at 3 54 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday may 2 2014 dining in style dining in style 24x24 still on the theme of waiters and restaurants i love the gesture that s my favorite thing to paint i now have an idea that i will visit seattle restaurants soon after they open before they re too busy and ask if i can photograph wait staff and bartenders for a series i want to paint i think it could be a fun project and what the heck may as well stay for happy hour posted by layne cook at 10 58 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 29 2014 order up 18x14 oil this is not a very little painting and neither will be the next few i post i have been painting almost daily though this painting and 2 others will be shipped to edward montgomery fine arts in carmel ca as soon as i get them framed i have made it my summer project to work hard on strengthening my compositions to that end i m spending a lot more time in the planning stages thinking link values create just a few interesting shapes think in terms of most some and a little shapes colors values decide whether the painting is to be mostly warm or cool i try to work all that out before i begin it s kind of like a puzzle to make the picture work well literally as well as abstractly if i were to describe my desired goal in my paintings it would be to express the gesture of the human form loosely and correctly with the rest of the painting dissolving into abstraction that supports the figure s within all that i want the brushstrokes to be varied and loose and the rightness of the paint itself to shine is that asking too much posted by layne cook at 11 15 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday april 6 2014 step it up 6x6 oil on gesso board this was painted in response to daily paintworks weekly challenge which was to center a painting around pantone s color of the year radiant orchid it s not a color i often use so i really enjoyed giving it a try i love how it sets off the lime green posted by layne cook at 2 32 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday april 4 2014 basking in the glow 6x6 oil on gesso board i had a commission for a painting similar to one i did a year or so ago so i painted 3 versions of this still life setup it was an interesting exercise as i considered possible ways to crop and light the picture below is the painting the client selected and below that is the third view with a different bowl posted by layne cook at 9 57 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 1 2014 at your service 6x6 oil on gessoboard i m preparing to paint some larger canvases and this is a study for one of them my goal is to create lively scenes with lots of movement and plenty of abstraction to accompany the least amount of realism required to suggest the scene can she pull it off we ll see posted by layne cook at 9 21 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday march 14 2014 encounter 6x6 oil on gessoboard this week s daily paintworks challenge was to use a photo reference but to quickly isolate the basic shapes from memory i was intrigued with the heavy lady and wanted to capture her essence using the other figure only as a supporting element posted by layne cook at 4 20 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday march 11 2014 i m back with splat splat 6x6 i m finally back in my studio and happy to be painting again i ve been in arizona since mid october where i have access to a fabulous clay studio since i don t have that opportunity when i m here in seattle i take advantage of it down there and i don t paint i love both ceramics and painting so it s a win win i look forward to re establishing communication with my daily paintworks friends below is one example of my ceramics i will post some more of these in the next few days i haven t yet figured out how to properly photograph them they re trickier than paintings this one is entitled just say om posted by layne cook at 1 34 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday september 19 2013 i ll tell you no lies 30x48 so here s the big one i sent off today i started it months ago and then sat on it for a while it just wasn t working for me yet there were things i liked about it you artists out there know how that works i like it now it has that blend of realism and painterly abstraction that is my current direction i m finding restaurants cafes and musical venues to have that ambiguous lighting that allows you to experiment freely with shapes and color yet maintain some level of believability posted by layne cook at 9 37 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday september 15 2013 and so begins the day 24x20 i haven t posted in the longest time we have been busy with a remodel on an apartment building we bought and other stuff when i ve had a chance to paint i ve been working on bigger paintings the daily painting regimen seems to have gone by the wayside i will have to change the name of my blog my paintings have all of a sudden started flying off the shelves at edward montgomery fine arts in carmel fluke or trend i don t know but he needs replacements this is one i painted last week i also finished a 30x48 one that i started months ago but couldn t seem to complete to my satisfaction i think i like it now i ll post it soon posted by layne cook at 1 56 pm 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday july 21 2013 sunset 6x6 i have always said that i wouldn t paint sunsets because photographs can capture their beauty and paintings can look so trite however i began to look at sunsets differently especially the more raucous ones with clouds and lots of movement i saw where lively brushwork could create an interpretation that would not be trite and perhaps would capture the sensation of nature s fireworks in the sky this is the first of what may become a series i will be out of town for the coming week so will not be posting i hope to have lots of ideas and time to paint when i return posted by layne cook at 1 02 pm 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday july 19 2013 what a marvelous night for a moondance 6x6 a couple nights ago the moon was marvelously orange and reflected in the water i did not see a crow there at the time but thought that he would complete the scene i also liked the tie in of the little yellow orb of his eye with the big orb of the moon posted by layne cook at 4 13 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday july 11 2013 coming in for the day 6x6 this week s dpw challenge was to paint water this took longer than i expected as i strove to make the water interesting and varied so there wed a lot of brush strokes and many colors posted by layne cook at 4 26 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday july 8 2013 lee 6x6 lee was a semi distant relative but close friend of my husband s i loved him too he was a quiet and unassuming man who had an interesting background as a cowboy and steel worker he succumbed to cancer recently leaving his devoted wife behind i painted this for her posted by layne cook at 10 20 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday july 3 2013 stepping out 20x20 this is a companion piece i painted to go with the waiting and waiting i posted last week i was attracted to the way the waiter s apron moved as he walked and i made up the rest of the scene around him posted by layne cook at 9 09 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday july 1 2013 blue hills 30x40 this is another of my santa rita mountain series for those of you who may be interested in some of my older work at bargain prices i have recently started posting some larger 16x20 for now paintings on daily paintworks auction site with ridiculously low starting bids i have been painting a lot lately and changed out some of my work at the galleries leaving me with a storage problem i d love to see some of these pieces go to good homes instead of my basement storage rack posted by layne cook at 10 35 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday june 29 2013 carrot flowers 6x6 do you know what happens when you leave the carrots in the ground way past their pull date the stalks get tall and you get these really lovely puffy flowers who knew not this city girl the carrots are really tough posted by layne cook at 5 08 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tell me your secrets 30x24 this painting has been through many renditions the crow is the latest addition before that the woman was just posing for no apparent reason i like it much better now my background was inspired by a nicolai fechin exhibit i saw at the frye in seattle his loosely painted backgrounds were a celebration of color texture and pattern if i can achieve only a fraction of his skill i will be thrilled posted by layne cook at 10 25 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday june 27 2013 between jobs 36x36 seattle harbor one can nearly always see tugboats there and whatever ship happens to be idle at the time the downtown buildings make an interesting backdrop posted by layne cook at 7 30 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 25 2013 6x6 this is another entry to to dpw composition challenge it is essentially a black and white composition with a spot of color the weight of the colored section is balanced by the black cup and the detail on the handle of the cup combined with the sharp contrast draws the eye into the picture one thing i thought was interesting was how the color from the green and red squares bounced onto the underside of the white dish and then back down onto its shadow it s funny how you don t even see these things until you study them for a a painting posted by layne cook at 1 18 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday june 24 2013 waiting and waiting 20x20 sure am glad that dpw hosted a hand challenge last week it gave me the confidence to tackle this waiter s hands i ve had the reference photo for a while but only recently decided to crop it this tightly to focus on the interaction between the waiters posted by layne cook at 2 48 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday june 23 2013 ready or not 6x6 this was painted for this week s dpw challenge which was to concentrate on composition in addition i challenged myself to paint fuji apples the multiple colors make it more difficult to see the values and thus create the form i m fond of this oval bowl it s medium grey on the outside and yellow on the inside i think it creates some interesting shapes when linked to the background colors posted by layne cook at 12 42 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday june 22 2013 santa rita spring 30x40 i ve been trying to come up with a composition that depicts the pecan orchards in green valley and the part that throws me is that the orchards are rectangular and even in other words boring i opted to place them at an angle for more interest posted by layne cook at 4 58 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday june 20 2013 snuggle version 2 6x6 last night i reworked a number of paintings after a bit of time passes i think i am able to see ways i can improve them occasionally i ruin them but usually i think they re better for having been through the experience with this one i decided that the background value should be closer to the values in the objects it was too light and the flower needed a bit more of the red orange hue posted by layne cook at 11 05 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 18 2013 6x6 this week s dpw challenge paint these hands on a 6x6 panel i plan to do it at least one more time i really admire well painted hands and i hope to be able to do it effortlessly someday posted by layne cook at 5 50 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday june 17 2013 6x6 bid on this painting this is probably my favorite of my recent daily paintings i love the colors and i think this knife is pretty cool posted by layne cook at 11 29 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday june 13 2013 standup guy 6x6 i decided that as long as i had the limes out i d do another painting posted by layne cook at 8 52 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 11 2013 6x6 for months now i have been w...