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03/22/2005: "A new head and a couple paintings..."

I’ve been inspired lately. I swore when I started the cat I was over doing the heads…and I’m working on another head.

But this one is small. No, really. It is small. I swear! I’m not going to build anything over 12-13 inches tall. Period.

So the head I’m working on is small. It’s going to be male, based on one of my favorite men’s cologne advertisements. I don’t off-the-cuff remember the name of the cologne…some nautical sounding name…but the model has a great head—I like the shape of his chin and his wide smile. I hope he looks as good bald as he does with hair. I have it roughly built up to the chin.

I’m also working on two small oil paintings. One I started a couple months ago and put away. I pulled it back out this evening. It is an 8 x 10 oil of a scene off the canal in Venice. The other is of my mom’s Chihuahua.

Go to www.ebay.com, and put in this item number: 7305306386 for a search. Do you BELIEVE what that dog was sold for? Look at the background…or lack thereof.

So I’m doing an oil painting of Missy. She is a very photogenic little dog, a smooth coat tan colored Chihuahua with lots of chin and neck folds. I have hundreds of photographs of her.

The folks have a sky light in their den. Mom tends to keep the drapes drawn, but if it is a sunny day Missy will follow the light of the skylight—taking her naps on the sun warmed carpet. I have some good images of her: half dark, half light. I hope I can do them justice.

I am not an experienced oil painter. I’ve dabbled is all. It will be interesting to see what I can do when inspired.