Some Art o' Mine

Thought it might be high time I posted some of my pictures here. One of the things I dabble in is sketching and oil and acrylic painting. First up are a couple small fruit studies 4x6 tomato (acrylic on canvas), 5x7 pear (oil over acrylic on canvas board):



Here's a bowl of tomatoes I did about 4 years ago. 12x16, acrylic on canvas, if memory serves:


A nude copied from a figure drawing text book. Artist escapes me:

Ditto:

Copied from a Cezanne, one of my heroes (oil on paper):

Don't remember what the inspiration for this was. From a drawing book, I think. And then I oiled it as an experiment. I think it works (oil on paper):

Cezanne again (oil on paper):

From a model in Arvie Smith's studio class. The first nude oil painting I really like. 20x20, oil on canvas:

A still life I set up myself. (In progress, oil on canvas):

Cezanne yet again (oil on paper):

I'm only out to please myself with all of this, but if others like it too, that's even better. I have no theories, no particular schools or "-isms" that I throw in with. I like Degas, Cezanne, Maillol, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard, Bonnard, Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, and many more. I guess that makes me a follower of Post-Impressionists, but as with all my artistic interests, I consider myself a generalist, if anything.

Hope you enjoy!

~CD