"First Class Male"

6 x 6"

oil on panel
sold

First, I am hard at work with the paints.  Binge-painting while binge-watching Breaking Bad.  I know I'm late to the party but the show finally clicked with me.   It's most excellent.

I'm working on a grouping of 10, for a small solo show opening late February.  You'll see the paintings sometime close to the opening, which drives me nuts, but that's the deal.

Meanwhile, this new piece features one of my personal favorite paintings by Matisse, the 'Male Nude', which hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

"Impeccable Taste"

9 x 12"
oil on masonite
sold

I remember thinking those strawberries on her shirt, the turquoise shorts - it was similar to how Matisse painted. Spend enough time observing the life in front of you and moments like this do appear.

From the Art Institute of Chicago, a young woman before Matisse's 'Daisies'.

"Leisure Suit"

12 x 12"

oil on masonite

A new piece finished tonight - a well-suited woman viewing Henri Matisse's "Bathers By a River", which hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago.

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"Busy Body"

8 x 10"

oil on masonite

sold

I've been expanding my studio this past week, painting a little bit in the evenings, and instead of doing a couple of small pieces I kept on working on this new painting. It is a bit larger than the usual sizes I offer on eBay, and I wanted to experiment with how this composition would look - the figure close up to a huge piece of artwork that pretty much takes over the entire space. I thought it might be too busy, but really I like how the figure is slightly hidden in the scene. The painting that the woman is looking closely at is Henri Matisse's "The Moroccans", which hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.