"Two By Two"

 

 

8 x 10"

oil on panel

sold

In 1890, in a letter to his sister, Vincent van Gogh described his joy of painting multiple versions sunflowers.  He wrote the paintings were “almost a cry of anguish while symbolizing gratitude in the rustic sunflower.”  It brought him comfort and familiarity and raised his spirits, he continued to write.

A couple stands between van Gogh's Sunflowers and Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers exhibited together in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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"Rewards"

8 x 10"
oil on masonite
sold

Back in December, I had short spans of hanging in limbo - in between working and waiting for the closing day of my business. I filled up those times with more of the 100 Faces, which kept me sane and limber and I painted this piece. This past November, I had painted this young woman in a plein-air event in Charleston - and I had this desire to paint her again, from a photograph - I was curious to see how different it would come out. It's also larger than the version I had done in the park that day, which gave me more space to improvise her surroundings. Nice and loose, just the way I love it.

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