koolkatartworx

Wetlands

2012-01-09T14:47:00.000-08:00

oil on canvas panel, 8" x 10" I completed this a couple of years ago and realized I hadn't posted it before..so here it is...

2011-12-10T14:25:00.001-08:00

"Jingle Bells" watercolor on museum board . Great as prints and Christmas cards!

2011-12-10T14:14:00.001-08:00

"Queen Ween" charcoal on colored pastel paper

"Performance"

2011-10-05T14:08:00.001-07:00

watercolor on Saunders Waterford 300 lb. rough paper

Laurel Canyon

2011-10-05T12:07:00.001-07:00

2011-10-03T16:00:00.001-07:00

black and white paintings This is a page from Fine Art America.com

that I belong to. You can check out other artists' work and mine too. Enjoy!

Queen ween On the Dresser-a reworking

2011-09-18T00:17:00.001-07:00

I just had to go back and redo some of her head and fur...

"Grandma"

2011-09-11T16:29:00.000-07:00

A commission I did for a friend and neighbor of ours.

It's done in oil on an oval canvas this time.The picture is in black and white ,so it was a good lesson in values and using different colors rather than just black and white to make warm and cool grays.

My Commission Price List

2011-09-11T14:42:00.000-07:00

Here is my price list for commissioned work.

A Pair of Roses

2011-07-27T23:25:00.001-07:00

These roses were growing next door to my Mom's apartment building..I love their beautiful orange-peachy color ,and I wanted to capture that.

Cat Nap

2011-07-12T22:58:00.000-07:00

Colored pencil on Strathmore pastel paper.My boyfriend Dan taking a little snooze with one of our kitties Tinkerbell.

Mel's New York

2011-07-12T22:47:00.000-07:00

My friend from elementary school took this picture,and I loved the busyness and colors going on especially on a street like this in New York city..so I asked her if I could paint it ..she agreed and here it is.It's watercolor on canson board.I purposely made the figures in the forefront more detailed and let everything sort of soften as the images go back in the distance.

Magnolia Boulevard at Dusk

2011-06-15T19:54:00.000-07:00

I took a photo right outside our apartment building..the sun was just starting to go down and I saw this beautiful cloud formation,and I had to paint it.

Retro Candy

2011-06-15T19:45:00.000-07:00

My boyfriend and I found this fun new candy shop in our neighborhood where they sell classic and new candy and soda.I brought some pieces home and knew it would make a fun still life. This is watercolor on crescent illustration board.

"morning Snow on My Classic Cars"

2011-01-19T00:24:00.000-08:00

9"x 12" oil on masonite

Winter at the Ranch

2011-01-09T15:27:00.001-08:00

7" x 9" watercolor on arches 140lb.watercolor board.

I asked a friend of mine-Moldy Marvin if I could use some of his photographs of his place in the snow,and he said"go for it" .So,here's the first in a series.

Pansies-final retouch

2011-01-09T15:04:00.000-08:00

Pansies

2011-01-02T13:59:00.001-08:00

6" x 8" oil on masonite

Gregory-the final touch-up..

2010-12-01T01:18:00.000-08:00

This one is done with a medium General's charcoal pencil on gray Ingres paper.

After Dinner Coffee

2010-11-13T21:54:00.001-08:00

Finished.!...picked a new title..I'll probably keep fussing with it like I always do...6" x 8" oil on masonite
Nov 15th..new image ..the brighter one..adjusted the painting a bit..sharper photo!

"Gregory"

2010-11-12T11:16:00.000-08:00

I'll post the final piece...almost done with this one too..

"Coffee Time" or "A Cup of Coffee"

2010-11-12T11:14:00.001-08:00

oil on masonite a little bit more to go..6" x 8"..

Jean Harlow

2010-11-05T16:20:00.000-07:00

Black and white charcoal with Sepia on toned canson paper.

9" x 12"

For Robbie

2010-10-30T15:56:00.001-07:00

This is a commission for a friend of mine.It's pastel on orange colored canson paper..8" x 10". This is of his brother who passed earlier this year and his 2 dogs.

"Tomiko"..The final (I'm pretty sure now) touch up

2010-10-24T23:25:00.001-07:00

"Tomiko"

2010-10-18T15:34:00.001-07:00

This is my latest..oil on canvas board 14" x 18".I painted Tomiko in pastel years ago for a commission,and I've been wanting to do another of her in oil.

"Ginny"

2010-10-13T22:07:00.000-07:00

This is my latest commission for my neighbor..he gave this to his wife as a Birthday present. I usually take pictures before I frame my paintings,but because it was supposed to be a surprise I didn't want to take a chance taking it out and having her see it too soon.. Anyway..here it is ..sorry for the glare..it's pastel on canson paper-about 22" x 28".

2010-09-03T16:31:00.000-07:00

I working on a new project -to see if I can work on 1 6"x 8" piece each day and see how much I can do in an hour...saw this exercise in the "Fill Your Oil Paintings with Light and Color" book by Kevin D. Macpherson.

2010-09-03T11:43:00.000-07:00

The first blocking in of shapes and colors..for a commission...

Sitting in the Flowers

2010-08-24T11:42:00.000-07:00

I finished this one yesterday-it's an 8" x 10' oil on canvas.I saw this picture on my friend's site on Facebook..it's of her little step-granddaughter,and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to paint it,so i asked her permission and she said of course,and it turned into a commission for another painting of her youngest daughter. Just have a few little touch ups ,but I always seem to end up doing that..

Queen Ween On the Dresser

2010-08-05T23:30:00.000-07:00

this is another one of our cats..her name is Weinerskittels or "Queen Ween".She truly acts sometimes like a queen.She's part Maine Coon ,and I wanted to capture the softness of her fur and also the smooth shiny surface of the dresser. It's 8" x 10" oil on linen

I added a second better photo..touched up her face a little..it's the first one that's newer..

Nepal Temple Dancer

2010-07-23T10:39:00.001-07:00

This is watercolor on 9" x 12" 140lb. cp paper.

Mother and Child

2010-07-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

This is charcoal on sand colored canson paper. I loved this photo from a travel brochure of India/China...so I made a charcoal drawing from it.

Charcoal on Charcoal

2010-07-16T00:25:00.001-07:00

Just completed this one yesterday-10" x 8" oil on canvas.

I found a bunch of photographs I took years ago,and I realized I could make paintings out of them too. This is my "oldest"-Charcoal looking at some of my own paintings I had propped up against a wall-he really was posing like that!..hehe

Rockabilly Weekend

2010-07-13T10:19:00.000-07:00

I just finished this yesterday..it's 6" x 8" oil on canvas,and it's from a photograph I took a few years ago when my then boyfriend and I went to Vegas for the Viva Las Vegas car show.I grabbed this shot just as this couple was leaving the show.

2010-07-10T20:23:00.000-07:00

These are 4 paintings I'm working on at the same time-I think I do better when I'm working on more than 1 at a time..I'm trying the Zorn limited palette method on these-titanium white,cad red light,yellow ochre,but instead of ivory black ,I'm using lamp black plus ultram blue. as an extra.

Almost done...just gotta' stop procrastinating..hehe

2010-07-10T20:22:00.000-07:00

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2010-07-10T13:24:00.000-07:00

Luke

2010-07-09T15:39:00.001-07:00

This is a commission I just finished for a friend of mine...and this is his doggie Luke-border collie...

It's watercolor on rough(can't remember if it's 140 or 300lb.) paper..8.5" x 11"..

No title yet..it's only a start...

2010-06-26T23:04:00.001-07:00

The start of a commission I'm doing...

Pies 'N Snowballs

2010-06-26T22:54:00.000-07:00

This was meant to be a continuation in a series of still life's on all those "classic" treats we ate as kids...it goes with the other one I did entitled"Sweet Treats"...I just never got around to doing more..maybe later..like donuts,sundaes..

This one is 8" x 10" oil on canvas....

At the Fair

2010-06-13T00:38:00.001-07:00

This is a commission for a friend of mine-her daughter at the Irish Fair. Watercolor on paper

2010-06-10T23:53:00.000-07:00

Another of my watercolors I did along time ago..I think I'm going to do more portraits of people from all over the world-yes it's probably cheating to use travel brochures...but you use what you have.right?More to come from India,Thailand.....Enjoy!

Island Song

2010-06-10T23:47:00.001-07:00

I did this watercolor many years ago..thought I 'd post it..

Danny Lee and Miss B

2010-06-02T11:11:00.000-07:00

One of our kitties-Miss Bee loves to knead on my boyfriend's shoulders..I quickly took some pictures

before she moved.This is black and white General's charcoal pencils on colored canson mi-teintes paper.

Elizabeth

2010-05-24T10:24:00.001-07:00

This is a painting of our neighbor Elizabeth-actually she passed this past February. We had often talked about me

doing a painting of her in her full sari..but .never got around to it..So I decided to do it as a tribute to her.Elizabeth was born in Chennai and came to Culver City California with her family as a teenager.

Sisters

2010-04-20T11:48:00.000-07:00

This was a Christmas present for my boyfriend's son..his 2 daughters...oil on canvas..

William The Sculptor

2010-04-13T16:04:00.000-07:00

Kaeli

2010-03-28T10:16:00.001-07:00

Audrey

2010-01-16T20:05:00.001-08:00

Dead Run

2010-01-03T20:37:00.001-08:00

Study of a Skull

2010-01-02T12:07:00.001-08:00

Looking Back

2009-07-06T10:42:00.000-07:00

Hedy Lamarr

2009-05-22T14:34:00.001-07:00

ThreePanels with Roses

2009-04-19T08:52:00.000-07:00

Under Water

2009-03-31T00:00:00.001-07:00

Moon On the Water

2009-03-30T23:57:00.000-07:00

Morning in Chinatown

2009-03-29T00:16:00.001-07:00

Blue Rose

2009-03-29T00:12:00.000-07:00

Yvette

2009-01-11T20:05:00.001-08:00

The Captain

2008-12-11T20:44:00.001-08:00

This painting was inspired by a photo I took of my boyfriend Dan while he was sitting in the car wearing his slicker and cowboy hat.We had stopped at a gas station and I turned to him and saw the whole painting in my head..

Copy of a Master-Sargent

2008-12-06T15:48:00.000-08:00

This was one of my "copy a master" assignments from my teacher Richard Morris-it's a copy of one John Singer Sargent's drawings. I loved doing this one!

Route 66 - Flagstaff

2008-11-12T21:40:00.000-08:00

This is supposed to be the first in my series on Route 66-we just
need to go on more trips so I can finish the series....

Panel Truck in San Berdo

2008-09-16T23:33:00.000-07:00

Sunlight on Santa Maria

2008-09-07T00:46:00.000-07:00

Nana

2008-09-02T13:35:00.000-07:00

Still Life with Buddha

2008-07-20T19:38:00.000-07:00

Night at the Ivar

2008-07-13T00:23:00.000-07:00

Sweet Treats

2008-07-13T00:20:00.000-07:00

Herbie

2008-07-13T00:18:00.000-07:00

2008-05-24T22:05:00.000-07:00

Man should make an art of thinking.The Master Thinker is an artist and is careful to paint only the divine designs upon the canvas of his mind:and he paints these pictures with masterly strokes of power and decision,having perfect faith that there is no power to mar their perfection and that they shall manifest in his life the ideal made real.
Florence Scovel Shinn from The Game of Life and How to Play It

2008-05-24T21:57:00.000-07:00

There is only one success ..To be able to spend your life in your own way

Christopher Morley

Rockabilly Chick

2008-04-21T23:00:00.000-07:00

Among the Tikis

2008-04-21T22:57:00.000-07:00

Too Kool for Sunday Skool

2008-04-21T22:49:00.000-07:00

Midnight Run

2008-04-21T22:42:00.000-07:00

John Garfield

2008-04-19T17:24:00.000-07:00

Cynthia

2008-04-19T15:50:00.000-07:00

Scarlett

2008-04-19T15:48:00.000-07:00

Mr.Ishkhanyan

2008-04-19T15:46:00.000-07:00

Actor

2008-04-19T15:41:00.000-07:00

Tomiko

2008-04-19T15:30:00.000-07:00