Braids and a Black Teeby David R. Darrow
11" x 14" (27.9cm x 35.6cm)
Oil on Canvas Panel
AVAILABLE
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About This Painting

Maybe you like your job a lot, but do you like it so much that you’d even watch a video of someone else doing it?

Well, that’s what I do.

I rent or buy DVDs of other artists painting. I own or have watched videos of Morgan Weistling (portraits and figurative), Scott Burdick (figurative), Richard Schmid (figures, landscapes, portrait) and Roger Bansemer (landscape, plein air), and watch them many times because I always — and I mean always — pick up something new and inspiring, each time. I am constantly inspired and awed by the work of many other artists.

This painting came about as a direct result of

  1. having just watched Weistling’s 10-hour painting video set Advanced Fundamentals for the Beginning Expert, and
  2. seeing my daughter sitting in a certain light with a certain look that is “very her” when deep in thought.

It was one of those moments where I just had to start smooshing paint on a canvas. I purposely chose a limited palette of Alizarin, Yellow Ochre, Black and White.

On Monday, I entered this painting in the Escondido Art Association’s Open Juried Show and learned today that this painting was awarded a First Place ribbon. (You can get more info on Saturday evening’s reception at their website.)

Currently the painting is available, framed, as shown, for $750 (plus tax in CA) and $20 shipping/handling. If you are interested in having it for your collection, write to me. You may also purchase it from the gallery. Either way, the gallery will receive their full commission. ◙