Here it is....

finally!!! My latest torn paper piece!

After doing so many of my water themed pieces with the beaches and the koi, goldfish, etc...I felt I needed to add a new piece to the mix.

I had started this piece earlier this month,but it took me a while to finish him up since I flew out to visit a friend for a week. I do think I needed that break from this guy at that point anyway!

Living on the coast and having to be ready for the summer art shows, I think this guy will fit in just perfectly.

Not sure yet if I'll give him a little tweek here or there...but for now I think he's done. I never step away until it is actually framed....so I'd better get to that part soon....lol

Back to Beaches

at least for now! Just finished another paper beach piece.

A local gallery is interested in hanging some of my torn paper paintings in a few weeks and are looking to have more "water" themes. Being on the coast, this it likely to be the case for many of the galleries in the area...so I'm thinking I'd better stay on the track with my beach pieces as well as some like the fish I've done previously. You can see them on my website.

Thought you might like to see the "before" and "after", so I've included the pic of the underpainting I started with as well as the finished piece.