Botanicals #2

Second painting.
Lots of large bumble bees with orange bums going under the dead leaves.
Two chickadees land on a branch and touch beaks.

botanicals

I am starting a one-a-day painting series for 60 days. I am creating small 9'x12" oil paintings on canvas of plein-air botanicals of individual plants. I am interested in time passage an non-photographic approach - not a perfect moment but a human sitting with a plant and experiencing, wind, insects and what ever else happens in that 1 to 5 hours together.  With paint I am using a botanical print style meets messy human mind.

 

day 1

Palette talk.

100 Painted Bottoms

My new upcoming performance art piece "100 Painted Bottoms"

Mother Gaze

I referenced my children's school Christmas concerts for these two paintings.

When I watch my children perform with others I have an intense gaze only on my child. Using paint I rendered my child in a realistic style and painted the other performers using blurry and sketchy techniques.

Brenna George
Penguins
2014
20" x 30" oil on canvas

Brenna George
Words in my fingers
2014
20" x 30" oil on canvas

detal of "Words in My Fingers", 20" x 30" 2014 oil on canvas

witches and cowboys

I have been sketching witches and cowboys. I am drawing the interaction between them, between the cats, dogs, babies, kids and adults. I am building a world of love, play and turmoil with the females being magical witches and the males being sturdy hardworking cowboys.

I have posted them on:
pinterest
my wesite

I am drawing this series during the blocks of time where I am waiting for my children to take their dance classes.

wedding picnic

I finished my commissioned painting of little white dog Coco. It is a full and festive tiny space with 19 figures in one small painting. I made it soft in pallet and a whirlwind of motion.

Wedding Picnic 11" x 14" oil on canvas 2014 Brenna George