Lady in red / Hydrangea in red -- Oil on canvas 36" x 16"
At the beginning I wanted this painting to be mostly blue with the white hydrangea as the center of interest, with the addition of a little gold here and there for variety. I had the flowers and vases set up but I thought something was missing. I looked at it for a while and then decided to try adding the red cloth behind the hydrangea. As I stepped back to take a look, a song started to play in my head: Lady in Red. [I think is safe to say that most Nicaraguans know this song, it's played very often on the radio during the "Clasicos de los 80" segments. It's very popular. There is a Spanish version of it too, it's called Linda Mujer (Pretty Woman) and the lyrics are a little different. I think you'll agree that the video is breathtaking.] Originally, this still life was bathed in a soft light coming from a window on the left, which is the light source in many of my paintings. I wanted a little more drama so I closed the blinds and illuminated the composition with a flash light. I loved the increased drama - and decided it was time to put the paint onto the canvas. 
Hydrangea in yellow -- Oil on canvas 24" x 20
The concept for this painting is very similar to the previous one, only in this one I used a yellow color scheme and a different light source. The red cloth pushed its way into this one as well.
I really like these paintings, I hope you like them too. Thanks for visiting!
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Hello everyone, I hope you are all enjoying these beautiful days. Everything is so green, the birds are chirping all day and the morning sun feels so gentle on your skin. It's gardening time! I really enjoy working outside. I think gardening is very similar to painting. With gardening you start by building a fence around the area and getting the soil ready. In painting, it begins with the preparation of canvases. Sometimes I will buy canvases from an art supply store, but I prefer making them myself so I have control of the tightness and smoothness of the surface. The next step in the garden is to plant the seeds: decide what to plant and put them in the ground. In the studio, you start by choosing your subject and arranging each object until you get a composition you like. After that is just a matter of time, things begin to appear in both the garden and on the canvas: little plants with two leaves, colors, more leaves, colors turn to forms, and the plant grows until it produces its fruits and the canvas/garden becomes a new world of lines, shapes and colors. Once all this done it's time to enjoy, time to share, the vegetables with the neighbors and the art with you all. Here are my new creations: 
Black and blue -- Oil on canvas 18 x 15 in
Daffodils -- Oil on canvas 18 x 14 in
Still life with azaleas -- Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in
...and fresh from the garden, some radishes. Thanks for visiting! 
Cynthia, one of my collectors from Northern Kentucky, bought her first piece of my work last year when I was selling some small paintings though Ebay. Then she bought another one and then another one. She keeps coming back to the site to see the new work I've posted. A couple of months ago she contacted me again - she was ready for another piece. After we exchanged a few emails she decided she wanted two. I put them in the mail and a few days later they were hanging in her home. She was very excited. I later asked her if she would mind taking a couple of pictures of the paintings in her house to share here on the website. I think she has done a great job finding the perfect setting for her paintings. Here they are: 
"Fallen from grace", one of the last paintings she got.
I love all of the dark accents here.
I think this was the second one she added to her collection.
I love how the paintings match the red vase on the cabinet.
Thanks Cynthia!
I hope everybody is enjoying the warm weather, we sure are. Here are a couple of small paintings I recently did. These paintings will be sold framed as seem here. Please contact me if interested. Thanks for visiting 
Daffodil and red #1 -- Oil on canvas 8 x 6 in -- $250
Daffodil and red #2 -- Oil on canvas 8 x 6 in -- $250
I usually paint in the "indirect method", meaning that I paint in many layers waiting for each layer to dry before a continue applying more paint.The painting above was done in the "alla prima" method. In Alla prima painting also known as direct painting or wet on wet, where you complete a painting in one or two sessions while the paint is still wet. It's fun and you get a more spontaneous look. On a cold evening a couple of weeks ago Ellen, my neighbor brought me some beautiful flowers. She said they were call camellias. I was surprise, I didn't know that such beauties could bloom in the cold winter. Of course, some people say that Georgia's winter is not very cold, well, to me anything bellow 60 degrees is way to cold. With Ellen generosity and a lot of time at the easel this painting came to life! 
Camellias -- Oil on canvas 24" x 20"
Camellias -- $1100
Lauren usually edits my writing, but she's not around today, I hope I din't make to many mistakes.
Thanks for visiting! 
Yellow in gray 1-- 8" x 16"
Yellow in gray 2 -- 12" x 16"
Yellow in gray
Lauren and I were so happy with our 65-70 degree weather last week, we thought the winter was over. We we wrong. It's cold again and we just want to stay inside all the time. Unfortunately, Molly, our dog doesn't agree with that, she insist on taking her walks no matter what. 
Chimbomba -- Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in
I keep looking at this painting... it makes think of warm and sunny days, kids playing around, people walking or working in their gardens... it's good to know that spring is almost here.
I painted this from a photograph I took last Christmas while visiting Nicaragua. I like the way my nephew is so focused on inflating the balloon. I grayed down all the colors but kept the balloon bright and pure in color to intensify that feeling. He is holding and blowing into the balloon as if nothing else matters. Thanks for looking! This is another painting from last year I have forgotten to post. I really need to get better at this. 
Brick Game -- Oil on canvas 20 x 24 in
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