Cabbies Playing Chess

I saw these two cabbies playing chess down at the train station the other day, I thought it would make a nice painting. Picture this- two guys standing playing chess, their board is sitting on top of a parking meter balancing precariously. Both are just standing there with their fist on their chins contemplating the next move, the time on the meter has expired. I believe this would make a great tall narrow painting. I just wanted to get this written down so I wouldn't forget it, like so many of my ideas. Thanks to the people who have sent me such positive feedback. If you left a comment, check back, I will usually leave a response.

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I've gotten some good feedback about the dinosaur, so I think I'm going to work on those now. Hopefully, I can knock those out pretty quick. I would love to hear your thoughts about any of my paintings, feel free to click on the word comments and write me.

Cloud Pipe

Acrylic on Wood

8 inches by 31 1/2 inches

$500

Whew...finally finished another painting. I based this one on some old metal figures we found in our basement. I don't quite know where I got the idea of him floating and making clouds, but I think it looks really cool. I put elephants in the background for good measure.

Wood

I have a piece wood that I'd like to do a painting on. I know I said I was going to do a series of dinosaurs, but I get bored easily. I need to paint the wood. I think I'm going to paint one of my elephants on the wood. I keep trying to be done with these elephants, but I keep getting ideas with them in it. Wish me luck as I try to tame the elephant and the wood.

Balancing Act

Acrylic on Canvasboard

16 inches by 20 inches

I wanted to paint something that looked as if things were going to fall apart if the right choices aren't made. It was suppose to represent good and evil, but I don't think I do evil very well. Here's what I came up with. I like it. And no, those guys are not me, even though they may look it, that was not my intention.

Blackbird on Holiday

Acrylic on Canvasboard

16 inches by 20 inches

I call this Blackbird on Holiday, for some reason it reminds me of a tourist looking up at something new and different. The painting itself is reminiscent of my older work, where I would try to paint as fast as I could, not paying attention to details.

Okinawan Shisa

Acrylic on Okinawan Roof Tile

Now that I have our camera back, I am able to post a few paintings I did before the dionsaur. Starting with the Okinawan Shisa, I painted quite a few of these while living in Okinawa. We had friends visit from the states a couple of weeks ago, they saw pictures of some I did a while back, and asked if I would paint them some.