High flying fashion

This is the 3rd of my Runway paintings, the one I showed you June 2 as a work in progress.

It is 72" x 48" and is acrylic on canvas. The outfits the models are wearing are based on designs by Hermes.

They appear to have been inspired by Amelia Earhart, who will make an appearance in the series of paintings.

Studio models

I'm working on this painting, the third in my Runway series, in my studio. It - the studio - is about as fouled up as Francis Bacon's. 

Unfortunately, that's the only thing we have in common. 

I took the models from a collection by Hermes which must have been inspired by Amelia Earhart, a record setting woman pilot who disappeared in the Pacific on an attempted flight around the world. 

Fiery breath

Third Thursday drew crowds as it started its new season last evening. Here Maria Bermudez breaths fire.

Problem tenants

We're being overrun by paintings. Fifteen are stacked up against this wall in our house.

Some are ones I was considering for two shows in March. Six others were just returned by the mental health agency where they had been hanging for four or five years.

My theory is they were driving people nuts.

I know they're doing that to Babbie, my wife.

"Paint small," is her mantra.

Burn baby burn

This is still a work in progress. I've been fascinated by the idea of pianos on fire as an image ever since seeing one on a tarot card a few years ago.

I like the armored look the designer Alexander McQueen gave this runway model whose look I've tried to duplicate. Needs more work. 

Kenyan reverie

Susan Phillips, an American living in Kenya, is the guest blogger on my other blog. Her piece, accompanied by six of her wonderful photos, is up now. It's worth taking a look at: http://grierhorner.com/blog

Six days later

Here they are again a week later. Still striding down the Runway. But a lot more work has gone into the painting.

Figurative work takes me much longer than the abstract stuff I was doing for the last year.

Sometimes I get frustrated. There's still more work to go here. I'll show it to you again when it's finished.

Clear for takeoff

For the first time in more than a year I'm tackling figurative painting. This is a work in progress that I started Sunday.
I have a grand plan for this project, called Runway, including one 30 foot wide painting. Let's see if I can pull it off.
This one is for practice and is 6 feet x 4 feet.