Buddy LaHood Art: January 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

George Inness Painting

I love George Inness's work. I use his work as inspiration in the things I paint.

Summer Flowers

Acrylic on board. I went in a very different direction with this painting. Just experimenting with color.

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Pods

Acrylic thinned with water and soft pastels. SOLD

Monday, January 30, 2012

Foggy Blue

Close-ups of a large work in progress. 7'8"X3'8" Acrylic and soft pastel on board.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

This a large tryptic done on 3 doors. I did the top painting but was not satisfied with it. I painted out the large crooked tree in the middle and tried to acheive a glowing effect like early morning sunlight. This is a commissioned painting and I'm not sure it is what the patron has in mind. I might end up making it more abstract.

Abstract in Yellow, Blue, and Grey

I worked on this painting for a while and was not satisfied with it. I quickly scumbled a light grey over what I had done and it made it pop. I love being surprised by abstracts.

Sally's Turkeys

This is a section of an 8 ft X 3 1/2 ft painting I did to go over my daughter Sally's mantle. Acrylic and soft pastels on board

Early Spring Homestead with Old Pecan Tree

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I had worked on this painting for several hours and was unhappy with it so I started scrubbing semi dry white and yellow paint over allot of the detailed sections. That gave the painting a misty look like early morning sunlight. The bare pecan tree and old farm sheds reminds me of some of Donald Pettigrew's subject matter.

George Innes Study and My Original

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The painting on bottom is a study of a George Inness painting. The one on top is from my imagination. Both are acrylic on board approx 48" X 40"

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Burning Pines

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This is another study of a painting by George Inness. Reminds me of South Georgia pines being burned off in late winter. Acrylic on plywood. Approx 48" X 40"

Nocturnal Scenes

These were painted as a pair. I got the idea for the one on the left from a painting by George Inness then painted the one on the right just from my imagination. I like the intense blues contrasting with the dark browns and blacks.

Horsing Around

This is acrylic thinned to a watery consistency. I let paint drip down canvas from all four sides of canvas then painted inside the spaces made by the drips. Approx 48" X 40"

Wild Turkeys

This my 3rd painting of turkeys. Acrylic on board. Approximately 48" by 40"

Nests

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I painted this abstract of nests in 2011 to put in auction to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis foundation. It is acrylic on plywood and is about 48" by 30". I was just experimenting with color and wet on wet technique. I couldn't decide if these were swallow nests or dirt dobber nests so I just called it nests.