"Love Birds" oil on canvas 20x30" $1,600

I've been toying with different limited palettes.  The skin tones on this are almost pearlescent.  Amazing what a few "minor" color changes will do.http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/sharman-owings/love-birds/179582

"Walk This Way" oil on canvas 20x30" $1,600

When I began this my intention was to cloth her.  I even had the dress picked out! Well you can see how that worked out.  Figure work comes with a very distinct set of challenges.  I don't think anything in my studio faces me with more uncertainty.  That said, it also comes with vast reward.http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/sharman-owings/walk-this-way/179183

"Shake a Tail Feather" oil on canvas 20x30" $1,600

I'm not sure why this image displays with a line across her legs.  There isn't one in the painting or in the photo.  The magic of computers....

"Veil of Secrets" oil on hardboard 12x12" $396

I've been "thinking" about portraits and altered images.  My first instinct was to do some sort of face paint.  It could be exaggerated make up, circus or even tribal.  Since the pea brain in my head couldn't figure it out I decided to mask her in another way.  There will most certainly be more of these but first some more "thinking".

"Maybe....not" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

I've taken some time off from the flowers to work on some portrait/figure pieces.  It's amazing how much you have to re-hone when you change subjects. 

"Poppy Never More" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

"Flame" oil on canvas

Some days the flowers that grow on stems just aren't what floats the boat

"Cotton Top" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

"Waiting for the Bus (not)" oil on canvas 20x30 $1,600

I'm posting both these images out of shear frustration.  Two different settings on my camera, same painting, same location, same time of day.  Neither is "on the money" but you get the general idea.

"Age Spots" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

This truck has been parked for eons in next to a house near us.  I don't know the owners or the story but it makes me smile.

"If Only You Knew" oil on hardboard 8x8" $176

This was the head study for a full figure painting coming up.  The final pose is a surprise.

"Working My Way Back" oil on hardboard 6x6 $99

If you have followed my blog at all you know I'm always complaining about the photo images.  WELL!  let me tell you, this painting is no more blue than a honey bee.  It's very much in the purple (red side) family.  I've been sitting here with Adobe and the original propped against my screen trying to get even close.  The camera I have seems to have deleted a major part of the warm red element.  With that disappeared the little spots of yellow and oranges.  You've just got to love technology....or not!

"Rain's Residuals" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

"Sunburst" oil on canvas 20x30" $1,650

"Red, Orange, Yellow..." oil on canvas 20x30" $1,600

"Like a Groundhog" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

"Freckles" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

Isn't Mother Nature amazing!  so kind to provide me inspiration.

"Button, Button" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

"Hanging on By a Thread" oil on hardboard 6x6" $99

"Wiggle Room" oil on canvas 20x30" $1,650.

There are some things that just can't be done small.....