http://ljlindhurst.com/blog recent paintings and random stupid stuff that happens to me Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:25:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (click to enlarge) Three Squirtguns: Yellow, Green, Blue 24" x 24" each This may or may not be the end of a short series of paintings of plastic guns (see Gun #1 and Gun #2). I'd like to paint more, but I haven't found any other cool-looking plastic guns to use as subjects. ... http://ljlindhurst.com/blog/2012/01/22/three-squirtguns/ Here's the second plastic gun painting: Gun #2 Acrylic on canvas 24" x 36" You can see the first one here... more to come! http://ljlindhurst.com/blog/2011/12/06/new-painting-gun-2/ The process of creating a painting--at least for me--is akin to writing: You start with an outline, you do a rough first draft, you refine and correct things in the second draft, and in the third draft you add the final touches. It's a simple but labor-intensive process. I ... http://ljlindhurst.com/blog/2011/11/13/whats-the-diff/ Religious Bunny36" x 24"Acrylic on canvas I originally wanted to call this one, "I Believe In God". Now THERE'S a nice high-fallutin' artspeak name for a painting of a foil-covered chocolate Easter Bunny. But that was what I kept thinking about when I was working on it. When I was a small ... http://ljlindhurst.com/blog/2011/11/05/just-finished-religious-bunny/ New painting, just finished up. Be sure and join me for the AGAST Open Studios October 15-16, 2011 if you'd like to see this one in person. I'll have all 8 (possibly 9) Foil Bunnies up in the studio for everyone to see. Bunny "Happy" 52" x 32" Acrylic on canvas Not ... http://ljlindhurst.com/blog/2011/09/26/happy/ After nearly a year of work, I'm finally finished. Here's Three Foil Bunnies: #1 (pink): This completes the Three Foil Bunnies trilogy, which I've been working on since last fall. They're each 66" tall by 40"-46" wide. Here are all three paintings together: And just for fun, here are the original photos ... http://ljlindhurst.com/blog/2011/08/05/three-foil-bunnies-now-complete/ I was quite pleased to have been asked to participate in my buddy Thomas Crone's 1-year "oddball" (HIS word) interview web site, The Same Five Questions. Thanks, Mr. Crone! http://ljlindhurst.com/blog/2011/06/17/the-same-five-questions-interview/ New Foil Bunny painting, just finished up. Gold Foil Bunny (Suspenders) 44" x 26" I painted this one during a break from the series of three Foil Bunnies I've been working on. But now that it's finished, I am back to work on the third and final large-scale canvas in that series: http://ljlindhurst.com/blog/2011/06/17/gold-foil-bunny-suspenders/ Done and done! Here are all ten of the 8" x 10" monkey paintings in the series, Me and My Big Mouth: [gallery link="file" columns="2" orderby="title"] http://ljlindhurst.com/blog/2011/04/07/me-and-my-big-mouth/ Well there's nothing I like better than putting on some Tammy Wynette and painting tiny pictures of tiny plastic monkeys. Now THAT's entertainment. I may just become a professional tiny monkey painter/Tammy Wynette enthusiast from here on out, in fact. At the very least, I am going to paint 100 ... http://ljlindhurst.com/blog/2011/03/22/monkeys-2/