Wednesday, July 31, 2013

In the Studio: Dogs on my Mind


I have been painting a lot purely from my paintings, no reference in front of me.  And a shape that keeps presenting itself is dogs.  You probably can't tell but there are five dogs in these three paintings. 

 I think maybe I like the challenge of painting a dog that isn't cute, that holds the complexity of relationship you can really have with them -- and trying to get that right.  The painting on the wall isn't working and is about to be completely changed, I feel the urge to cover coming on but this post is a little homage to my girl.  She's especially on my mind today as we found out she has a torn acl and needs about a billion dollars worth of surgery.  Dog paintings with a cone head here we come?  I hope not.

4 comments:

LindaHunt said...

Sorry to hear about your 'girl'...hope that she heals quickly!

On another note...LOVE your work...just discovered you!

Janelle @ Two Cups Of Happy said...

I love the colours in the one on the wall. The greens really shine. Wishing your pup a speedy recovery...

Megan said...

Sorry about your pup :( Your paintings are awesome. I find that my work is better when I do paintings off of old work. I feel like it comes from me.

Aubrey Levinthal said...

Thank you thank you all!

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