Ring Top Vase & Fruit

Yo my blog buddies,

Well, after washing some more of the RV yesterday, I looked in the back of our car.  We use this for extra storage for stuff that won't fit into or under the RV.  We have our Q-100 grill back there, our laundry basket, our 2 beach chairs, assorted warm clothing and blankets in case we need them - jackets, sweaters.  I also carry my Plein air painting stuff.  Under the beach chairs there is a plastic tub with a cover and inside that I found some 11 x 14 canvas panels!!!!!!!!!!  WOO-HOO!!!!

Soooooo I roughed in a sketch/drawing of a vase and some fruit - applied some grey to the vase as the white of the canvas was blinding me - and I threw on the initial color for the fruit.  Tomorrow either before or after i wash some more of the RV I will see what I might do with what I've started.  My brain tells me I want to do it loose - VERY LOOSE!!!!!  We'll see if my hand wants to follow my brain - sometimes they do not work in harmony and the hand takes over!!!!!!

Beginning of Ring Top Vase & Fruit
14 x 11 on canvas panel

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This will also be an exercise in complimentary color as I'm pretty sure I want a blue vase.  So my friends - Time will tell----------------------------

JR     :>)

YO DUDES

Good Morning,

OK-OK-OK so I don't always tell the truth!!!!!  Yesterday I said I was going to take a rest from landscapes and do a few still life pieces but needed to find a bigger painting surface so I could get

 "DOWN & SLOPPY!!!!!"

Well that did not happen - as the sky got kind of stormy off in the distance and my sick little mind conjured up a STORM SCENE!!!!!   :>)  

Living on the ocean for as long as we did in Maine, we've seen a lot of storms roll in so I have my ideas as to what they looked like - additionally as a friend of mine says "I'm the artist - it's my painting so I can do anything I want!" :>)  

My paintings of late have been what I call HIGH CHROMA - deep dark intense colors which is all part of the "Quebec Painter" style that I so love.  The sun being so intense down here to my eyes brings out the intensity of color - so I even beef that up a bit in my work.

Soooo enough of the Blah-Blah-Blah Jibber/Jabber!!

"STORM ON THE HORIZON"

9 X 12

Painted quickly wet into wet on heavy linen paper with lots of gusto - flair in stroke, color and style.

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Well, today I have a few errands to do - get gas for the car - pick up my Rx's at Walgreen's and then depending on the level of humidity and the temperature I most likely will continue with my washing of the RV.

Or as my good friend Dale (artist extraordinaire) calls it "THE BEAST" 

LATER DUDES

JR         :>)

GOOD EVENING BUDS

YO,

Well - did some painting this morning while marking time for my Dr. appointment.

"Gasprilla Island To The South"

Gasprilla is a barrier island off the coast Punta Gorda and the town of Boca Grande is out there.  Very, very beautiful area.

9 X 12 on heavy linen paper done wet into wet with gusto and freedom of strokes.

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I think I'll take a break from landscapes for a couple of days and switch to still life - I need to see if I have some bigger canvas or linen paper as it is hard to be real loose when painting on a small surface - small being anything less than 16 x 20.  I love to paint on large 36 x 48 gallery wrapped canvas but alas no room in the RV for something that size!!!!

Most everything I paint these days is for fun and in many ways an adventure in loosening up and just plain having fun.  Perhaps when we settle into the condo I will look for outlets to try and sell my paintings - however that said and I just said it ----- trying to sell art in a bad economy almost borders on stupidity - or wishful thinking.  It only tends to wear you down and get you more discouraged than before you started trying to sell.

I now paint-paint-paint and then I purge and throw away - throw away - throw away - as I say it is mostly for fun now and painting and my DW Melissa keeps me out of bar rooms.   :>)

Well, went to the new Dr. today and he seems nice enough - we talked for a while and I gave him a copy of some medical records my Dr. in Santa Fe had given me to pass onto my next Dr.
They drew 6 vials of blood - ( I felt like a donor!!!)  He renewed my Rx's for me and I have a followup visit in three weeks so he can go over the results of the blood test with me

My BP was a tad higher than normal -I attribute that to our "FREE DIET" over the past 8 months and I'm sure now that we are some what settled down I can bring that back into a good range.  So i hope our "FREE DIET" has not done any damage to my frail little body!!!!!  I weighed in at 156 so that was good!!!!    :>)

Have a nice evening and day tomorrow - I'm going to try and do some more washing of the RV so it will be about 1/2 done and then finish it this weekend.

Later my buddies.


JR    :>)
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Yo my friends

Hello blog buddies,

Well, yesterday I did another painting:

"Florida West Coast Sand Dunes"

9 x 12 on canvas sheet

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Not much going on today - I have a Dr. appt. this afternoon - I don't like Dr's!!!!!!  All I really want is someone to give me new annual Rx's for my stupid maintenance drugs - an annual exam and "See ya In a Year!!!!!!"

New Dr's are especially pain full as you need to fill out your history from exiting the womb forward to present day - my memory goes back about 5 years!!!!  I just check off all the good stuff and leave out the bad!!!  As soon as you are honest with a DR. they see a cash cow and start with all kinds of tests and poking and touching.  I'm on medicare and they never pay a Dr the amount that is submitted - sooooooo this makes the Dr. feel the need to do more tests and more things to you so he can make back some of the money that he feels medicare screwed them out of!!!  When the Dr. asks how I'm feeling my standard answer is "I feel wonderful - I should not even be here today!"  The longer you stay in their presence, the more they think they can find wrong.  :>)  

The same thing with dentists!!!  Did you ever notice that dentists love to critique the work of other dentists.  I've heard things like "I don't know who your last dentist was but some of this work is pretty shoddy!!!"  Or "I wonder why this type of material was used in a front filling!"

EGO runs wild in the medical community has been my experience.

So my philosophy is say the very least you have to and if something is bothering you - look it up on line and self-diagnose!!!!  If that fails put some anti-biotic ointment on it - I call that "Magic Cream!!!"

I think I will do another painting this morning and some small chores around the RV while I'm marking time to go see the new DR.

Take care my friends - brush your teeth 3 times a day, floss twice a day and take lots of vitamins - it will make life so much simpler!

Enjoy the day!

JR   :>)

Wednesday 11/28/12

YO DUDES,

Did another painting yesterday afternoon:

BOCA GRANDE - SOUTH No. IV

12 x 9 on canvas sheet done wet into wet very quickly with loose strokes and gusto.

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Having fun with beach scenes - trying to make them loose and free flowing with the colors of the west coast of Florida - the sun is so bright, the colors seen are just amazing!!!

Got about 1/4 of the RV washed yesterday - lots of work!!!!!!  My hands are cramping up after that so I doubt if I'll paint tomorrow - DAMN ARTHRITIS --- GETTING OLD SUCKS!!

They say it's the GOLDEN YEARS - I think it is more like the RUSTY YEARS!!!!

I think that is a phrase my cousin Marjorie used recently. 

Well, enjoy your day - and live lightly and happily!!!

JR    :>) 

TUESDAY 11/27/12

Hello my friends,

Well, this morning I did the laundry and then a painting.

This is 12 x 9 on a canvas sheet

"RING TOP VASE & FRUIT No. II"

This is not quite as loose as I had planned - my hand took over and decided to put more detail into in then I had envisioned!!

A partly cloudy day today with a touch higher humidity then normal so I think this afternoon I will start to wash portions of the RV - this should keep me cooled off as I'm sure to get sprayed with the water from the hose.

Not sure if you guys watch THE VOICE on TV but we really enjoy that show and I have to say I'm hard pressed to pick a winner - tonight 2 more get eliminated so I'll pick my choice out of the 4 remaining.

A quick sandwich B4 starting the washing of the RV - take care my friends and enjoy your day.

JR     :>)

HOME AGAIN

Yo Blog Buddies,

Well, just got back home from Miami after taking Melissa down there on Sunday, staying overnight near the airport and bring her to the airport this morning.  A 3 hour drive back home and it feels good to be back in Punta Gorda.

Now I've got to line up some projects and some chores so the 10 days will go by quickly!
I've got inside and outside projects to do as well on the RV and some painting and a Dr's appt. on Thursday afternoon.  I'm overdue for my annual checkup and I don't like to miss those plus I need some prescriptions renewed.  I found a Dr who was taking new patients and there was a 3 week wait for an appointment!!!!   Next we need to find a dentist!

Time for a nap as the 3 hour drive pooped me out!!!

JR    :>)