Underpainting a WW1 Pigeon in a charming frame from the same era. Pigeons were used in WW1 to send messages between troops with the messages coiled in a capsule like container attached to their legs. Also around the same time there was some experimentation attaching cameras to them as a sort of precursor to the drone, although I didn’t see any evidence they were used this way during the war. Interesting nonetheless. 3in x 5in, oil on panel.
Zeus & Ganymeade Progress
oil on panel. 7 in x 11 in
Calydonian Boar
11/19/22 - 11 in x 14 in oil on panel, laying in first color layer on this wooly boar and co.
Spring/Summer Wrap-Up
Plenty of loose ends to tie up on all of these works from the past 6 months or so, but the end is in sight…
Detail of Io and Argos, 8in x 17.5in. Starting to lay in flesh tones on Argos and Hermes.
Hawk and Nightingale completed
The Hawk and the Nightingale is complete, here is a rough mock up of how it will look in the antique tramp art frame.
Steady Progress
I am building up color on this painting slowly but surely. I actually ventured out with a new blue on the palette (Gamblin Cerulean Blue) to try for a new pop of color in this new one. We shall see if I can get everything to harmonize in the end.
The Hawk & The Nightingale
The Hawk and the Nightingale Progress Shot
Currently on the easel is this underpainting of The Hawk and the Nightingale which is 5 in x 9 in. I got drawn in by the below interpretation by Gregory Nagy.
https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/on-a-fable-about-the-hawk-as-a-strongman/