Jazz Cat

"Jazz Cat" Acrylic  9x12" 

This was fun, hopefully it shows :-)

Jazz Drummer

Letting the paint flow freely is the same whether its acrylics or oils. I like allowing the paint dance on its own, without my controlling it too much. I find that it does much more beautiful things by itself - with just a little "guidance" from me, than if I force too much control on it. In otherwords, let it groove out freely - kinda like this guy!

Jazz Drummer

16x16 Oil on Canvas

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Red Hot Jazz

Someone asked a question about the painting of the girl in the airport, ("Busted Flat"), whether I painted at the Airport. Painting in public places is do-able, depending on restrictions and permissions, but entails a lot of issues to cope with. What I like to do is sketch and do paintings from the sketches. I did this painting to illustrate how its done -

My husband is a jazz musician (the bass player) and often I go to his gigs and sketch the band while they are playing. Here's a pen sketch - I focused on the big shapes and the values. Not much detail, but just enough to tell a story. Then I did the painting using a limited palette, just using a few colors to indicate values. I did not take photos so I had no extra information to rely on, which forced me to improvise ... which is what the painting is all about.

Red Hot Jazz

Acrylic on canvas, 9x12"