Author: Darryl

I forgot to get a shot of adding the alternating blue layer to the canvas, besides, it was a tedious and not very exciting process. There’s a lot of “tightening up” of things that goes on in the end that really becomes the bulk of the work as things move towards the finish. So here we have the finish, with […]

Adding the lines that will delineate the two shades of blue that will comprise the background. The darker tone will alternate with the brighter blue base seen in the earlier image.

At this point, I’ve filled most of the background with the base color for the canvas.  It’s very rough at this point, but I wanted to get a feel for the contrast . I’ll go back and tighten it up a bit before it’s over.  There’s a second tone of blue to be added, but this is the lighter of […]

Here, I’ve painted in the preliminary colors of the suits. This helps me quickly get a more solid sense that the work is progressing. I’ve done a good bit of work on the horns as well at this stage.

Getting back to business with this piece focusing on a brass trio. Here’s the revamped sketch that will be used in the production of the painting. The title is not as clear at this point.

Hello, back from the Hinterlands. I was off working on a couple of new and exciting ventures for most of the year.  They’ll debut in earnest in 2015. Though one of the projects is art-related, it is somewhat different than the work in the jazz series, so I didn’t want to post about it here, although I will do a […]

It took me while to get it done, because of the necessity to complete some other commitments, but here is my first completed work of 2014, “San Francisco Slides”. The “Slides” part of the title references the slides of the trombones featured in the image, as well as the sloping angles of the streets. The painting was done in acrylic […]

A little in-progress video while painting and listening to Quartet San Francisco’s CD “New Works by California Composers”.

A little video on the process of transferring the sketch to canvas for the “San Francisco” painting.

I’ve been working on a finishing up a couple of pieces before starting work on the canvas for a new painting called “San Francisco Slides”. Here’s a video of digital painting study which I produced. Updates on the progress of the painting coming soon! In the meantime, here’s a little teaser — with music!