PROGRESSION - "WINTER WALK ON TUSCARORA MOUNTAIN" - ACRYLIC PAINTING

Progression - "Winter Walk on Tuscarora Mountain" - acrylic painting on 24" x 30" canvas --

Seems complete - some touch-ups then letting it rest

Coming along in a mildly expressionist way.

Scoped out design, started on detail.

(c) 2014 Wes Rehberg

"NORTHSIDE HOMELESS PORTRAIT" -- ACRYLIC PAINTING ON CANVAS

Done for now -- "Northside Homeless Portrait" -- acrylic painting on 20" x 24" canvas -- some touch-ups then letting it rest -- progression of painting in post below --

(c) 2014 Wes Rehberg

PROGRESSION -- "NORTHSIDE HOMELESS PORTRAIT" -- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

Progression -- "Northside Homeless Portrait -- acrylic painting on 20" x 24" canvas ....

Putting down some tones, textures and shapes to see where I might take it --

Scoping it out --

(c) 2014 Wes Rehberg

COMPLETED - "ACCORDIONIST ON THE WALKING BRIDGE" - ACRYLIC PAINTING

Completed - "Accordionist on the Walking Bridge" -- acrylic painting on 24" x 30" canvas -- adapted from video I filmed in November 2005 when Eileen and I arrived in Chattanooga TN -- painted in what I'm calling an "intuitive combustianist" style ... progressions are in a previous post.

(c) 2014 Wes Rehberg

THROWBACK THURSDAY - TWO DRAWINGS FROM '79 AND '80

For Throwback Thursday -- two 8" x 10" abstract drawings from the 4 years I did visual art in the past -- one in '79 and one in '80, the year I stopped doing art then.

(c) 2014 Wes Rehberg

PROGRESSION - "ACCORDIONIST ON THE WALKING BRIDGE" -- ACRYLIC PAINTING

Progression - "Accordionist on the Walking Bridge" -- acrylic painting on 24" x 30" canvas -- adapted from video I filmed in November 2005 when Eileen and I arrived in Chattanooga TN

Some details moving in ...

Getting some content and color relationships figured out here ...

Roughing it in ...

(c) 2014 Wes Rehberg

"AUTUMN RIOT" -- EXPERIMENTAL -- ACRYLIC PAINT ON CANVAS

"Autumn Riot" -- experimental -- acrylic painting on 16" x 20" canvas ...

(c) 2014 Wes Rehberg

PROGRESSION -- "STREET POLL TAKER" -- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

Progression -- "Street Poll Taker" -- acrylic painting on 16" x 20" canvas

Except for the details of her hands and some touch ups, it'seems complete -- on to the next one --

Adding detail ...

Roughing in underlays, shapes and method ...

(c) 2014 Wes Rehberg

PROGRESSION -- "INSPIRATION" -- SOFT AND HARD PASTEL PAINTING

Progression -- “Inspiration,” hard and soft pastel painting on 11” x 17” charcoal paper.

Done ...

Having a conversation with the work ...

Blocking it out with hard pastels

(c) 2014 Wes Rehberg