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I've never put a painting up for auction before. I'm very pleased with the set of nude paintings that I completed in 2012. I've found that a studio almost completely void of paintings is the best for my creative soul, so it's time to clean house and have an experiment on Ebay, and the first of these nudes is already posted. The auction for this ends Monday evening (tomorrow):

The Peacock Device (24x12, 2012)

An exhibition with 4 of my Flrrbl paintings opened on Friday! I unfortunately wasn't able to make it to Denver this time. I hear the reception was a great success. It's a totally cool show with a modern edge:

The Edge of Realism

Coming up next Sunday the 16th is STUDIO Gallery's epic annual "Tiny" show! I've sent my most recent mini painting:

New still life. I'm trying to put myself in uncomfortable painting situations more often these days. I'm doing this partially because it pushes me to grow, and partially because there is an excitement when the muse is allowed to lead me to something unexpected. So I began with a concept but with the intention to let things evolve organically. This is opposed to what I teach to students because it is definitely not the surest path. But it intuitively felt like the perfect strategy for my current state of creative evolution. I love how this one turned out, but it could have just as easily flopped. A hardened resolve saw this one through to completion.

The setup, sans green glass and when the leaves were fresher:

Intentional tone:

Going straight for the jugular, so to speak.

Overlapping mixture of brush and knife applications:

As the leaves got drier, they got more interesting.

I knew something was going to be on the left, but I didn't decide til this stage:

And the finished painting, "A Season For Change" (16x20):

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Some closeups:

JUST SOLD!:

"Catalyze"  ;  "Toward The Light"

"Flrrbl Devastating A Still Life"

Until next week,

David A. N. Cheifetz
www.davidcheifetz.com

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