A Painting A Day - new sexy onion paintings by Derek Cadena

I have recently been painting a new small work a day, M-F.   A painting a day is a great discipline, and let's face it, I lack discipline!   I've really been inspired by the onions sprouting and mingling on the kitchen counter.   My latest work features still life paintings of onions sharing stories of their most intimate, heroic, and terrifying moments...

Here are the first two 2010 oil paintings that I painted on Friday 01- 22 and Monday 01- 25,
 "Fondling" and "Tea Cupping".  See our ebay store.

Summer and Mirabelle's Greek Holiday - Brent Rodgers

My latest work features Summer and her gal pal Mirabelle vacationing in Greece. Mirabelle is a adventurous little Boston Terrier and star of her very own site, checkout www.theadventuresofmirabelle.com.

Summer and Mirabelle's Greek Holiday is available in our etsy store!

Commissioned Pet Portraits by Derek Cadena

The little painting with the Boston Terrier (her name is Phoebe) was commissioned by a friend and Gallery Owner in Delaware.  I have painted three of his Boston Terriers.  Mirabelle is the most famous of them, she was recently featured in the latest image of Brent's Fruitville Girl Series!  We'll post about that next...

The other dog is Maguire, a pretty chocolate labrador.  This painting is 24" and has quite a bit of paint on the canvas.  I had a lot of fun with this piece, even though I had to paint with one eye, due to a brief loss of central vision in my right eye (C.S.R.)  Totally sucked!  However, my vision has returned after 6 weeks. YAY!

Breakfast with Betsy!

"Breakfast With Betsy" is the newest addition to the Fruitville series by Brent Rodgers (that's me).  There is nothing better than a hot piece of toast while still in your pajamas.    Maybe Betsy will offer her new friends from outer space a piece. 

Pigeon Fancy!

Experimenting with our new camera while enjoying a lovely after Thanksgiving dinner bike ride.  I noticed a flock of pigeons perching on a local water tower.  They become a point of inspriation and Pigeon Fancy was born.  Let me know what you think and if you are intersted in a little Pigeon Fancy for yourself, she is on sale here!

Snow Day - by Brent Rodgers

Last week's "snow day" was a perfect day to stay home and make art.  I continued to work on a new painting, while Brent was busy being inspired by the slushy intersection next to our house.   Brent's newest addition to his Fruitville Girls series is appropriately titled Snow Day.   This piece seems to be about troubled youth at a crossroads... Or two young stylish ladies carrying home a doomed six pack of ale. 

To buy this new print or to see more of Brent's girls, click here!

Thank you so much,
Derek

Working on a selfish portrait

It's freezing in the studio today!  The heater dries my palette out, so I bundle up to paint.  And yes, I crocheted the hat.

I'm working on a new painting, a reflection of my grade school self playing a game of cat's cradle.  Although I haven't painted the string wrapping around the fingers, yet, the subject will be inviting you to play.   I guess he's saying "it's your turn".  A simple piece of string can become a complex formation, with a little help...

I'll post more when I'm done.
 -Derek