100.009

Red fish

10" x 10"
Oil on canvas
© 2006, William H. Bowen

A monochrome study. In red. The flash really blows it out...

100.008

Only blue

22" x 30"

Oil on canvas
© 2006, William H. Bowen

A better picture is now posted.

100.007

Tangle

18" x 36"

Oil on Canvas
© 2006, William H. Bowen

This one is my favorite so far. inspiration, paint, magic.

I especially like the background. The angle of the photo is necessary because the paint is being very reflective while it is still wet. It'll probably retain some of that reflective character when it dries. I hope so, i really like the way this turned out. In total about 3 hours work.

"Within" (#5 of 100)

So the last piece I posted, "Afire" may need a new title. Once it dried, the oranges weren't so orange... they were more peachy. *sigh* The experiment marches on.

Here's # 5...alllll finished! And I'm not happy with it! Which I guess is a good thing, as it will make me try something else.



"Within"

#5 in Series of 100

Oil on Canvas

16x20

© 2006 Rachel Bowen

Heart Works in Progress

I've got a herd of canvai (isn't that plural for canvas? I like the ring of it... like octopi) meaning that there are quite a few that I have the first stage finished, yet need dry time before the next application. Serious dry time.

Will and I made an agreement that we could not add a piece to the "series" until it was completed. Like... "you seriously don't think you can add that to the series just because you got the frame work done and you have a picture in your head and it won't take that long to finish it" completed, were talking touched up and everything completed.



It being Winter time and wet like a cheap riesling here in the Pacific North West, I honestly don't know how long it's going to be before I can get these little buggers finished. So I wanted to post them because I really am working on the project and even got to paint for like six hours last weekend. It was SCHWEET!

100.006

blue fish, pink eye

#4 in a series within the series
10" x 10"

Oil on canvas
© 2006, William H. Bowen

I like this one. but not the background. I will be revisiting this layout.

100.005

Fish Eye
#3 in an ongoing series within the series

© 2006, William H Bowen
10" x 10"
Oil on Canvas

Well, I guess it was inevitable that there'd be a painting I didn't like.

This is the first, it won't be the last. i just hope there aren't many more in this category.

100.004

No title
#2 in a series within the series
100.004

10" x 10"
Oil on Canvas
© 2006 William H. Bowen

FWIW, I dislike the "title" Untitled. This painting has no title. If that bothers you, you can soothe your ego by sending me wads of cash. In return, I will send you this painting. It will come with a blank sticker on the back. You can then use a favorite writing utinsel (crayon, marker or ballpoint pen) to call the painting whatever the hell you want.

Just make sure you tell me what it is so people'll know what to look for when it comes time for the retrospective.

Heart's A-fire (#4 of 100)

"Afire"

#4 in Series of 100

Oil on Canvas

8x16

© Rachel Bowen 2006

This piece is actually the 2nd of a smaller series within the project and it goes with "Liberal". I am doing a triptychc of sorts. Three hearts with tongue in cheek meaning:

"Heart's a fire"

"Bleeding Heart Liberal" (notice how it's red, white and blue... but with a twist.)

and the third???

Well I've got some humor in mind... we'll see how it pans out.... stay tuned!

One thing I did learn with this painting is that the cool drippy effect doesn't work so well with the tube of yellow that I have. I'll need to touch it up a little bit later because I overworked it in some areas. But for now it just needs to dry and rest. It's all a learning process!

(HA!!! I posted my 4th painting before Will could post his... not that it's a competition or anything.)

Map of the Heart (#2 of 100)

"The Heart Continent"

#2 in Series of 100.

Wooden C.D. Box & Acrylic

© 2005 Rachel Bowen

This piece is a map of the heart inspired by the artistic and beautiful maps published in National Geographic

Two of Hearts (#1 & #3 of 100)

Here are my first two heart paintings. I also just finished a painted object which I will be posting tomorrow after it is good and dry. Thanks to Rent-a-Rick these paintings are hanging in our Art Gallery! Wooo Hooo! Art ON!


"Liberal"

#3 in Series of 100

Oil on Canvas 8x16

© 2006 Rachel Bowen

"Love Grows"
#1 in Series of 100

Oil on Canvas 10x10

© 2006 Rachel Bowen

100.003

Number 3?

Yes. number 1 was painted about a year ago and is waiting to be hung in the mediaroom.

Number 2 was painted in June 2005 and is also waiting to be hung in the mediaroom.

So, number 3.

100.003
10" x 10" Oil on Canvas
© 2006, William H Bowen

The Project

So I got the smack down from a dear friend. She was right... I need to do art. She also passed along this nugget of wisdom (in a nut shell) that we are embarking on:

Pick a subject and do a series. Do 100 of something. Test the boundaries and expand your technique within the confines of a subject. Just do it.

So here we go. Here's our studio:


Husbang is doing 100 Fishes.

I am doing 100 Hearts.

We are on the Jesus Plan.... 100 loves and fishes.