Tomato Study

another ongoing study...

Cherries Study...

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Ink sketch of a vase & plums

How I miss you art! I've been so busy with day job and running a freelance company. Putting in about 70-75 hours/week. I had to drawing something....just something. Voila! Here's a quick ink sketch of a still life. Placements of cross-hatchings can be quite bit of a challenge.

©2012 D.E. West Fine Art

It's been quite a while...

Please forgive me for not blogging since...Jan of 2011.  It's been crazy year since. My freelance business short of explode. Got lots of gigs...more than in a long time. I'll try blog as often as I can. Thanks for the patience.

Art Show Ended with a Good Note...

The art show ended up better than my expectations. It was my very first solo show in Kansas City after our move little over 2 years ago. I sold a total of 8 paintings and drawings. I look forward to having more shows in the near future. Speaking of which, if you're interested in the ones that were not sold please contact me at - dewest@dewestfineart.com

Have a wonderful 2011.

The Resurrection Mural

A renowned artist, Ron DiCianni, completed an amazing 40'x12' mural depict of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. More information about Ron's masterpiece via: www.resurrectionmural.com.

Brand New Art Website Now Published!

 Check it out. Enjoy! :)

Cafe Augusta Art Show Pics

 

Those of you who came to my art show over the weekend, I thank you for the great time. A special thank you to Cafe Augusta owners, Micheline & Mijanou, and the wonderful staff for preparing the Opening Reception & food. The food was wonderful. My kids couldn't get enough of the toasted biscuits. The great news is I sold 4 paintings and drawings in two hours. I've also got so many compliments. That particularly is very motivating. I'm looking forward to getting back into it and produce more still-life and landscape paintings. Be sure to subscribe to follow my future blog posts.

The exhibition will be up until December 31st. Feel free to drop by Cafe August at 12122 W 87th St. Parkway, Lenexa, KS (Directions: www.cafeaugusta.com) If you have any questions regarding to my paintings and drawings, feel free to contact me via dewstudios.doug@gmail.com

Thanks!

*Out of respect of privacy, I did not to post pics with people in it. Thanks for understanding.

Paintings Featured at Cafe Augusta

Here are most of the paintings that are being featured at the Cafe Augusta gallery until December 31, 2010. The ones showed here are for sale and all of them are also framed. Those of who do not live in Kansas City area still can buy any of these original artwork. If you're interested and have questions, feel free to email me via this link D.E. West. Enjoy and Thanks!
(Shipping & handling fees will be applied to final sales at the end)

My paintings & drawings at the Cafe Gallery...

These images were taken with my cell camera. The bottom image didn't turn out well. I'll post better quality images soon. On the next post later this week, I'll have the paintings that are featured at the exhibition.

Framed Paintings for Art Show

Just finished framing my paintings for my upcoming Art Show in Kansas City on October 1, 2010. More pics to come.

One of my paintings framed...

One of my recent private collector shared this image with me of an eggplant painting I did for her early this year. This dark frame complements the painting very nicely.

Graphite Study: Orchid Flower No.2

Another orchid study. This one was my sister's gorgeous fully grown orchid flower. It will also be matted and framed for my upcoming art show in Lenexa, KS.

Graphite Study: Orchid flower no. 1

"Cattleya Orchid No. 1", Graphite, 8"x10"

I'm not a big fan of most common flowers. However, I'm quite fascinated with orchid species. They're the most unique looking flowers in the world. Correct me if I'm wrong, I read that there are between 21k to 26k species of orchids found in 880 generas in the world and are rare in the United States. Should be an exciting experiment. Expect many new graphite drawings & paintings of unique orchids in the future.

This piece will be matted & framed for my art show this Fall.

Graphite Study: B-25 Mitchell bombers ~ "Air Apaches"

These studies are depicts of the famous bombers group, 345th BG, most widely used in the Pacific Theater than any other theaters during WW2. The group's nickname was the "Air Apaches" and has a "Chief" insignia on the tail. Their gunships were very famous for colorful nose arts. In within the 345th BG, there were four Bomber Squadrons known as 498th Bombardment Squadron, "Falcons"; 499th Bombardment Squadron, "Bats Outa Hell"; 500th Bombardment Squadron, "Rough Raiders", and 501st Bombardment Squadron, "Black Panthers". They flew the North American B-25 Mitchells. An excerpt from Wiki best described the B-25 Mitchell: "The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. It was used by many Allied air forces, in every theater of World War II, as well as many other air forces after the war ended, and saw service across four decades."