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Thirsty 6

Rich Brimer — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:49:45 +0000

So, it has been a long while since I posted an update for this painting. I have been poking at it and doing some work on it for a few evenings this week, so I am showing some of the progress here. Getting into the studio [...]

Thirsty 3

Rich Brimer — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:38:02 +0000

So, I have actually been working on this painting a bit over the past month, but honestly, it is difficult to be motivated when the garage studio is 45 degrees. I have a space heater now but it costs a lot to run and it all the heat gets sucked out as soon as [...]

Thirsty 2

Rich Brimer — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:45:04 +0000

Here you can see that I have begun to block in the four figures on the left panel. There is a lot of work left to get the faces right, but I am well on my way to a good start. I have been off line with this painting for a [...]

Painting Christmas Eve

Rich Brimer — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:07:58 +0000

Here is am painting in front of another audience for an event to raise money for a building water wells in Kenya.

I wanted to tell you about a Christmas Eve gig I got today. I will be going to Mission Viejo to do a 48″ x 48″ painting at each of FIVE [...]

Thirsty 1

Rich Brimer — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:15:58 +0000

So, here is the very first early sketch of a new painting. This is the 4th of my “Face of Love” series. After drawing it with pencil, I began to do a wash of burnt umber and walnut oil. I will not be able to get back to it [...]

Advent Conspiracy

Rich Brimer — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:52:03 +0000

What if…

…we conspired together!!!