Starting another little study of a Willys Military Police Jeep. I’ve cropped out the most obvious “Jeep” feature, leaving only the secondary design elements to clue you in.  I think I’ll save the grill for another painting.

Oil on Canvas, 12″X9″, 2012

Laying the groundwork for another small painting, this one is 12″ X 9″.  I had to get a bunch of small brushes, most of mine are medium to large sized and not useful at this level.  The challenge for me is to try and focus/distill the image down without losing some of my painting characteristics.  The next one I’ll be starting is even smaller!

War Eagle, 12″X14″, Oil on Canvas, 2012

I’m two days into a new painting and its coming along quick.  It’s smaller than I’m used to working with, but the advantage here is speed.

Over the last few years, I have shot a ton of photos.  Usually I try to work several together into my large collage style paintings.  After browsing through my sets on Flickr, I kind of felt that many should be interesting little character sketches in their own right.  I’m once again going to try something I don’t normally do, and work on these little pieces concurrently with my larger pieces.

Here we go off into uncharted territory, so I think it’s fitting that I start with a plane that was out at the War Eagles Museum.