#24 thru #26 "Well Rounded"

I'm claiming these 3 painting for the "300 paintings in 2019" goal, even though I didn't consider them part of that when I started them.  They were merely a "don't waste perfectly good oil paint" endeavor.  But today is January 31 and I've got a ton of stuff to do today, and I need to get to at least 25, so they're in!

I must admit, these are my favorites.  I love the jewel-tone colors and the abstract lines.  While they were relatively easy, I was very careful in my color blending and color placement....although I only used what was left on the palette from that particular day's subject.  So serendipity played a part, which makes me somewhat emotionally attached, since I sort of feel like it was more than just me painting them, a weird thought, I know.

My son Paul, who is a few months into his move to Pittsburg and enjoying his first rental that involves no roommates, said he'd be happy to hang them in his apartment.  While he likes to say things to me that are flat-out lies just because he knows what I want to hear, I'm going to ignore that history and believe that he actually likes them.  What's not to like, I say!  He actually said (and I quote, as he wrote it in a text), "It's like a geometric depiction of ones personality. The older and wiser someone gets, the more well rounded they become."

They are perched on my easel in the pic below, a lovely Christmas present from Dave, it is large enough to support one painting securely and two more that gravity is keeping in place.  Each canvas is 20x10 inches. I see them hanging on a wall vertically, not horizontally as in the pic.  I didn't sign the front, as that might force a vertical vs horizontal hanging decision.  I signed the back instead.