Pop Art oil portrait of John Lennon

You can watch a time lapse video of this at my Fine Art by John Price Facebook page. Every time I go to upload it the video locks up.

https://www.facebook.com/landscapesbyjohnprice/

So right now, I have 8 or 9 paintings going at the same time for this show. The plan is to finish by Saturday ... Sunday at the latest. Over the last month, I've had very little down time and as I finish painting late in the evening, I'm back up at 5 to start the process all over again. Multiple art shows over the summer are coming up that I need to make sure I'm ready for. As the old saying goes, 'say NO to everything that will not give you the life you want.' Everything ... and don't look back.

Pop Art of Diana Ross

This is one of several images of Pop Art celebrities that I'm doing for a show next month.

Harriet Tubman - Work In Progress

This is the last image from about few days ago. The blue portion in the left is just me trying to make sure the color will come out correct, but it will be covered up. I've slowed down on Harriet Tubman momentarily. I have a pretty large art project I'm working on that has to be finished by next Friday so I probably won't be working on this painting for at least another week, but this is my progress thus far. I may work on it if I get a few minutes of down time, but with Wine & Design, my writing, my blog, commissions and an upcoming trip to DC in a few weeks, but work on it will be sparse.

My writing blog and published work

Although this page is about my Fine Art, I also write. 

I just finished my Wordpress and here's a link to my author Facebook page. My Amazon author page will be uploaded by the weekend. I used to tell everyone "go like my page' but that's annoying as hell. Most of my writing and publishing will be there. The Wordpress is my old one that I used for my first book, but I'm updating it as I publish my stories. 

www.johnpriceauthor.wordpress.com

https://www.facebook.com/John-Price-Author-561430901028055/?modal=admin_todo_tour

Harriet Tubman - Work In Progress

In sharing with you all the mistakes with the painting of Harriet Tubman and the process, this next step was daunting to say the least. This is just a white splotch where Harriet Tubman will be. That's all ... a white splotch. From there, I will create the trees around her and the other people.

Harriet Tubman - Work In Progress

While it might seem like a redundant post, it's anything but. Once the first layer of ripples dried, I had to go over them with a second, lighter coat. Ripples ... so many ripples.

Harriet Tubman - Work In Progress

All these damn ripples in the water ... thousands of them.

Harriet Tubman Day

Yesterday was Harriet Tubman Day, and because I'm working on this amazing painting, I just threw caution to the wind and took a trip to Maryland to visit the Harriet Tubman Museum. Just down the road from the museum is the house where she was born, and a few miles from that is Brodess Farm, the farm where she worked. The land at Brodess Farm is privately owned, so you can't go on the property, but I set up my easel on the protected area where you can view. None of the buildings are still around and the old building in the pic was built years after she had escaped slavery. I was able to collect some sand, well ... mud ... from the area where my easel was. Just like before, I'll apply that into the painting once it's dry.
There's too much to post here. I'll just say that, it was worth the drive.

Harriet Tubman - Work In Progress

This next step in painting the Harriet Tubman piece was somewhat humbling. Here, I took dried dirt from the Richmond Slave Trail and pushed it into the brush with Payne's Grey. I applied multiple layers. This will be covered with several layers of paint and more dirt, in an attempt to immortalize a part from the past.

Harriet Tubman - Work In Progress

This is the third and final layer of the background. I have not decided yet if I will go ahead and glaze the blue sky in now, or wait and glaze it in with the trees. Either way, I have a few days to decide as this will need at least a solid 3-4 days to fully dry. While in the process of letting it dry, I may head to Dorchester County one day this week or early next week just to see the area where Harriet Tubman walked.