Faulkner in Ochre

     I have tentatively named this picture "William Faulkner," but I am also considering "Light in August," from one of his novels, and I think one of the greatest novels in all American Literature, or in all literature of any origin, for that matter. But I think I might rather save that title for another picture. Any suggestions?
  

     The color is much more vibrant than what my scanner has captured. The painting is from a photograph that I liberated from the Internet. I would prefer not to crib from other people's work, but Faulkner's dead, so my own photo of him is probably out of the question.

Art Trading Cards, ACEOs and Oddments

     Many artists make trading cards, for fun, for profit, or for trading. They can be used as business cards. I give mine away. ACEO stands for art cards, editions and originals. I suppose that's more serious, professional artist stuff than just "art trading cards." Duane Keiser, on his amazing blog, A Painting a Day
( http://duanekeiser.blogspot.com/), calls his very small studies "oddments."
     Here are four of mine. (If you enlarge these, you will be disappointed. I was.)

Pencil on paper, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2"

      This barn is on Cambria Mill Road, near where I live. It has not been red for a very long time, if ever.

Pencil on paper, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2"

 

      These are pebbles in a small dish.

Pencil on paper, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2"

      Prettier than the male? These colors are slightly, but only slightly, more vivid "in hand" than they appear here.

Pencil on paper, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2"

     These are trees in winter mist.