Niggle's Leaf series (work in progress)

I'm using the grisaille/glazing technique for this new series of oil paintings I'm doing. It's an ambitious project consisting of 6 large paintings. This first one is the baby measuring only 40X28 in. It's my test piece where I can work out difficulties before I tackle the larger pieces.

Second and final application for the grisaille. All the details are finished. I'll now begin adding the color glazes. Fingers crossed.

Final art. There are as many as 10 glazes on some of the leaves. I'm very happy with the results.

Orchids

Orchids

Grisaille underpaintings - works in progress.

8X8 in. oil on canvas

First color layers on all three paintings. These are the base colors on which I'll add other colors and the lights.

The orchids are finished. One more application of paint to the background.

finished

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Gardenias

Gardenias

Grisaille underpaintings - works in progress.

8X8 in. oil on canvas

Second application of paint to background.

First color layers on all three paintings. These are the base colors on which I'll add other colors and the lights.

Finished

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a blue fairy

This is a work in progress. The Fairy is sitting on a fig in a fig tree. She's pretty much finished. The tree is only roughed in. The full painting is 32X20 in. o/c 
title: A Blue Fairy 

Full painting - work in progress. 
The background is roughed in.

finish

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between here and there

This is a detail of the final painting from the study I made earlier. It's a work in progress. The Fairy is complete as are several leaves. I'm going with more subdued colors than the study. I want this area of the painting quiet and at rest. 

Here's the full painting - a work in progress.
o/c 52X32 in. title: Between Here and There 

In doing these Fairy paintings, I'm inspired by a personal experience I had in my early 20s. That was a long time ago but I remember it like it was yesterday. The mythological land of the Fairies called Tir Na Nog - and many other names in many cultures - is real to me because I've seen it. It was only a momentary glimpse but it was the most extraordinary experience of my life and no no, the experience had nothing to do with drugs or any psychotic episode. To be honest, I didn't get a good look at the creatures in this place. I was too busy just being wowed by the whole experience itself. I remember their eyes though - piercing but full of compassion. I thought they were Angels at the time. Later I learned that Angels are considered Fae by many people which seems appropriate to me so I'm sticking to that interpretation. 

My representations of Fairies relies not so much on what I saw - that would take a far greater artist than I could ever hope to be - but what I felt when seeing them and seeing the beautiful place they inhabit. By the way, the similarities between Tir Na Nog and the Buddhist Pure Land (Buddhist Heaven) is pretty striking.

Here's the final painting. I'm pretty happy with it. 
o/c 52X32 in. title: Between Here and There 

...and a close up of the finished Fairy.