Monochrome elephant

 Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

I now and then enjoy working in monochrome, particularly for this kind of subject, which isn't all that colorful to begin with.

Flower power

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 30 cm:

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A trip back to the 1970s, that psychedelic era of bad clothes and worse hair, that makes older folks wax nostalgic, and younger folks think it was a different planet...

Uncle Al

 Acrylics on Masonite, ACEO (= 3.5 x 2.5 inches):

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I have hardly ever tried portraiture before, so I don't know what possessed me to try it out at this scale - I was terrified the whole time. Art truly is 99% perspiration, and no more than 1% inspiration. 

Rooster portrait

 Acrylics on Masonite, ACEO (2.5 x 3.5 inches):

Construction worker

 Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.

Artists are often on the lookout not so much for subjects as for shapes. This construction scene gave me plenty. 

Refreshments on the way

Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

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Free State province in South Africa is, for the most part, a very flat, grassy plain, that gets hammered by the fierce African sun. By the end of the dry season, even the sky looks bleached out. Under such conditions, it's good to know trucks full of drinks are always on the way. 

Outbuildings on a farm

 Acrylics on Masonite, 10 x 15 cm:

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You see this often when traveling around the countryside: somewhat dilapidated, but clearly still used, buildings, sometimes seemingly in the middle of nowhere. I always wonder about them. What are they used for? Storerooms? Toolsheds? Why were they built in that particular spot? There are fun little mysteries all around us.