Cruising on Flagler Evening

This painting was chosen as the Grand Prize winner for the 2012 Paint Me Miami competition

Gallery posted images of my show on their site

http://dorschgallery.com/exhibition?ex_id=152

Rooftop Reflection

Pizza on a Wet Evening

In Search for French Broad Sweets

I 75 Sunrise

Also at the Bass Art Museum this month and next, a couple of my paintings in the Debra and Dennis Scholl collection

http://www.bassmuseum.org/art/vanishing-points/

Fuel Truck Depot

Come see this and other new paintings at my fourth solo show for the Dorsch Gallery in Wynwood, Miami, Fl this October.

Some figure drawing lessons for this past semester on dry erase board

I thought I would share some of these images I found on my iphone. I am teaching figure drawing at Broward College this semester. I now wish I took more shots of some of the other lessons. These are based on a few different lessons. One on composition, another on anatomy, another on conceptualizing the figure with boxes and another on gesture drawing. These felt pretty liberating to do since I can not fuss about archiving it; I knew the eraser had to come. I think this also emphasized the idea that one must attack a project with gusto and not fear mistakes. There is always another sheet of paper or canvas or in this case a dry erase board!

Charcoal Demonstration

Fuel Truck Depot Study

developing this idea for a painting

Portrait Sketch

The model is one of my most interesting Art Appreciation students Michael Mathelier

Pitcher demonstration 3 hours

This was done over a 3 hour period while taking several brakes. The brakes are very important to keep your eye fresh and helps us in avoiding staleness that comes from constant staring. I made it a point to stay aware of the relativity of values. A painting professor I had some time ago (Dr. David Chang) used to call this "painting the neighborhood" where each value is relative to the adjacent value . I hope you enjoy it. It is available just email me. Jsanzart@gmail.com Thanks

Attorney Raz Tako

This is a work in progress. I am working from life and as you know attorneys are a busy sort, heck he was even working while he posed for this drawing! It was a fun challenge however

Life Drawing sketches

still life demonstration

A simple still-life demonstration drawing

Isaiah

Wonderful night

I had the most pleasing night. My wife and I went on a date. The first one since our son was born six months ago. We went to the Frost Art Museum in Miami to see our friend Arnold Mesches and his spectacular paintings. While there, my good friend and gallery owner Brook Dorsch told me to take a look at the museum's permanent collection show on the second floor. Lo and behold there were about a dozen works of art in this room, two of which were large Peter Paul Rubens paintings and staring at them on the opposite wall was one of my paintings! The museum bought the painting last year and I was told that it was hanging in the university's president's office,which makes me feel kind of nice, but this honor of being in the same room as Peter Paul Rubens is quite another feeling! It was a good night.

Truck Rest

Hot-rod Station

Plein Aire

Poets and Artist July issue

I am in this issue. Page 92.

http://issuu.com/didimenendez/docs/osjuly2010

In the studio

Reflections of a day's work

Naples Art Museum

If you are in Naples, Florida go and see two of my paintings at the Museum through June 26th

NEXT ART FAIR

Hello everyone, if you are in Chicago this weekend come by the NEXT ART FAIR, some of my new paintings will be on display at the Dorsch Gallery booth (# 7-6112)

Thursday April 29, 2010 through Sunday May 2nd.

Monday Night Football

My dearest and son