Tuesday, February 25, 2014

New Work from Dave Francis Studio

 
 
Once again it has been a long time since I blogged anything here. Am really going to try to better promoting my work and myself as an artist.
 
Here are a series of pics that show a brand new pastel in the process of being painted.
 
The initial set up, a 1953 Structo Concrete Truck

Developing the background first, then moving on to the drum of the truck


Starting work on the cab, such a great emerald green color




Continuing to develop the cab, working from upper left to lower right


The finished piece (I think), added the cement blocks under the shelf, not too sure if they will stay or not.


Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Pastels By Dave:  Another spaceship related piece. This one is call...

Pastels By Dave:  Another spaceship related piece. This one is call...:   Another spaceship related piece. This one is called "Space Race" and features many 50's era spaceships that I wish I ow...
 
Another spaceship related piece. This one is called "Space Race" and features many 50's era spaceships that I wish I owned.
It is kind of an interstellar take on street racing from the 50's & 60's. You can see that the Buck Rogers Rocket Police Patrol is closing in on the other ships having a run through the cosmos.
The piece is 6 x 18 and is pastel on Ampersand Pastelbord, my favorite surface.
If the framing comes in, this one will be included in the show with Paul Chapman at the Corner Gallery, located on the first floor of the Shirt Factory in Glens Falls, NY


Wednesday, July 24, 2013

 
Finally, settling back into my studio after a visit to Hogwarts and Hogsmeade with my family. First major trip with the rv, and it was quite an adventure!
 
 
Here is a little 5 x 7 that I did today. Hope you enjoy, it's called "Rocket Racer"
 


I think the toy rocket dates back to the fifties, have to see if I can find some more from this era. Great old tin toys, with a lot of sharp edges.


Monday, June 17, 2013

 
 
Here is the latest update on the "One A Week" Series
This is week 7
The pastel is called "Flash Dance"
See if anyone can catch the reason for the title.
 

The still life actually happened by accident. I just grabbed some items off my shelf, set them up in a cigar box, and as I worked on the drawing it struck me that this could be a construction worker done for the day and he stopped by a dance club for a cold one.
 
Hope you enjoy


Wednesday, June 5, 2013

 
 
I know I promised an update a week, but I got a little behind working on entries for shows, doing some landscaping, and other projects.
Here is the latest One-A-Week:
 


This on is called "Al E. Gator", the last of my circus animals. All of the circus animal small paintings are part of a larger piece called "Tah-Dah! The Grand Finale".
I will post that image here as soon as it is finished.
Hope you enjoy!


Monday, May 6, 2013

 
Here is the latest in the
"One A Week" Series
 
 


This one is called "Panda Twins" and was complete during the week of April 21 - 27
It was a lot of fun to work on, I think the pandas enjoyed it, too.