O'Gara's Done. Gallery open Thursday

Come and see the latest painting, O'Gara's at Bent Gallery This Thursday July 29. The Doors will be open from 5:30pm to 9pm. Click on the link below and then click "Map" on contact page for directions: http://michaelbirawer.com/contact.html. Hope to see you there.

A Day of Rest

One thing about me that is for sure, is that I am an artist that likes his rest. If I don't get my eight hours, I am not pleasant to be around. Otherwise, I am the nicest guy in the world. Well, thankfully, I got my 8 last night and am now considering taking the day off from painting, creating, and keeping my thinking to a bare minimum. Nikki and I are thinking of maybe going to see a movie this evening and maybe watching the Twins today. I guess I just have little to say about art today. But tomorrow I pick up the pallet and brush again with full enthusiasm!

O'Gara's...Step by Step

I wanted to show some of the process of creating my latest piece called O'Gara's. The above photos show how the painting develops step by step. I am currently at this stage (far right picture) and as you can see, there are still shapes that need to be painted in. I am at a point where I can really get a good sense of how this piece will turn out. So far, so good.

Today's DC scramble

This morning I am contemplating how to approach my Washington D.C. piece. I know it will be 3 dimensional and approx. 6 feet wide by 3 high. But the real question I ask myself is, how do I cram all of those monuments into one composition? While I eat my scrambled eggs this morning, I will also scramble for ideas on how to make this composition work.

As a quick update on O'Gara's, I am making excellent progress on the painting. I am shooting for finishing it sometime next week.

Upcoming works

Super pleased to have released two new cities under my belt: Golden Gate - San Francisco and Kerry Park - Seattle. Those prints are now available on canvas. http://michaelbirawer.com/store.html. The posters will be ready in about a week.

I have taken the last two weeks off to work on house projects, but now that they are done, here is what's coming up in the next couple months: I have began working on two new commissions including the long awaited St. Paul locale, O'Gara's Bar and a scene of Washington DC.
Hopefully these will be ready for print by September.