More progress from last night. Detail shot. #paint #brushstroke #oilpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm07r0KhuCe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tifza11iq1n0

Next layer thrown in. #oilpainting #oilpainting #painting #brushstrokes #blurpainting #contemporaryart #figurepainting #splash #codylusby #codylusbyart #fineart https://www.instagram.com/p/BmzTAb3B2XF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wacjwdek6u6z

Roughed in painting. #summer #contemporaryart #ocean #waves #figurepainting #underpainting #oilpainting #oilpainter #brushstrokes #art #paint #painting #fineart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bme2geoBPJf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xlsrocb86dr0

#relax #summer #pool

New wood panel build today. Approximate size 42”x54” #woodpanel #woodartistpanel #woodsubstrate #fineart #art #contemporaryart

Next background ready. I am taking the water series in slightly different direction. #lines #photocollage #backgrounds #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist

The background is done now time to start painting. #collage #desert #art #fineart #contemporaryart #joshuatree #water #drought #blackandwhite

Time lapse timed out. So I didn’t get to capture the process. That’s the way it goes sometimes. #timelapsetimedout

Since April I have been teaching three art classes in Fullerton for @artacademics . I love the program @pluttifikation has set up. Small class sizes and individual art curriculums make a relaxed environment to learn art. One of my favorite students drew this last night. Thanks @artfulbarrelofmonkeys #artsy #teaching

30 images ready to be collages on a 5’x7’ panel #california #background #collage #prep

Primed and ready. #woodpanels #tape #primed #fineart #gesso

Concept study for the piece I am working on. Color pencil and photograph on hot press paper. #float #desert #water #sketch #study #colorpencil

Built this 5’x7’ panel today. 3 pieces of 1/4” baltic birch and 6 pieces of 1x2 select pine lots of wood glue, brad nails and staples. Finding oblique angles takes time. Done for today time for a beer. #balticbirch #selectpine #panel #woodpanel #fineart #woodsubstrate #birchply #buttjoint

#detail #brushstrokes #joshuatree

Detail shot. #water #waterislife #drought #brushstrokes

Here is the first of many more paintings taking the water series in a new direction. #painting #contemporaryart #fineart #oilpainting #mixmedia #desert #water #california #drought #contemporaryfigurepainting #figurepainting #contemporaryrealism #splash #swimming #codylusby #codylusbyart