Happy New Year!

9 x 12, "Downtown Stroll", oil on linen

Hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve!  My resolution this year is to paint a LOT more than I did last year.  My travel schedule and other obligations made it difficult to get much painting done in 2011.  Hopefully 2012 will be a more productive year!  This is another of my New York City scenes which I love.  I really like the colorful grays in this.  I think I making some progress in my ability to mix the specific grays that I want without getting that dirty, muddy look.  I spent more time actually thinking about which colors to mix and slowly adding complimentary colors to achieve the desired effect.  I also made a concerted effort to keep my brushes clean (not my strong suit!).  Happy New Year to you all!