There's a cowboy in my swimming pool....24"x18" oil

Well I said the words, but I lied them-
I don't know any real cowboys and we certainly don't have a swimming pool! (A fish pond yes, but it's hardly the same!) Needed a catchy title though that could tell a story. This is my darling husband infact, cavorting around on holiday. He makes a great model in my wholly biased opinion. I have used him before as a male nude, but I gave him a full set of flowing locks on that picture to hide his identity! For this painting I used a palette knife on the patio area with some textured medium in the paint. It worked better than I expected, as I haven't really used a knife before (my one attempt is in the bathroom hiding bad plastering!) so I am pleased with this. More so than my hubby- he thinks I have given him extra chins! Maybe I could change him slightly when I have finished off his left hand.
Or not, who knows!

Return of the Laughing man lamp!

Finally finished him, as a replacement for the previous dropped effort. One good thing I've noticed since shattering him on the floor, is....noticing, really! How aware am I now of my more fragile pieces? Doesn't do any harm to shake yourself up now and again, she said blithely- although you couldn't have told me at the time. I felt so good about re-doing that lamp that it galvanized me onward... work has just flowed. Hmm... what can I break next?!