I'm in a show in SF in January

ArtHaus San Francisco
2010: Resurgence
Select works in various media
by Gallery Artists
Andrea Arroyo, Greg Drasler, Marc Lambrechts, Serena Bocchino, Maxine Solomon, Astrid,
Chris Schiavo, Adam Kurtzman, Carol Massa, Carolyn Meyer, Joanne Landis, Deborah Brown,
Suzanne Benton, Kenney Mencher, Brian Blood, Jan Blythe, Ricardo Carbajal Moss, Jess Johnston

January 8 – March 27, 2010
Opening Reception
Friday evening, January 8th
from 6-9 pm

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Still another small oil sketch for the "Small Gems" show at Elliott Fouts in December.

Another painting for the "Small Gems" show at Elliott Fouts

A new painting of my nephew Shawn and his mom Amanda

Another painting for the "Small Gems" show at Elliott Fouts in Sacramento

Cake, 9"x12" oil on linen

Warm Evening 9"x12"

I'm starting to make some small oil sketch paintings for a show I'll be in at Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento. The show is called "Small Gems."

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A book cover.

I just finished a cover for a "pulp fiction" novel by Jonathan Woods by New Pulp Press
http://www.newpulppress.com
Here's the approved version! (The second one was not approved but I thought I would share it.)

Here are my last two paintings of Chuck!

A Double Page Painting of Chuck and Valerie

It's not quite finished yet but I'll post the finished one soon.

An Art Review on Shotgun-Review.com

I got a review that was originally meant for ArtWeek but is now on a website. It's really, I guess, the first "real" review I've ever gotten and I'm not sure if it's a good review. I'd love to hear what you have to say on it. Particularly the comments about my rendering of things.

http://www.shotgun-review.com/archives/arthaus/kenney_mencher_and_carolyn_mey.html

Next page in my book about Chuck and Valerie

The next two pages.

Here are the next two pages from my book about Chuck and Valerie's perfect day. Below these two images are the step by step photos of how I worked them out. I'd love to hear what anyone has to think about them. Especially this first one which is more of a wash drawing on canvas.

New Illustration/Painting for a Children's Book

I've decided to make a sort of graphic novel/children's book about my dog Chuck and his perfect day (which he spends with my lovely wife Valerie.) I've gotten the first 20 or so pages laid out and I'm starting to render them now. I'll be incorporating most of the paintings I've already made of Chuck from this page:
http://www.kenney-mencher.com/catalog/animals.htm

Here's a step by step of the first page after this image:

Latest small painting 11"x14"

"I'm Still at the Office," oil on linen, 20"x20"

"I'm Still at the Office," oil on linen, 20"x20"

This is the last painting I worked on. I'll post another step by step tomorrow.

Newest painting. Suggest a title please?

Hi,
Here's the step by step development of the 20"x15" monochromatic painting I finished yesterday. Can you suggest a title for me? Put it in the comments section?
Thanks!

Scarlett Street, oil on linen 20"x20"