sorensenpaintings

2011-12-06T16:09:00.001-05:00

Twisting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oil on canvas.
12 X 24.

2011-12-06T16:07:00.001-05:00

Let's Twist Again. Oil on canvas. 12 X 24.

2011-06-14T14:44:00.000-04:00

Working It Out.
18 X 24.
Oil on canvas.

2011-06-14T14:43:00.002-04:00

1:00 AM, Dorego Square, Buenos Aeris.
Oil on canvas.
20 X 16
Sold

2011-06-14T14:40:00.002-04:00

Spring Morning.
24 X 20
Acrylic/oil.

2011-06-14T14:38:00.002-04:00

In Sync.
20 X 16.
Oil on canvas.

2011-06-14T14:37:00.000-04:00

Inside/Outside.
20 X 16.
Acrylic/Oil on canvas.

2011-06-14T14:36:00.000-04:00

A Brief Sun.
Acrylic/Oil on canvas.
20 X 16.

2011-06-14T14:34:00.000-04:00

Local Flavour.
30 X 24.
Oil on canvas.
Sold

2011-06-14T14:33:00.002-04:00

Wallace Hall, Queens U.
Oil on canvas.
20 X 16
Sold

2011-06-14T14:31:00.000-04:00

Two quick sketches titled Tango Club Study 1 and Tango Club Study 2.
Oil on canvas.
16 X 20

Sold

2011-06-14T14:26:00.000-04:00

White Table.
Oil on canvas.
20 X 16

2011-06-14T14:24:00.002-04:00

Last Time. I visited this home, just north of Mallorytown a few days before the renovations started ("bungalizing" I call it)..hence the title.
Oil on canvas.
20 X 16
Sold

2011-06-14T14:20:00.002-04:00

Red Floor.
Oil on canvas.
20 w. X 16 h.
Sold

2011-06-14T14:19:00.000-04:00

Yellow Table.
Oil on canvas.
16 w. X 20 h.

2011-06-14T14:17:00.000-04:00

Learning a New Line Dance
Oil on old door panel.
19 w. X ll h.
Sold

2011-06-14T14:14:00.001-04:00

Sunday Afternoon.
Oil on old painted board.
13 w. X 11.5 h.
SOLD

2011-03-10T11:42:00.000-05:00

I created this painting after one of our "barn" dances last summer. I tried to get the feel of being right in the dance and the idea that we were all intensely "in the moment"...all of us...tall, short, round, skinny, young and old sharing a common experience. I think the gentleman in the lower right part of the painting is looking for a partner to dance with and the white shirted person is pretty happy with himself!
Sold

2011-03-10T11:36:00.000-05:00

One of about 10 or so paintings that I am currently developing. I plan to darken the wall on the right, expand the window frame, make the light shade larger and brighter and I may add shading from the lamp as if lit. It might be fun to make a vibrant sunset to be seen through the window and to add more shadows from that as well. Comments?

2011-01-21T16:36:00.001-05:00

Push/Pull
SOLD

2011-01-21T16:26:00.000-05:00

Watching: I am not sure about this title. The painting came from somewhere unconscious. I started with primary colors in random shapes and it evolved to this.

2011-01-21T16:08:00.000-05:00

Cuban Motion:
Sold

2011-01-21T15:47:00.000-05:00

Last Night at Do Re Mi. This was the last night at Do Re Mi, a dance club in Montreal. We went as a group to enjoy the fabulous retro 50's atmosphere for the last time. It closed the following day. Sold

Courtyard in Buenos Aeris (2)

2010-03-31T08:40:00.001-04:00

I have transferred the picture to canvas but I am still working in ink and water color trying to get the over all feel of the painting - a refuge from the bustle of B.A. and the the wonderful old worn architecture. I hope I keep the perspective right but it is not really a big concern for me. Next step will be oil paint.

Tango at Dorrego Square, Buenos Aires (2)

2010-03-30T18:12:00.002-04:00

I have laid down the first layer of oil paint. I am trying to keep the mood of that evening (actually morning - 1:00 AM)..warm, humid, soft lighting, lots of people all over the square. We are in one corner under a Jacaranda tree that is still in bloom. I hope to intensify the mood over the next couple of layers. I paint quickly so each stage is about 30 minutes.

Tango at Dorrego Square, Buenos Aeris (1)

2010-03-23T12:51:00.003-04:00

This is a preliminary roughing out on canvas of a compilation of images that I sketched originally on napkins while watching an outdoor tango demonstration at 1:00 AM in Dorego Square in Buenos Aires in pen and watercolour. The next stage will be to build the image with oil paints. I will publish this as I develop the picture. I welcome any comments, suggestions, etc.

Courtyard in Buenos Aeris (1)

2010-03-23T12:48:00.002-04:00

This is a quick ink and watercolor sketch of a courtyard in Buenos Aires. I was there with Molly and friends for 18 days and between milongas (tango dances) and great food and wine I managed to do some sketches. Some were in real time on napkins and small scraps of paper and others on larger pads of paper were done from memory when we would come back to our apartment for our afternoon siesta. I plan to use this sketch to create an oil painting later this month which will appear in this blog as it goes through the process of "becoming".

2010-01-19T13:27:00.003-05:00

2 1/2 Hours:
I am about 15 minutes into a painting that I was asked to create in 2 1/2 hours that was going to be auctioned off at the end of a meeting to celebrate the signing of an agreement between National Geographic and the Frontenac Arch Biosphere (see www.fabr.ca for details) The adrenaline is pumping and I can barely control the brush. I decide to just "let it happen" and hope for the best. Have a look at the following pictures to see where I got to.

2010-01-19T13:24:00.001-05:00

2010-01-19T13:21:00.002-05:00

Things are getting intense as the countdown begins (about 25 minutes to go).

2010-01-19T13:15:00.001-05:00

Almost done (I have 5 minutes left) except the lady in yellow needs a right arm!

2010-01-19T13:11:00.001-05:00

2010-01-19T13:07:00.001-05:00

Full Moon At The "Gan" Canoe Club.
After 2 1/2 hours all that was left was the bidding.

Gotta Dance

2009-01-22T13:17:00.000-05:00

Waiting (Sold)

2009-01-22T13:15:00.001-05:00

Showing the Ladies

2009-01-22T13:09:00.000-05:00

New Years Eve at MacNeil's Landing (Sold)

2009-01-22T13:07:00.002-05:00

Friday Night in Rockport (SOLD)

2009-01-22T13:06:00.001-05:00

Staccato (Sold)

2009-01-22T13:03:00.003-05:00

Getting Into Frame

2009-01-22T13:00:00.000-05:00

Just You

2009-01-22T12:59:00.001-05:00

Dancing in the Moonlight

2009-01-22T12:57:00.000-05:00

A View From the Bus

2009-01-22T12:56:00.000-05:00

Waiting for the Right Song (Sold)

2009-01-22T12:53:00.001-05:00

First Dance

2009-01-22T12:51:00.000-05:00

The RMC Ball (Sold)

2009-01-22T12:47:00.001-05:00

Palais Royale

2009-01-22T12:45:00.000-05:00

Closing Time

2009-01-22T12:44:00.000-05:00

Somewhere Else

2009-01-22T12:42:00.000-05:00

Anyone Looking? (Sold)

2009-01-22T12:41:00.001-05:00

Walking The Dog

2009-01-22T12:39:00.000-05:00

Sorting Doors (Sold)

2009-01-22T12:37:00.002-05:00

The Finishing Touch

2009-01-22T12:36:00.000-05:00

Show Opening

2009-01-11T19:01:00.002-05:00

Last Tango (Sold)

2008-12-15T10:50:00.002-05:00