Gerbera Daisy

Hello. Lord Leebot back again for another post. Today I want to share a painting I just finished 2 days ago titled, "Gerbera Daisy." It is simply that. A Gerbera Daisy. The canvas is only 8 x 10 again, and yes I will be doing larger paintings in the future when I get bigger canvases. The Gerbera Daisy painting only shows about one quarter of the flower itself, as it is a close up. I again used acrylic on canvas board. The flowers petals are a pinkish color, with a hint of orange and white. The center is a combination of brown and yellow blotches with some other colors thrown in. The back ground is also bright aqua green.
Also, a side note, I just sold a painting of a sunflower for $20. It was the first painting I've sold in about 5 years.
Here is a photo of the Gerbera Daisy painting.

Hello, Lord Leebot back again for another post. I know it's been a while, but my computer was down. It's up and running again, thank the maker! Today I decided to post more serious painting, but that doesn't mean I'll stop posting my cartoon paintings. I'll just post both. Today's painting is of a single bird sitting on a tree branch. All you can really see is the silhouette of the bird. The only real color is yellow and orange shades of the setting sun. Everything in the fore ground is black, showing that it is evening. There's not much else to say about this painting, other than the fact that I used acrylic paint as usual and painted on a canvas 8 x 10 cardboard panel. The title of the piece is "Evening Bird." I completed it on July 20, 2015. Also, I only signed it with my first name, Justin, something I'll have to change later. Here is the painting.

the statesman

   Hello, Lord Leebot here again. With Presidents dat approaching, I thought I would post another painting titled, "The statesman." I would describe this piece as a cyclops version of Abraham Lincoln with a red beard. No disrespect intended, nor do I intend to use it as a political statement. Here is a picture of the painting.

   With Valentines at approaching, I thought I'd show a Valentine themed painting. It's called "We complete each other," and has a double meaning. Both characters are standing very close, with their heads touching, I admit it, a little sappy. But they both have only one eye and one ear. Baba, the main character of my comic strip, has his ear on the right side of the painting, while his girl friend, Lala, has her ear on the left side. With two eyes and two ears between them, it truly completes the picture.

A look at my art

   Hello, Lord Leebot here, aka Justin Gilroy. I am a painter who enjoys creating colorful works of art on canvas using acrylic paint. I work independently on my paintings, doing about one or two a month. I prefer working with smaller canvases. They are cheaper and easier to move. I do have a few bigger pieces, but most of my pieces are on 8 inch x 10 inch canvas board. I mainly paint the characters from my comic strip called "Baba's World," a strip I created in late 2004. In have hundreds of comic strips as well as my paintings. More comics than paintings. Drawing is my second passion. I also enjoy writing. I have written many short stories, and I have many more unfinished stories. I also wrote a 350 plus page book, unpublished.
   I live life with high functioning autism. Art and painting runs in my family. My grandfather, James Parten,  was an oil painter. He used a pallet knife to paint with. For a while, some of his paintings were hanging in the Oregon State Capital. I'm not sure if they are still hanging there. Also, I have a cousin who works at Saturday Market in downtown Portland, Oregon. She sells her paintings there and her work is pretty known around town. Finally, My father, John Gilroy tried his hand at cartooning, but never got accepted by syndicates.

    The painting at the top on it's side is titled, "Leebot and sock." The one below is titled, "Manuel the smoking duck." These are just a few examples of my paintings.