A Gallery of Brush Work

I love brush work.  For me, it is one of the biggest attractions of painting in oil.  Today, I was scanning in some recent work, and I couldn't help but start thinking of the surface quality of the paint.  I thought I'd share with you one swatch from each of the paintings.  It can be a real joy to look at such thumbnail abstractions without having the complete painting on hand to remind you what the subject is.  It's like enjoying a single flower plucked from the garden.