Family Time

Family Time

11x15" Acrylic on paper SOLD

Wishing everyone a

Happy and Peaceful Thanksgiving.

Bouquet of Yellow

Bouquet of Yellow

6x8in oil on canvas panel $140.

Purchase HERE

Artist Note.

It was fun to get back to the 

fracturing technique in oils.

I find that although I use the 

same technique in other mediums,

only the acrylic comes 

close to the same effect as oils.

Another from my avian show.

Waiting  13 x10"

acrylic SOLD

Quite a fun one to paint

pushing into the abstract.

I used the fracturing 

technique a lot

It doesn't really show,  

but first I wrote 

all over the white surface 

with my thoughts 

about the avian world 

and then painted over them.

Small areas of it

appear here and there.

Sunny Lunchtime

Sunny Lunchtime

12x9in alcohol ink on yupo

Available HERE

Artist Note.

This one looks a bit like a batik

to me. I loved the way it 

turned out. 

The photo was taken in 

my daughter's garden where she 

had the tallest sunflowers

I have ever seen.

I did another watercolor 

on yupo with the same theme 

only it was a goldfinch

playing a camouflage game

with the sunflowers.

Edgar & Poe plus Nevermore!

 Edgar & Poe

10x8in acrylic on paper sold

Nevermore 

10x8in acrylic on paper sold

Lovebirds

11x14 acrylic/watercolor on paper sold

Artist Note

I really enjoyed doing these 

three pieces and am disappointed 

that the images do not show the 

mellow feeling of cohesiveness

I see/feel in them.

 These paintings were 

started as random 

mono-gesso prints

see HERE

for a link to the process

if interested. 

The only difference

 is, I used paper 

instead of board

The emerging images I saw

in my magination

 came out of the three values,

(black to white)

and were already 

very much 

 like birds.

I used lighter colors to develop

the negative background 

with the ravens 

and darker tones

to bring out the white of

the doves.

  Creating the 

birds out of a messy

blob

was fun.

I made a stamp from 

corrugated board for the 

bottom areas of the 

two different raven pieces. 

I took some picture of ravens 

through

a picket fence once and 

that has stayed with me.

I developed the Lovebird nest

in  my usual way. Love the leaf

near the front!

The acrylic paint dries 

slower than the inks so some 

interesting mark making 

 and layering can go on.

Working on pieces 

which are not planned, but 

learning to respond to 

what I saw in my imagination,

added to the feelings of 

discovery and excitement

which are important to me...

especially when working 

on a large series. 

Prevents the sameness

- the security!

Berry Picking - and other stuff

Berry Picking

13inx10in  Alcohol Ink on Yupo  SOLD

Artist Note

Painting a series allows an artist

to experiment freely with 

different media. The Alcohol Inks 

were a real adventure into

the unpredictable.
I enjoyed it.
I had 9 out of thirty paintings
done with the inks.

Below I am looking happy
that all the work was over
on the night of the opening.

My house became a real mess due 

to a knee injury which 

prevented easy access to the 

steps to my studio.

Guest room

and dining room below.

The kitchen table was worse

so no pic of that!

Invaluable lack of complaining 

and total support from hubby

earned him a few gold stars!

Life is getting back to normal.

Everything picked up and clean.

Daily painting has resumed.

Hummer

Hummer

Alcohol Ink on Copper

6x6in mounted on 8x8in and framed.

available HERE

It was great - the opening of my

solo show was the most fun one yet.

Lots of warm and friendly faces.

I had a great time.

Having a solo show takes a huge 

amount of work and I was 

pretty well shot by the time

it rolled around but two great

friends flew in and another

one drove in with food

and they made it a real party.

Hubby was delighted

and I am still Beaming!