March
29
2010
The Home Place
Acrylic on canvas 24″ x 36″ (1,400.00)
A dog, a swing and forsythia
Daffodills, dogwoods and redbuds
The sun shinning above the blue ridge
Tis spring in Virginia
This is a romantic painting started with white and the primary colors stroked and blended for a light background . First begin with the sky, add clouds and begin a sunset. Close your eyes and envision mountains and valleys and trees, then proceed to build a place in time with shadows and dappled light . There is a time for sketches and thumbnails of values, working out compositions, etc. Sometimes we need to just paint and dream.
March
29
2010
Resting hound
When I think of spring in Virginia, I think of redbuds, dogwoods, daffodills and dappled sunlight.
Painting notes: this is a close up of hound and rocks from Home Place.
March
28
2010
The end of the day
Sunsets on the island of Oahu are different from the glorious ones in Arizona.
The sun slips down below a cloud
and gets caught between the cloud and the horizon
That’s where I fell I am today.
Painting notes: This acrylic on canvas 18″ x 24″ ($850).
This painting was painted from memory with no sketch or thought out composition, just an idea. Try this. Assemble supplies and plause, think of a memory and begin painting.
This painting is currently in the March Gallery 915 Show.
March
28
2010
Acrylic on Canvas
Blue Ridge in Bloom. This is an acrylic on canvas 24″ x 36″ it is in the current Gallery 915 March Show. In my Wednesday painting class we are exploring impressionist techniques in acrylics . The next class will be about drawing and applying your drawings to your paintings. This class was about starting without any drawing. Anyone can draw.
March
7
2010
The Gallery at 915 had a great First Friday on March 6th. Here is a little clip of a promo that I am working on for the Gallery.
February
18
2010
The last bud from the garden last year
pen and ink with watercolor wash
recording the opening over several days
Full bloom
Beginning to fade
After the petals fall we need to rest
Yesterday I was bereft of purpose
Today I am ready to seek myself again
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