After I installed my show at Still Hopes on Saturday, I was tired of framing, hauling, hanging, labeling, and publicizing. I needed to get back to my preferred activity… painting. But I had limited time […]
Category Archives: Acrylics
Colorways #3
In my last two posts, I talked about changing the colorway of a design to change the mood. In this third painting of trees along the Congaree River, I used fiery sunset colors to contrast with the blues […]
Colorways
In the design world, colorways are different color combinations using the same pattern. You see it often in wallpaper and tiles. For a simplified example, think of a checkerboard pattern of light and dark […]
Cottonwood Calm
Bright yellow cottonwood trees light up the Rio Grand valley between Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico in the autumn. This painting reminds me of several trips to that area to paint with friends. I […]
Coneflowers and Stone Wall
Buy with PayPal Coneflowers are prevalent in the gardens of Wildacres. They welcome visitors at the entrance and provide spots of bright pink and orange throughout the hillside garden. The spindly texture of the foliage […]
Blue Hosta Love
Buy with PayPal As I continue to work with inspiration from my residency at Wildacres, hostas appear often. They seem to be happy in the shady moist environment, and they have been divided and propagated […]
Laurel Fantasy
Buy with PayPal I wanted to do a residency because it’s my art fantasy life to focus on an art project, walk and sleep whenever I want, and have someone feed me three times a […]
Wildacres Walls
During the week of July 11-18, 2016, I was artist in residence at Wildacres Retreat in the North Carolina mountains. The residency consists of the use of a private cabin and meals in the dining […]
Gelli Plate Obsession
I started using a new tool this week, a Gelli Printing Plate. It’s a flexible surface for making monoprints and monotypes without a press using acrylic paints. I’ve been watching instructional videos and experimenting with […]