House paint

I’m enamored of the paint samples at Lowe’s.  They change every season.  Donna gives me coupons, so mostly I don’t buy them.  I had these boxes, and the jars fit in them nicely.

Charting new colors
Charting new colors

I’m making a color chart, of all of the acrylic and latex paint that I have accumulated since quitting oils.  It’s quite a range, and some are surprising.  I had a huge array of oils, but since ITP,  I’m staying away from the solvents.  The skills of using acrylics are different from oils,  and I get frustrated sometimes.  And sometimes we make something rocking!

Detail

I am showing a detail of a painting that I’m working on.  It’s acrylic on gessoed paper.  I am also using latex paint, the cute samples that Lowes is putting out each season.  I’m liking this one, the way that the paint is lively.Ravens--detail

Spring

I’ve been photographing the spring blooms.  They are just a starting point for my paintings.  I did this painting two years ago, but the azaleas look similar every year.  A painting is Yellow-Flame-Azalea an effort to recognize a moment in the passage.

Tangled Web

This painting if of a Cereus, an outrageous red bloom.  A flower that is about 8 inches across.  I may not have captured the light coming through the leaves, but I did showCereus-with-grid a human imposition on nature, the grid pattern.  This painting is currently on display at Art On Depot.  The tangled web was that my website was down last night as Lunar Pages had technical difficulties.  We can ignore nature and our environment, but when it doesn’t work, we will be scrambling.

Gallery Support

Thanks to Cathey Bolton, owner of Art on Depot, who represents me.  We popped into the gallery today because Donna, Gregg’s mom was visiting.  She believes it is the best gallery in Waynesville, and I agree!  Cathey made my day by asking to buy this painting of mine!  We are hoping for a good season of art sales through her gallery!Flowers in Fog

What is real?

We are surrounded by images, many of them electronic.  Do you stop and think about the story that a picture is telling?  Take time to ask what is real.

Early version
Early version
Seeing White Flowers
Seeing White Flowers

Globally

Woodpeckers are all over the world, but near trees with bugs, not cities with concrete.  Where do paintings exist?

Woodpecker
Woodpecker

New work at Art on Depot

This painting of a sunflower just went to Art on Depot.  See it tomorrow night during Art after dark.  The painting is acrylic on paper, and NOT framed, which makes it affordable, and you pick the framing!sunflower--blog

Scrutinize

I was working on this along with Searching.  Scrutiny is a synonym of the word search, and this Eye Wonder is in the same theme.Scrutinize

Searching

The news is filled with people searching for missing loved ones.  I don’t want to imagine what they are going through.  I am continuing on the Eye Wonder series, and this one is influenced by the uncertainties of searching.Searching