Words, words

This is a small, 16″x20″ , painting on canvas of the word Xeriscape.  I started w/ the idea of just using graphite and white paint.  I saw a beautiful painting that was done that way when the artist was desperately poor.  I have many tubes of many colors, and I can’t resist.  I did go back into some wet paint w/ vine charcoal.  The trick there is to decide how much mixing I wanted to do.  I also did some pouring.  As I continue to find out, more paint is better!Xeriscape Sonata

JMW Turner

I saw a painting by turner of a castle in the fog.  I took this photo on a foggy winters day, so I thought I’d do something similar.  This is day one.6-14-10

Bluegrass Jam

The Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam is Aug. 27 & 28.  This is from a photo of a previous Jam.Bluegrass Jam

Recycled

This is a big piece of canvas, about 7’x13′.  I started working on it in ’97 after the death of my parents.  We’ve hauled it around ever since.  I thought of it for “The Good Wreck”.  It is challenging to integrate a new painting on top of an old one, and it may fail, but I’ll never know unless I try.The Good Wreck

Changes

Little did I know when I started thinking of these spirals as “Changes” how prescient that was.  Gregg’s crash certainly has changed our lives.  We are thankful that no other cars or people were involved.4-20-10

river

There’s snow in places that don’t normally get snow.   The global climate isn’t all that’s changing.  I’ve always liked the patterns of the topography when I fly.River