The more time I put in at the studio, the more I get out of the experience
. Huh!
Vision
This is a piece I started last year. There are about 30 pieces of monofilament threaded thru the iris.
more Holly
I’m on the fence, about 
whether to give a recognizable element of a plant, or to go completely abstract. I don’t think you’d recognize this as a holly bush without the title.
more Holly
More paint, but I’m struggling with the greens. Or maybe it’s the yellow.
simmered
One of the luxuries of being able to work on my art every day, is that I can let a painting simmer, until I’m ready to get back to it. This landscape
has been bugging me, just one little part. I hung it in our living room, and I knew I would have to do more work. Now I’m not afraid of “destroying” a painting. I hear deKooning say “kill it, and bring it back to life.” To me it’s like kids and dogs, you can’t let them or YOUR painting win.
Tiny painting
Last year I did some really big paintings. This year I’m going the other 
direction. This painting is 5″x5″. I’ve done a series of six, the smallest is 1″x2″.
Christmas in July
If I’m going to use a painting for my Christmas cards, I have to start working on it now. I have a holly bush, and thought it was sufficiently festive.
smaller and smaller
Jen gave me a bunch of small canvases. I usually work large, and I’ve been looking at these little things since Christmas. I’m going to paint each one from the image of a red daylily. Here’s 12″ and 5″.
New series
I have an assortment of small canvases. I usually work large, but I’m going to do the same image on each of them. This is the largest, at 12″x12″. I continue to pursue a place between representation and abstraction.
Holly, too.
I worked on Holly again. This morning it looked like an abstract from the 40’s. Not exactly what I had in mind. I want to balance between representational and abstract. Hopefully that isn’t just a boring place.