Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks, Fantascapes, Figurative Abstracts, Paintings, Workshops on July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ink, gesso and acrylic on watercolor paper, 15 X 11″
Yesterday at Chops Teen Club I was doing my artist-in-residence gig, which was supposed to be “Fantascapes”. Anything I paint these days has a strong fantasy element and so could be called FANTAsylandSCAPE. Not that I start out with a fantasy in mind. [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks, Figurative Abstracts on July 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Pen and ink, tea, acrylic, lichen and paper collage on sketchbook paper
Back in my studio today after some time out for visiting with Janet and Leon who are in town from Maryland, and for welcoming Andy home from his Costa Rica trip. Time to hike and cook and look at pictures and reminisce. [...]
Posted in Animals, Fantascapes, Figurative Abstracts, Nature Abstractions, Paintings on July 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Acrylic on paper, 15″ X 11″
That feeling of resting in and becoming a part of nature. I started by sketching a figure that must have been lurking in my imagination for a while, at least since the walk to the waterfalls at Russian Gulch. Then little by little the rest got filled in. [...]
Posted in Figurative Abstracts, Figure studio sketches on July 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Acrylic, conte crayon and ink on watercolor paper, 11X15″
Remember the Fantascapes? Well I’ve always loved imagining the body as a landscape. So sometimes I take an abstract landscape-y beginning to figure studio with me and see how a figure can be sketched onto the surface to become a part of it. [...]
Posted in Everyday Sketches, Figurative Abstracts, Uncategorized on June 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Allow me to introduce you to my husband by sharing a sketch I did a few years ago from across a table at a restaurant. We were discussing art and he was weighing in with his opinion. I assure you he was referring to much of contemporary art and not any art you [...]
Posted in Figurative Abstracts, Nature Abstractions, Paintings on May 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Acrylic on paper, 7″ X 11″
Is this non-objective art? That was the exercise in the workshop (this one was done with the same instructions as my last post titled “Fantascape #11″. Actually I did this painting first, right before the Fantascape. Once again the design was found using a cropping tool on [...]
Posted in Figurative Abstracts, Figure studio sketches on April 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Conte crayon and charcoal, 5 min poses
Sometimes you get a model who has so much soul that every pose captures something profound about the human condition. This describes Walter. You don’t have to search for a way to make an interesting drawing, but can just abandon yourself in the pose and the feeling [...]
Posted in Figurative Abstracts, Figure studio sketches, Paintings on March 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Acrylic, charcoal pencil, India ink on watercolor paper
Went to figure group this week armed with paper toned with thinned acrylic neutral colors and a vague notion of what I might accomplish. These are 10 - 20 minute poses, which seems about right. Longer than that and I get fussy. When I brought [...]
Posted in Fantascapes, Figurative Abstracts, Nature Abstractions, Paintings on March 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Acrylic on tissue paper textured illustration board, 7 X 11″
There are more than a dozen ancient apple trees in my yard - this one in front of my studio is actually - yes - in this shape. One has to wonder how it stays upright year after year, especially when laden with a heavy [...]
Posted in Figurative Abstracts, Paintings on December 20, 2007 | 6 Comments »
We all love our angels, however they appear to us. For little girls angels are like fairies. I remember. They wear those sparklely sheer party clothes with sequins and gold and silver and they can fly on gossamer wings and grant all your prayers to come true. So when Haley and [...]
