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 Everyday Sketches, Nature Abstractions on July 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
watercolor, pen in Arches Travel Book
they say the bees are disappearing - a grave matter
yet here the lavender hums and sways. . .one lone bumblebee remained last night, too intoxicated to make it home with the others. now i’m drunk too on bee vibrations.
I’ve still got the scent of lavender all over me [...]
Posted in Animals, Everyday Sketches, Nature Abstractions, Travel Sketchbooks on July 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Watercolor, pen, collage, stamping, in sketchbook
Mendocino has wonderful art galleries, clothing stores, bakeries, delis, even a good bookstore, but after the first day, I was done with it and nature beckoned. While Bob was still occupied for the day at his workshop I set off for Russian Gulch park, a paradise for hiking and [...]
Posted in Animals, Nature Abstractions, Paintings on May 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Acrylic and collage on paper, 7″ X 11″
I’m a Pisces. Can you tell? Remind you of those fish swimming in opposite directions? After a while it creates a whirlpool, which is what generally happens when I really get going on my creative work. (Although sometimes it’s more of a rip tide) [...]
Posted in Animals, Nature Abstractions, Paintings on May 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Watercolor and charcoal on paper, 11″ X 7″
The birds ate through two pounds of birdseed in one day. There have been massive avian assemblies around the apple tree birdfeeder. Each time I come out the front door a loud flapping of wings and frantic exodus ensues, and then i can look up at [...]
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 Fantascapes, Nature Abstractions, Paintings on May 25, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Acrylic and collage on paper, 11″X7″
I just got back from a 3 day workshop with Donna Watson and an exploration of finding a personally expressive style (and then trying to be consistent with it). Needless to say if you’ve been visiting here on a regular basis, consistency is not my forte. However I [...]
Posted in Fantascapes, Nature Abstractions, Paintings on May 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Acrylic, charcoal on paper, 11 X 15″
What mountains are these? What temple? What lake? What rock obelisk standing sentry? Go there and find out for yourself, and then let me know.
And then visit Miki’s fantascape #16.
Posted in Fantascapes, Nature Abstractions, Paintings, Workshops on May 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Join me for the next Vision Painting Workshop coming up May 17 and 18 at my studio in the wine country north of San Francisco! More details on my Imagine With Art website.
Acrylic on illustration board, 7″ X11″
After a bit of a Fantascape-escape I am back with #8 in the series. If I hadn’t [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks, Nature Abstractions, Uncategorized on April 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
charcoal, watercolor, pens on sketchbook paper
i ate my lunch with a caterpiller today, while sitting beside a lazy cat whose head followed the crackers down into the humus dip and back up to my crunching mouth. My own gaze was fixed on a tiny acrobat dangling in thin air somewhere midway between ground and high [...]
