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 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 Animals, Paintings on June 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Acrylic on paper, 7″ X 11″
Get that cooped up feeling? That’s pretty much the life of a chicken. They’re used to it I guess. Mine can run around in their pen in the daytime, but whenever I approach they’re all plastered up against the wire gate like one big feather boa. Like [...]
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 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 [...]
