February 29, 2008

I'm experimenting again....Beeswax collage....using parts of failed watercolors, tissue paper, magazine photos, crayons etc.
If I hadn't taken a photo....I would think I'm going crazy...
I can't find this painting anywhere in the house. I'm starting to think that Ivan ate it. (our dog)
Or it's a true indicator that the studio really does need a good straightening out!

February 24, 2008

"Coates Road Farm"
20 x 15
watercolor


I came across a website that made me laugh out loud numerous times!

http://www.shoeboxblog.com/

Funnies abound!

February 22,2008

"Cades Cove Tennessee"
12 x 21
watercolor

Quote of the day....
"Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool."

February 20, 2008

"Bouquet"
11 x 15
gouache ink resist.... Here's a demo if you are interested....

I thought I'd share my newest artist statement....


I am searching….

experimentation….try it….
what would happen if……
drip….splatter...smear
rub……scrub….squirt
slap…blend…step back…. crop?
hmmmmmmm….no.
what the heck am I trying to say?
smile…play…..laugh…..dream
layer…glaze….push….obscure
oooops…crap!…pout… rip….start over…..
Non-representational?
Pure watercolor?
Value contrasts?
Simplified shapes?
Canvas or paper?
procrastinate….write….draw….sketch…
blog….plan…..make lists…...
drink coffee….maybe tea…..shovel snow…
check email…surf….laundry…
sigh….
fresh paper…clean palette….new colors….
What to do….
What to say….
What to be…..
lather….rinse…..repeat.
searching…..


This is how a transitional period feels to me...sort of a wild and unsettling ride! :)

February 19, 2008

"Sunrise Sunset"

7.5 x 8 inches

Mixed Media

I finished this one quite a while ago...and decided to crop it a bit. I like it better now. I painted with transparent watercolor then with opaque casein after the watercolor dried. Casein is milk paint...a very ancient medium...smells a bit like lestoil...though I don't know what it tastes like.

hehehe

February 18, 2008

brrrrrrr.....One of the very best things about being an artist...is that when it looks like this outside.....you can ignore it and paint this.....

....not quite done yet...but certainly brightened my mood!
Stay warm!

February 17, 2008

"Copper Penny"
22 x 22 inches
Acrylic on paper

I let our dog (Ivan, 100 pound adorable mutt) out this morning and didn't realize that there was freezing rain....Poor thing made it to the snow bank...but certainly didn't want to skate back to the house! My first reaction is to go and save him....so as I'm sliding sideways down the driveway in my tennies, without a coat, ....I'm thinking "I'm going to have to crawl over there, and then what? Lead him crawling back to the garage, on a sheet of ice, in the rain? Isn't that an interesting visual? LOL So I crawled back into the garage....got some fertilizer and sprinkled it onto the ice and went and retreived him....He batted his eye lashes at me and exclaimed "My hero" or something like that.....