More work in progress

Here's a little 12" x 12" on which I've been working. I'm not accustomed to working this small, its a good exercise.

Also got good news! The painting I entered in the Art From the Heart show (in my last two blog entries) won an Award of Excellence and sold - Yay!

The past couple of weeks I've been madly trying to finish up work for my trip to Florida for a couple shows. I also plan to camp at Kissimmee Prairie and will work on some plein air paintings there.

Being followed...

As I was heading out to deliver my painting to the Art From the Heart show, I felt like I was being followed! The eyes have it! Ha ha!

Latest

Here's a piece I'm finishing up to enter in the local art show. It's 36" x 36."

Back to my own thing...

It feels good to be in the studio doing my own projects after a series of commissions. I've been experimenting with fluid drippy paint, works on paper and faces (of course). I've also been sketching each evening - just quick drawings of faces out of my head or from an image that flashes by on the TV. I decided to work up one of them, and I've been keeping it monochromatic and using watercolor pencils and acrylics and modeling paste, so it almost looks like marble. Trying to decide whether to keep in in this monochromatic "grisaille" form, or glaze it with color... stay tuned...

A creative mess...

One of my favorite sayings is: "Better a creative mess than tidy idleness."

Yesterday I worked on some Valentine's Day cards. As is often the case, I like the "palette" when I'm in the middle of creating...

Work in Progress

I started on this abstract marsh painting this week. When I walked into my studio with my cup of coffee this morning, the light was creating interesting effects on the painting. It helped me figure out what I want to do next! Thanks sunshine...

History Project

A dear friend at the History Place in Morehead City called me last month to ask for help. The person who was planning to create one of their murals for an upcoming exhibit had a family conflict and couldn't do it. I agreed to help out... Turns out it was a mural to depict World War I as part of a series on Carteret County's contributions during the wars. Not my usual cup of tea, but after some thought I came up with the idea of using poppies, in a tribute to the veterans of the war. I also incorporated the poem by John McCrae "In Flanders Fields...." Here's a shot of the work in progress. The show opens next Friday, January 27.