When boredom hits, entertain yourself with pen and paper. BLIND SKETCH INSTRUCTIONS: Start with a self portrait. Choose a place to start - like the side of your face, top of your head, bottom of your chin. Move your pen pretending like it is your finger, following the lines of your face. Do NOT look...
Yellow ochre is a natural earth pigment which consists mostly of clay colored by iron o.xides. Yellow ochre ranges from golden to light brownish and is one of the oldest tints used by humans. It's what you see on the plaster walls of Tuscany. It's a wheat field at sunset. It's the glow of golden...
Beautiful hand prints by my BEAUTIFUL grand kids. Who doesn't need a reprieve from what's going on in our country today?? I AM caught up in all the "wrongs" happening in America now. So, upon awakening I chose to give my mind a rest and made time to appreciate the moment. Here is some art in...
Below you will see how the title relates to the painting. Black circle shows the hole. Obviously fingers are holding the scissors. The piece needed something on the right to balance the fingers. And there you have it!! Now click HERE to view sophisticated abstracts.
Embrace or ignore the titles of my paintings. Sometimes a title may enhance what you see in the piece and sometimes it just is what it is with no connection to the painting. This title "Little Blue Caboose" popped in my head because of a song I heard growing up: Little Red Caboose chug chug...
In 2002, I was "into"abstract mixed media/collage paintings. "Through the Lens" "Where do All the Children Play?" I used cutup magazines and books; old canvases, water colors on paper, burlap; white, black and red encaustic; and a full palette of oil paint. "After the Wind Stops" "Lies the Seed" For the past several years I...
The Atlantic Ocean is six blocks from where I live. I love walking on the beach and watching the waves. They are meditative and calming and I sure needed that the other day. I was in a very bad mood and snapped at everyone around including my dogs. So, I jumped on my bike and...
Woke up this morning to a beautifully quiet morning. The sun was shining. It was 23 degrees and there was ice on the fountain . Capturing water in an abstract painting can never portray its calming essence. It was too cold to sit outside and meditate. So, I sat looking out the window. and THEN!!! the...
Across the bottom of this abstract minimal painting titled "One" I wrote: "This is way cool!! :-) Just like emptiness doesn't mean nothingness; not painting a painting doesn't mean there's no painting as you can see here." "One" is minimal - it is simplicity without clutter. It's palette is monochromatic. Minimalism emerged in the early 1960s. It...