New, Small Wonders Series

Artworks is preparing to present "June in January"  hoping to warm up our next exhibit.  Thought this winged friend might fit the theme. White Butterfly and Hummingbird III are part of the, Small Wonders Collection.

White Butterfly

acrylic on canvas
5 x 7


And a Hummingbird to keep him company
Hummingbird III
acrylic on canvas
5 x 7

Don't miss this great opportunity to give the gift of Fine Art this holiday season.

The image may seem familiar.

Wind Surfing

The background for "Wind Surfing" was painted some time ago but it never really felt finished.  I'm sure it was waiting for the Eagle that flew over today.

What magnificent raptures. We have so many of them on our island.

Wind Surfing

Acrylic on canas

24 x 12

Blackberries

This is the season of gathering and I gathered Blackberries on the road the other day and made the most delicious blackberry muffins.  Found the recipe online.  Yum.

Blackberries is the 3rd in a series.
Other in the series include Blueberries and Cranberries.

All Collage on Canvas.

11 x 14

Open Studio Tour?

No, I won't be on Whidbey's Open Studio Tour, so here's a picture of where I work.  Getting ready for rotation at Artworks Gallery and have pieces selected ready to pack.  

Actually I'll be out of town and unable to even attend this year's tour.  Sorry to miss it, always a great chance to get inspired.

A is for Anemone

 One of summer's last gifts, Japanese anemone is a  flower closing it petals each evening to provide a place for fairies to sleep. Anemone's closing petals are also said to predict rain.

Acrylic collage on canvas
24 x 12
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Blueberries & Cranberries

This year we added several Blueberry bushes to our landscape.  In my mind’s eye I can already see them in their fall colors turning the vibrant reds I remembered from our years in New England. 

Also playing with new iridescent paint.  Could it be frost on the berries?
Acrylic Collage on canvas
11 x 14

And "Cranberries" coming right behind?
Thinking about the holidays already.
Must be the weather change.
Acrylic Collage on Canvas
11 x 14

Red Begonia

The early spring colorful and ornate leaves of a Red Begonia serve as an indication of the beautiful crimson blossoms soon to follow.  One small bud is seen as a harbinger.

Acrylic on Canvas

14 x 11

Autumn Breezes

Autumn Breezes was in the juried  show at the Schack Art Center in Everett through out July and August.

The Art Center is run by the  Arts Council of Snohomish.

Hopefully Autumn Breezes conveys the feeling of driving though upper New England on a fall day when there is a slight breeze and the gorgeous multicolored leaves are fluttering down.  As they drifted in front of our car windshield I wondered if anyone ever got overdose on color.  

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Heron in the Sunset

It's still cool here and we're hoping along with this heron the clouds will clear and the sunset will be beautiful. Full of warm colors.

Acrylic collage on canvas

24 x 12

Whidbey Reflections

In Whidbey Reflections a heron stands in a beach  puddle that reflects the overhead clouds. Stylized tree branches washed up from winter storms fill the beach and the heron looks out over Puget Sound.  The small collaged shells were actually gathered from a Whidbey beach.  Whidbey Reflections was painted for the Artists of South Whidbey 2011 Show by the same name.

Acrylic on canvas

18 x 14

And then a few real Whidbey
Shells washed upon the beach.

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Jardins sous la pluie 1 & 2

Jardin sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain) is a tribute to both the piano piece by Claude Debussy and to all my friends who are currently involved in the encaustic revolution.  Having several acrylic gels on hand I wanted to see if the same effect could be derived  from gels as with  the use of wax.  
I wanted the rain to convey the feeling of a warm summer shower with the light shinning behind thus giving jewel tone effect to the  flora in the foreground.
Acrylic & Gel on canvas

10 x 8 each

                              

Goldfish, acrylic on paper

Ocean Aire, giclee of original collage

Neil's Clover Patch Café in Langley partners with Artists of South Whidbey  

Glad to be part of the First exhibit.

  

Room with a View-the Regatta

Room with a View was inspired by a segment on the televised Sunday Morning show.   It discussed the  Metropolitan Museum of Art’s April 2011 exhibit of the same name and featured about 42 Northern European artists of the 19th century. I was intrigued with the concept and always remembered staying at a friends house and waking up to a lovely seaside vista out the window.  I begin with the window view, then added the room and lastly collaged the curtain to add a feed of the cool ocean breeze coming through the window.

Here is "Room with a View-the Regatta"

Acrylic collage on canvas

 16 x 20

June Featured Artist at Artworks Gallery

Lowell Art Works Gallery Show

The Answer
Current juried Show at
Lowell Art Works



"Thinking in Black and White", and "Thinking in Shades of Gray" waspart of the Lowell Art Works Show entitled, "The Answer". 




" Thinking" is a set of two  7 x 5
Acrylic Collages on museum wrap canvas.

Thinking in Black & White-Thinking in Shades of Gray
During the national elections of 2010 I became very tired of listening to political rhetoric. The messages were so Black and White, like a horse with blinders.  I have a great fear of voters who sharing that kind of tunnel vision. I much prefer term employed in Thinking in Shades of Gray.  Weighing the options and establishing your own personal conclusions.

Also at the Lowell
"You Can't Get There From Here"
10 x 8 collage on Canvas.

You Can’t Get There From Here is pretty self explanatory.  How often have you asked for directions, especially in small European towns where the narrow village roads were never built to accommodate modern day traffic, and about half way through realized you are even more confused?  Sometimes it might just be easier to say- you can’t get there from here.


Lowell Art Works
Artists Studios & Gallery
5205 S. 2nd Ave
Everett, WA 98203
http://www.lowellartworks.com

Waiting for Summer & Purple Anemone

I painted from a photo I took last summer of chard

in the garden.  I was just going to call it  "Chard", and  then

"Swiss Chard",  and then "Rainbow Chard",  but it didn't have any yellow or orange.  And then, I began to get so hungry looking at it, I called it:  "Waiting for Summer".

Acrylic on canvas 14 x 11

And while I'm still waiting for spring, I painted, "Purple Anemone", one of the first bulbs to come up in my garden .  Acrylic on canvas 14 x 11

The Kites of March

                                             And then there's play time, "The Kites of March".

                                                   Acrylic collage on canvas 11 x 14

Bluebirds and Night Bird

Both Bluebirds of Happiness 14 x 11 Acrylic on Canvas,  and Night Bird 30 x 15 mixed media on canvas, are now available at The Corner Studio & Gallery, along with Hummingbirds I & II shown below.  They are part of the "Small Birds" Spring Show.

Corner Studio and Gallery, Everett Washington                                                 http://www.zhibit.org/cornerstudioandgallery

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Corner Studio & Gallery

Hummingbirds & Flight of the Rufus were painted for the Small Birds Show at the Corner Gallery in Everett.  I had a desire to do something with a heron, but had to rethink much smaller.  I decided to paint the little Hummingbirds who swarm our feeders each spring and summer.  We’ve put up one feeder for the Annas and another for the Rufus, but there’s still a lot of fighting. One little guy sits up on the gutter and dive bombs intruders.  I’ve named him “The Sentinel”.
I used an impressionistic realism for the Annas, but a much more abstract realism for the Rufus hoping to convey the velocity of their flight patterns.

Both paintings are 10 x 8 acrylic on canvas.

Morning on the Beach

An acrylic on canvas 16 x 20 based on a beautiful 

sky and water photo from a friend. I have moved 

the boy and dog in to the foreground and added 

the stack of logs. It looks so much like a quiet 

Whidbey Island morning.

Heron in the Rain

A mixed media work on canvas. 24 x 12
Heron in the Rain  I had wanted to paint a heron for some time, but kept putting it off.  Then one day I met him .  He was just standing on the side of the road staring in the car at me and I knew it was time.  It was a typical misty moisty rainy day and the heron was standing in the runoff water puddle on the side of the road while the rain continued to pour down from above.  His expression seemed a bit grumpy.  I wanted to take him  home and dry him off.  But I’m sure he had other ideas.

The  Heron has flown to a beautiful home.

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Artworks Gallery, located at Greenbank on Whidbey Island.