Wolf in the Woods

I just couldn't stop playing with acrylic pours. The background pour was done first.  Then when it was dry I  painted the negative space leaving the silhouette .

Wolf in the Woods
Acrylic on 5 x 7 canvas

Hummingbird III

Playing with the new acrylic pours.  Had a fun messy time making the background and liked adding the realistic silhouette of the bird and branch on top.                                                                     Hummingbird III                           Acrylic on 11 x 14 Canvas

Sunset over Deer Lagoon.

Another in the texture series.

Saw this as I was driving home from the gallery the other day.  Had to stop and take a photo of these wonderful colors.

Acrylic mixed media on 20 x  24 canvas.

Glenbeg House.

Loved where we stayed in Ireland last summer.  Glenbeg House, a fortified Jacobean Manor House in Ballyduff near Lismore.  I took an early morning walk with my coffee and as I turned around to come back I saw these wonderful shadows on the lane. 

Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon
Mixed media ( acrylic & tissue paper )
on 30 x 15 Canvas.

Have been loving the big full moon every night
at the end of September. Having a warm and sunny
 Indian summer

Autumn's Fire

As seasons change the Autumn moon slips in.

"Autumn Fire"
Mixed Media
40 x 16 canvas

Just had to continue the curve on the wide side of the canvas.

Day Triptych

The three Day pieces are now near completion.
Golden Dawn (36 x 18)
Sunset (24 x 16)
Silver Moon (16 x 20)

Sunset.

Close to finished, waiting to be signed and varnished.
Sunset, (name may change)
mixed media on 24 x 12 canvas.

Silver Moon

Using the same technique "Silver Moon is a partner to "Golden Dawn"'
Mixed Media on 16 x 20 canvas. if you've seen Glenbeg House above.  This is the view across the road from the window in my room.  This is where the shaggy little Irish Horses romped.  Along with the fox.

Dawn of Creation

Last week I worked on a new texture with the daylily, "Touched by Dawn"
This week I went ahead and utilized it in, "The Dawn of Creation"
An acrylic Mixed Media piece on 36 x 18 canvas.

Featured Artist in August

  

Artworks Gallery is featuring ArtistsJudith Burns and Gaylen Whiteman for the month of August.  A Second Saturday reception will be held at the gallery August 11 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.  There will be light snacks and beverages and live music by guitarist Quinn Fitzpatrick.  Artworks Gallery artists will be on hand to greet visitors during the reception.

Burns, who works in acrylics and mixed media is featuring an exhibit inspired by Music, Art and Literature.  The collection is titled, “A Civilization is remembered by its Culture”.  Judith says she enjoys recreating places she has visited for performances.

Heap of sheep

There are a lot,  I mean really a lot of sheep in Ireland. 

This work is inspired by a cross between the a beautiful sunny day on the Aaron Islands and Irelands sheep population..But it could be most anywhere in Western Ireland where you find all the stone walls.

A mixed media piece in acrylic it includes rice paper bodies and faces from a shopping bag.

Heap of Sheep

Mixed media on 12 x 24 canvas

Giant's Causeway

The Giant's Causeway
in Northern Ireland
Not sure I was really going to climb it down to the very end, you have to plan several steps ahead where your feet are going,  but it was well worth it to get this view.
Think this frame is going to be just right.

Acrylic on 18 x 24 Canvas

New Work

Found a little Swallowtail lying in the garden the other day and tried to decide how I could incorporate it's beauty in a piece of art. The Iris is painted from a photo taken in a friends garden.  The butterfly wings are real.
Coated in gel medium to preserve them and carefully collaged onto the painting.

Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Working on a mixed media piece using a composition by Debussy.

From his Preludes,  La Fille aux cheveux de lin   

"Girl with the Flaxen Hair".

Mixed Media on 14 x 11 canvas

A wonderful performance may be found at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGSZPRk6aXA

Courtyard at the Watcom

 Had a wonderful day visiting the Watcom Museum in Bellingham, WA . It seems there are 2 buildings, the historic City Hall and the much  newer Lightcatcher.  As we were leaving the sun coming through cast these great shadows caughing my eye.  I also was enamored with the fanciful bird sculpture sent in the center of the courtyard.

Courtyard at the Watcom
Acrylic on 14 x 11 canvas.

Courtyard at MoMA

Another in the NY series.
Was thinking it was the Whitney, which I love very much, but checking my references I see it was the Museum of Modern Art.

Courtyard at MoMA
Acrylic on 14 x 11 Canvas

Will also try a black frame.

Foyer at the Mansion

While in Glen cove, L.I. last fall we stayed in one of the 5 Mansions that Pratt built for his sone. This one had been turned into a hotel.

Desoris Island, just a little North was called Morgan's Island when he lived there. Glen Cove is also home to the Woolworth Mansion and the now closed Russian Embassy.

Foyer at the Mansion
Acrylic
20 x 16 canvas

I'm opting for the wider frame it seems to add a feeling of depth.
This is the 3rd in the New York series.

Homage to Kusama

Playing with circles and painting tulips for the start of spring I decided it was still lacking. So something I've had in my mind to do ever since I saw the Yayoi Kusama exhibit.  Paint Polka Dots.  It took 2 whole afternoons, but I think it helped.  Anyway, it was fun.

Interval

Next in the series of NY paintings,
You may recognize this as Lincoln Center.
I named it Interval for several reason.
1. it's a great musical term for the distance between 2 pitches.
2. Is a break in the performance, i,e, short intermission

Using the figures I was also poking fun at the activity of those standing around totally engrossed with their tiny phone screens immediately  after coming out of a larger than life Metropolitan Opera production.

Lost in Time

Something different from my trip to NY last fall and remembering all the earlier trips.
The building on the left is Carnegie Hall.
Lost in Time
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 12.

Canopy for Koi

Canopy for Koi

Acrylic on 14 x 11 Canvas

Transition 1

Working to be more abstract.
Transition may represent several thinks: Dark to light, Winter to Spring, Sun to Moon, and Realism to Abstraction.
Acrylic on 14 x 11 canvas.

Summer Evening.

 Redoing an old piece with strange image. Think it was the year of the either ram or lamb. Now full of Ginko leaves.
Might call it:
"Summer Evening".

Sunrise on a Cloudy Day

So many times I'm really in search of a name for my painting, but this time in the middle of working it suddenly came to me that it should be called Sunrise on a Cloudy Day.  So I added the sun.

Acrylic and gold pen on 20 x 16 canvas.

Note the revision above.  It needed an anchor to keep it from floating.

Flight to the sun

Playing on a rainy day.  I had found a pair of wood panels 11 x 8 with carved filigree edges so I played indoors and created something reminiscent of my summer garden.  I played with gold leaf, glitter, iridescent paint, and metallic gold pen.  It was fun.

Painting on wood

I'm trying something new.  Painting on wood and letting the grain show through as the background.
Interesting process. Untitled on 9 x 12 on Birch cradles.  Must remember to paint varnish the same direction as the wood grain.
The orchids are on 14 x 11 wood panels.  These are the last of the first group.  At the moment I'm choosing this frame.  Of course, I may always change my mind before I get it to the gallery.

New Cards at the Schack Art Center

Here are my New Cards now available at the Schack Art Center in Everett. 

Of course if you're on Whidbey you can always find them at Artworks Gallery in Greenbank.

Thought the birds would be nice for spring.

Golden Rain

 After living through last month of January in the NorthWest there is no way I could leave out the rain,  I think it has fallen at sometime every day.
I did add a hope of spring with the yellow iris, wishing for the warm yellow rays of the sun.

Golden Rain
Acrylic and collage on 12 x 24 canvas