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