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.