Showing posts with label oil on panel 6"x6". Show all posts
Showing posts with label oil on panel 6"x6". Show all posts

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Steigerwald Study 3


Someone famous said 'I can`t paint what I want, only what I would have wanted, had I thought of it first'. Yes, each painting takes on it`s own life no matter what is in the mind. When I was working in the Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge last month, there was a place near the river that was pulsating gold. The wind was blowing and everything was moving. All of it yellow; grasses, trees and earth, with a morning blue mountain behind. It seemed ephemeral. Here I try to give form to feeling.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Fog on the Mountain Study


Thanksgiving morning we climbed Mt. Talbert in the rain. It only takes about an hour. The mountain was completely engulfed in a cloud. Very poetic and very wet.

Monday, November 23, 2009

A Corner of the Park


I have a larger Steigerwald canvas in process but it is not coming together. After giving up for the day, I got involved with this little painting.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Steigerwald Study 1


Yesterday morning, just before the storm blew in, I was all over Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Even got a run in, camera in hand. The sky was wild and the cottonwoods were being stripped of their yellow leaves by the wind.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

November Leaves


Suddenly and unexpectedly I`ve been accepted into the Daily Painters group/website! I applied long ago when I was focused on small work. With my house for sale and a move hopefully imminent, this is a good time to return to that practice. Though I use a squeegee often, it`s mark is usually not so noticeable. Here the look seemed to suggest the ephemeral nature of late autumn so I kept it. It`s an inane title I know. Sometimes that chore just baffles me.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Over the Sea 13


This theme sustains me.
I will be an artist in residence at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology next Feb., and I think I`ll attempt a really big version in the larger studio there. I`ve painted a 60"x60" canvas in my home studio but it was very awkward.