Mood Lighting - work in progress

24" x 36 Oil NFS yet!

I thought I'd show you what I've been

doing. I'm working on larger pieces now

and this is one of them. Saw this lovely

backlight on my friend who was taking a

break in a coffee shop lounge after we

attended an Art Expo. I'd say this is

about half done, but the 'bones' are in

place, so I am daring to show it to you

at this very unfinished stage.

Photograph-My students

This is a shot of my students after the lecture

was over. I invited them to bring a favorite piece

of their work to share since they do not have class

with each other. Now they have a more in-depth

understanding of color as we learned a lot from

looking at the Albers studies.

Photograph-Albers Lecture

Today I gave a lecture to my students

about the color exercises of Joseph

Albers. Here I am with white gloves

to prevent my fingerprints marking

the wonderful studies he did.

Children at the beach

"HAPPINESS AT THE BEACH"

4" x 6" Oil $75.

Your eyes get all scrunched up in

the bright sun and you hold still

for just long enough for the adults

to take your picture and then you

run off into the water and frolic!

Oh childhood pleasures!

The Japanese Gate

5" x 7" Oil SOLD

Such aesthetics! One of the entrances

to the Japanese Tea Garden in San

Francisco. What a setting and variety

of beautiful trees! And there was no

fog that day!

My Romance

5" x 7" Oil $75.00

Artist's license was used to put these

two in a 'proper' setting. They were

actually dancing on a stage set in a

barn where a wonderful performance

was held. I loved the feeling of these

two and so I created the place I want

them to be, in their own romantic and

private world.

The Blue Door

4" x 6" Oil $50.00

There is nothing about this that

does not fascinate me. This door

is somewhere in California. In

itself, it is beautiful and seems

rather European. Having an

entrance on a hill certainly was

'fixed' by the step which leveled things

out in order to go inside! But then

there is the interesting sidewalk

pattern. And no, my perspective

is not off!

Sketch Artist

4" x 6" Oil $50.00

I was walking through a park and came upon this

young woman sketching. Being an artist gives me

LOTS of affinity for others who do the same thing.

Except for sitting on the hard ground.

Burst of Summer

5" x 7" Oil $100.

I took a small vase with a little water and went

to the farm fields where I can cut as many of these

brilliant flowers as I can pay for! Nothing like

zinnias for the full blast pigment colors you can

use to paint them!

Summer Idyll by the Potomac

5" x 7" Oil SOLD

Mid-summer along the canal that

skirts the Potomac River is a place of

peace and quiet. It is one of those

amazing places set aside right where

a big city is that is a sanctuary for its

residents. I have spent many days

and years walking this path.

My small paintings are all in various

stages, but here is the first completed

one since I have been absent from

this site!