This week, I had a chance to revisit the 1000 Journals Project. It was important. And, as someone who participated in it—receiving that blank journal-in-progress at an extraordinary moment in history—I feel SO fortunate to have been part of the project. Here are my pages. The left is a torn-paper collage, and the right is…
Like much of my artwork, this Huntsville painting has a story. It started with a wedding invitation. I hadn’t expected it, but I was flattered. I hadn’t seen the groom since he was a toddler, and I’d never met the bride. Though I’d never been to the area where the wedding would take place, I…
Today, the light is dismal. It’s grey, flat, and rainy. Even sitting next to the floor-to-ceiling window on the “sunny” side of our living room, everything looks pretty blah. To test a painting technique recommended by Peter Wileman (see review, below), I chose a photo I’d taken, earlier this summer. It’s lovely, and I may…
Last night’s sunset was one of those where I look at the sky and say, “Ooh, I must capture those colors!” And then, five minutes later, the colors were even better, and then better, and so on… for the next 20 minutes. The hues were constantly changing, and I was right there, with a paintbrush…
As I’ve been painting this week, I can see my sketches moving in two directions. The first is capturing the colors as a background for a later work. My current thoughts are to combine the New England landscape colors with a tropical element. I have a few ideas for this, but experimenting is ahead. This…
It’s been awhile since I posted my recent art. Oh, I’ve been creating art; I just haven’t had time to post it here. It’s been a busy six weeks+. I may talk about some of these works in more detail, later. For now, this is a catch-up post. A long one. I completely revised the…