Field

While the subject matter is rather simple, this painting took a long time to complete, and the process was somewhat representative of the storms we face in our own minds. Sometimes we encounter chaos in the commonality. 

I used some pearlescent paints in the blues and purples, and the colors therefore shift depending on where you stand, the angle upon which you view it. The effect can't be duplicated in the small unmoving image on a computer screen. The actual painting is six feet wide.

Field (detail)

Field, 45" x 72", oil, acrylic, ink, canvas, 2016.

Only the Lonely

After a hiatus from painting that lasted several months, I returned to it, completing three new paintings in the last couple months before the new year.  The art of painting is a mental and intellectual process, and sometimes a break from the action clears the head.

This one references the great John Steinbeck and the great Roy Orbison. 40" x 45", oil, acrylic, ink, canvas, 2015. 

Doodle of the Day - Modern Day Warrior

For more posts about art and inspiring moments click HERE

To Kill A Mockingbird

A group of mockingbirds screeched with ugly voices. They created an uneasy feeling on the otherwise quiet residence. She stopped on the sidewalk under the overcast gloom looking into the tree. Its yellow-olive leaves swayed in the breeze, but it felt like the branches were shaking from the breath of the birds. Their little black bodies hopped across the jagged negative space, their voices in continuous chatter, but for what purpose she could not tell, until, before dismissing it as a regular annoyance exemplifying the mockingbird's reputation, a hawk darted from the darkness of the tree with a small bird in its talons. 

A sharp-shinned hawk, small and sleek like a falcon, in an instant cut across the street with its prey and disappeared over a roof like a phantom. The mockingbirds continued to chatter, the tree swayed, and she contemplated the ruin of it. 

For more posts about art and inspiring moments click HERE