This is the demo painting I did for the closing reception of my show Beyond the Veil at Unsettled Gallery. It was a two-hour demo on the patio of the gallery and it was a really hot day which helped me to paint quickly! Then I tweaked it a bit after the demo. Thanks to […]
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Finalist for The Artist’s Magazine competition
I’m delighted that my painting, Green Curtain, was awarded finalist in the Still Life/Interior category of The Artist’s Magazine 31st Annual Art Competition. As a finalist I get a mention along with the other finailsts in the December issue when the winners paintings are published. This painting is currently on display in my show, Beyond the Veil, […]
Chinese Piano baby and mended legs
I knew the moment I saw this little Chinese piano baby on eBay that I wanted it. So after oogling it for some weeks and wrestling with my conscience (budget) for some weeks more, I bought it. I just love that little face! Unfortunately, this is how it arrived. I was just as crushed as that leg. Poor little […]
Bang a drum
I finished the drum commission which will be arriving at it’s destination any minute now. Here’s how it turned out.
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Why we paint what we paint, or who chopped down the cherry tree?
Dark, sweet Bing cherries are my favorite. I live in the high desert. Who knew cherries could grow here? A while back they were selling Black Tartanian cherry trees so we wagged one home and plopped it into the ground. It turns out they don’t grow here. After struggling for an entire season it died. Too hot. […]
Wanna know why I paint rabbits?
Well if you’re in the area on Saturday, you can come to Unsettled Gallery to find out. I’m speaking about my work (and showing lots of images) for the closing reception of the show, Selected Works by Selected Artists-II. Another artist in the show, Raul Dorn, will be reading his poetry and there will be live […]
The “Favorite 15%” for Green Curtain
I mentioned it on Facebook, but I almost forgot to post here that my painting Green Curtain got the “Favorite 15%” in the FASO Bold Brush contest for February. It’s almost better than getting one of the awards (although that would be great too), since it is one of the favorites of the FASO staff. They […]
Chicken little and a lot of little chickens
One thing nice about an open studio is that you can haul out work you haven’t seen in a while. Some of it may not have been shown for a long time. Unlike other artforms such as theater, music, and dance where the same play or song gets performed over and over again, visual art […]
Two paintings at the Best and the Brightest in Scottsdale
I’m thrilled that two of my paintings were chosen to be in the Scottsdale Artists School exhibition, the Best and the Brightest, White Rabbit with Apricots and Mallards with Lemons. I was fortunate to be at the opening last Friday, 10 January, and it was attended by a steady flow of several hundred art-lookers from 5 […]
Pomegranates with Sumac leaves
I did this after returning home from the workshop I took with Daniel J. Keys in Scottsdale, AZ. It was painted using his palette colors, which are based on the colors used by Richard Scmidt, his mentor and I did it in one session using the alla prima technique on a linen covered panel. These […]
Nesting Instinct – a review, by Becky Hendrick
Nesting Instinct is one of two featured solo shows inaugurating the new online gallery, UNFRAMED. I’m very grateful to Becky Hendrick for taking time to review the work. You can visit the show without spending gas money and no need to don nice clothes, by visiting Unframed.us/ I hope you enjoy the review which I’ve also posted […]
Rescued – pomegranates on gold plate
I found an entire pomegranate tree discarded in the desert when I was out walking my dogs. It still had many pomegranates on the tree. I was struck by how the entire tree with its luscious fruits was discarded, treated as refuse. Maybe they couldn’t see the beauty in the fruit whose skin was scarred […]