Renewal

Spring seems to be hesitating, not sure of its welcome... so this painting is meant to send a definitive "yes".

DDay in the Spring

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You may recognize this handsome fellow from a while back.  Although the painting had potential, I was never comfortable with it and finally decided to do something... kill it or cure it, so to speak.  So here he is reincarnated, without his bridle, his head tipped to gaze right back at us, his legs shortened and the background abstracted.  Even with this unevenly lit photograph, I am happier now :)  I just have to wait for a sunny day to get a good photo... that may take a while, so on to another project.

Lexi

Here is someone's favorite princess.  She is oh so happy to show off her sweet prima donna self.  Thankfully, at least she was for me on our photo shoot.  You might be surprised how camera shy animals can be.... another advantage of being a painter, you can use several photographic images to capture just the right look and expression.

The Horse in Color

Somehow, painting with this much color on a cold, grey day just warms you right up :)  Mostly, painting has just been frustrating of late, but this was quite fun and I'm pleased with the result.  

All kinds of art happening....

The start of a new year always brings a flurry of “catching up” it seems, especially this year.  Sometimes the artsy stuff just gets put on hold and you’ve just gotta grab whatever you can.  Today, as the lady sitting next to me at my niece’s PYO concert said, “there is all kinds of art going on here”.  This little teeny sketchbook does come in handy! 

Who's Bones

Here is an illustrative style that I always enjoy playing with, I think it's that mixed up left brain, right brain thing I have going.

Happy New Year 2011

Happy New Year everyone.

It's been awhile, time to get my sketchbook warmed up again.  The top shows an early morning crossing of the Narrows Bridge at the end of 2010 the sunrise rim light on the mountain is catching the blowing snow, a cold fire burning this morning.  The bottom image is driving into the sunset, heading home across the Purdy Bridge on new years day 2011.  It certainly has been spectacular weather to bring in the new year.