Afternoon on the Road

I've been in a painter's slump lately so I'm happy to finally have something to show that I actually like.  Appropriately enough it's an image from one of my afternoon runs which are the main thing that keeps me sane (sortof :-)

House on the Hill

This could also be titled, "Overrun" as the spring riot of growth overtakes the old, abandoned house that perches above the bay.

Tiger Tag

Seems fitting that the first painting of the year be tigers at play in this year of the Tiger, 2010.

Jammin'

Hmmm, don't know what got into me on this one, must be in a party mood for the upcoming new year?!

NotYourOrdinaryEggplant

I went to the farmer's market yesterday and couldn't resist this interestingly colored eggplant, not mention it's "appendages".

Sheep Skull on the Noatak

There's a story here and I'm back to tell it.  I have been away in Alaska for the last several weeks, participating in the Artist in Residence program at Gates of the Arctic National Park, This first painting from that adventure shows a Dall sheep skull found near our first camp spot. Our party of 4, including two incredibly knowledgeable and patient park rangers and two artists in residence (aka. AIR heads) was dropped into the Noatak River drainage by float plane to see what we could see.   We saw a lot!  It's so very comforting to know that a magnificent wild land still persists way up here north of the arctic circle, you'll see more of it coming up in this blog.  I hope you'll enjoy sharing my adventure.

Trotting Out

Some friends have built a top notch facility nearby where they will train dressage horses.  It is a gorgeous stable and large arena with state of the art footing.  Beth has just started giving lessons there and I stopped by for a photo shoot.  The only bad thing is that it's really making me want to ride again!  The open space of the arena and leading lines of wood and beams have me itching to do a large painting, but I thought I'd experiment a bit with this little one first. 

Graceful

Cancer gracilis, the graceful cancer crab.

Workin' the Shadows

This has been an excellent year for trillium, the woodland sparkles with them.  They are starting to fade into purple now but this spider is helping spread their pollen for future springs. 

Silly

This is one munchkin who was very excited to go sketching at the zoo last weekend during an Earth Day celebration.  He was young enough not to ask, "what are we supposed to do?" just grabbed that pencil and went for it!  I'm not sure why we seem to pummel all the self motivation out of kids once they start school, but there were plenty that were willing to play. I even enticed a few brave adults, it actually makes me want to teach a sketching workshop. Hope this makes you smile!  )