These are two of four studies on shadow and gestural effects that were supposed to be completed in 30 minutes. I failed miserably. They both took over two hours! I am going to try another composition with the doll shoes. Patti Mollica is the artist we were supposed to emulate. Her work is gorgeous and […]
9×12 class study w/ blk, wht, and yellow ochre. I finished it in 3 hours and like it. I like to drive. I like to drive for hours at a time on highways with limited traffic and good music playing. Alone is best. I live my real life when I’m driving alone in a […]
I am learning to paint with oils! All my life I wanted to be a painter. I never tried to pursue it for one reason or another. Now is my chance. Since this blog is sort of my journal, I will post most of my work, including studies or classwork. It’s really about having a […]
I am taking oil painting lessons. Finally, after wanting to learn to paint all my life, I have a semi-private instructor once a week for three hours. He expects to teach me to finish a piece in one day. After seeing my limited portfolio, he said I have proven that I can […]
Picasso’s portrait of ME. *** The following was written during a particularly dark time. It cannot be used to judge me today. I am reposting it after two years. I had deleted it because I was afraid someone would read it. I ‘m not afraid anymore. Sometimes I am convinced I am […]
This was a last minute gift, so I didn’t take it seriously enough. I am very timid with colored pencil and used the wrong kind of paper. Never use inferior materials and be fearless. That’s what I learned doing this piece.
This is the first ink drawing I have done in over six years. I forgot some of the rules, so I made mistakes I could not correct. But, I’m glad to move on and start something with paint. Painting is terrifying…
Jack was a young boy I met while chaperoning my youngest son’s field trip to a planetarium in Salinas, California. On the bus for almost an hour each way, some of the kids were lucky to have electronic devices to play games on to entertain themselves. Jack did not. I watched him watch the […]
“After the Storm” Acrylic (unfinished) The booming crash of thunder could be heard through the nightmare I was navigating last night. I have dreams that could be movies. Last night was in the horror genre. The lightning seen through my eyelids was in the dream too. I woke myself up when to watch another […]