Saturday, January 29, 2011

best painting tool ever!


Versatile, always available, difficult (not impossible) to lose or misplace, inexpensive, cleans up easily. Best painting tool ever!

what's below the surface


The UNDERPAINTING. Let's see if I can keep this going.

red winged blackbird sings for change







6th, 5th, 4th editions of a painting that started out fresh and lively.

now layers of paint later, it is still and tight.

on to the 7th edition....I'll keep you posted.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

New Year Work; birds,words,love,paint.

"be careful with love"
24x36 acrylic on canvas



New Year work......an experiment with paint and medium. Instead of using paint to "illustrate" a concept (which, frankly, I really love to do) I am in the process of learning how to use paint to "paint" and if a concept shows up, good for it. This painting is days and days of covering up and starting over. It's busy, no doubt, and it could use some more covering up, but for now it's my "sampler" and I'm sticking by it!