cherries in pyrex dish

5x7", acrylic on canvas

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x's and o's

6x6", acrylic on canvas

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cherries

6x8", acrylic on canvas

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{behind the scenes}

therapy

6x6", oil on cradled wood panel

mural mosaic project 2013

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i was honored to be asked to participate in another mural mosaic project, this time for the upcoming canada games being held this august in sherbrooke, quebec.  

how it works is, they send each artist a panel with a color painted on it, or sometimes a blend of colors, that one uses as a guide to then paint a relevant scene (in this case, a sport theme).  no one knows the final image that will be assembled from all the painted panels put together, so the unveilings are always a pretty neat surprise!  

http://www.muralmosaic.com/sports.html

hummingbird

6 x 8", oil on cradled wood panel

a little girl on her much-frequented feeder in an arizona back yard - keeping an eye out inbetween sips!  definitely one of the highlights of a relaxing trip down south this past winter!

meditation - work in progress #2

meditation - work in progress #1

18x36", acrylic on canvas

when every part of you wants to turn around

8x8", acrylic on cradled wood panel

blueberries

6x6" acrylic on linen

 

blueberries - work in progress

6x6", acrylic on linen

no berries...yet.  :-)  

recalibration

6x6", acrylic on cradled wood panel

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i'm in transition.  the old routes feel limiting, but the new ones don't exist yet.  experimentation with looseness feels like i don't care.  tightness feels (and appears to me) like tightness.  someone said to me "your paintings seem lighter lately" and i thought to myself yes, if lighter equals shallow...the real deal is festering, glowing, surfacing, but i haven't been able to get a real glimpse of it yet.

so i paint.  at least it isn't paralyzing me, which has happened before.  this time it's as if i need to push through it - show up, as they say, and just move the brush.  exercise.  no weighty commitment in every piece, no analysis of "is it done?".  just paint...and wait for the water to clear.

thanks for coming along for the ride.

checked out again

6x8" acrylic on cradled wood panel

the crash

6x8", acrylic on wood panel

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waterlily study

4x6", mixed media on paper

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faith

6x8", oil on cradled wood panel

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checked out

6x6", acrylic on cradled wood panel

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for me, this is the quintessential i-am-currently-unavailable-please-leave-a-message painting. i often consult the water in front of me for realignment, but given the opportunity to look up and see a palm tree swaying, light taking over, and the breeze drowning out everything else, is a true vision of feeling, well...checked out.

forest for the trees

6x8", acrylic on cradled wood panel

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looking across to lanai

6x8", oil on cradled wood panel

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flying solo

6x6", acrylic on cradled wood panel

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walking along kaanapali beach, i almost stepped on this little cluster that must have been deposited by a rogue wave. it was in perfect condition and thriving, seemingly oblivious to the fact that it was somewhat out of place.