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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Redbuds, misty morning, 11 x 14 oil pastels, watercolor graphite pencils
This drawing was an experiment with oil pastels and water soluable graphite to see if the two could cooperate vin the same drawing. This post shows the final piece that dulled as improvements progressed, so here it is now, not as nice as a work on paper, butbegging to become a large acrylics painting.
It was about 8 A.M… the sun barely shone through the thick mist this early Spring morning. The surrounding forest was grey, and the brilliant pink blossoms of the Redbud bush pushed through it all, with the only other colors being patches of green grass starting to grow in the feild.
Dancing With Trees #1
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Dancing With Trees #1, 11 x 14 Oil Pastels
… is a good example of how the right medium makes all the difference; despite a couple of days spent continually working on this one it is almost cartoonish. This subject needs to be painted because, although I do like certain things about the drawing, I’d like to attempt more realistic colors and subtleties of movement with paint.
Speeding By The Poppies
Saturday, September 30th, 2006
Speeding By The Poppies on Hwy 40, Tennessee – 11 x 14 Oil Pastels – framed, available
Critique received that this was not dynamic enough, (below, Sept. 30, 2006 version). The drawing was at a fragile stage where I was 95% happy with it, but still the critique was valid. Above: I carefully scraped a few more lines in and highlighted some that were already there but not as prominent.
Tennessee Poppies
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
Tennessee Poppies Hwy 40- 11 x 14 inches Oil Pastels on paper- framed 23 x 26 inches
Moon Over Myrtle – 1st stage
Thursday, September 21st, 2006
14 x 11 Oil Pastels ~ Available, framed size 26 x 22 inches
Moon Over Myrtle is another oil pastel drawing that went through transformations while posting on a popular interactive Artits’ website, wetcanvas.com - It was noted after posting this stage that the sky looked more like water, so I played around with ideas that might make it look less so, using computer alterations (a new tool for me!) as well as trials altering the drawing itself.
Coconut Palm, Costa Rica
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
14 x 11 Oil Pastels on paper ~ total framed size 26 x 22 ~ Available
January Thaw
Thursday, June 15th, 2006
A painting is more than the sum of its parts.
January Thaw 14 x 11 Oil Pastels is the signature piece for the series Paper Places. It transformed dramatically while conversing with other Artists on a popular online Artists’ website.
Willow branches, welcome bits of color during the January thaw, a seasonal expectation in eastern Ontario, when temperatures hover around 0*C. After a period of 1-2 weeks temperatures can dip to -40*C, and the stormiest part of winter begins.
“When I am painting I have no knowledge of what I am doing. Only after a moment of ‘returning consciousness’ do I become aware of what I have been doing. Then, however, I have no hesitation about making changes, or destroying images, because the painting has a life of its own. My mission is to bring forth this life”. (Jackson Pollock)
Flowering Eucalypt
Monday, December 12th, 2005
Flowering Eucalypt, Australia - 16 x 20 Acrylics, framed , available
