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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Marie Lake campsite, Alberta, 8 x 10 inches pen on paper
I’m trying to get a painting started that’s all planned in my mind’s eye, but have been finishing written articles and upgrading/updating the websites, so these little pen sketches are all I can manage lately; maybe a series is borne?
Alberta Spruce
Friday, February 5th, 2010
…there are too many other things to do, but I wandered off anyway, missing the Alberta Spruce, so brought some back to Texas with a few ink-pen and digital pen scribbles.
Most websites require that you register before leaving comments, but I was hoping not to have to resort to those kind of restrictions. Are the days of trust completely gone? I sure hope not in our daily life, but on the internet it’s only wise to be careful. I deleted 348 spam comments the other day, so if you wish to leave comments you must now fill out your name and email. Thanks!
Happy Holidays
Friday, December 25th, 2009
Merry Christmas from Airdrie, Alberta
столове~ Snow on French Lilac ~
Check out the Alberta/Texas phone interview for a pull-out feature in today’s Denton Record Chronicle.
Exhibition Opening Dec. 1st
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Upcoming exhibition: monthly featured artist at Oxide Gallery in Denton, TX. Among the items on exhibit: most of the Magic Square series, Dawn at Bell Rock, Sounds of Silence, Polypore Fungi, Shadows of Summer, Eastern White Pine, and three of the vintage chairs. Opening Reception Tuesday, December 1st, 6:00 p.m. - 8 p.m., and the show runs until December 31st. Click here to view the work and price list.
http://oxidegallery.com/Flier-December.html
Left: Chapala Winds, Mexico, 11 x 11 x 3 inches acrylics on canvas, gallery wrapped sides painted, 1/16 of the Magic Square series, all painted as various aspects of trees for the Dancing With Trees Exhibition collection..
500X Gallery: Landscape
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
October 10 - 31st, 2009 500X Gallery Open Show: Landscape, 500 Exposition Ave. Dallas, TX
Opening Reception Saturday, October 10th, 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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Saint Catherine's Sunset, 11 x 11 x 3 acrylics on canvas, gallery wrapped sides painted | |
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Oxide Gallery 1st Year Anniversary celebration today, Tuesday October 6th, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Happy Anniversary Oxide Gallery!
I’ll be giving a demo on the use of Masking Fluid in acrylics paintings, so come and reveal one painting by helping to peel off the rubberized mask - I don’t even know what it looks like underneath, so it will be a surprise for all of us. Techniques on applying the fluid will be demonstrated on another painting already in progress. Three pieces accepted in the current show at Oxide Gallery are:
To purchase these and of this work please visit the Exhibitions Page.
What Large Leaf Maples Do At Night
Monday, May 25th, 2009
What Large Leaf Maples Do At Night, 20 x 57 x 4 inches Muslin, glue, acrylics on wrapped canvas, customized LED light system in back.
Alain signed his name on this also, because he spent last week and the weekend designing, soldering and wiring a system of 30 led lights for the back. He was disgusted with the eight inadequate push-lights I was initially going to use to create this Day and Night Art. The electric source is a rechargable 12 volt battery placed neatly in the back, with an easily accessable on-off switch in the lower left corner. He’s not thrilled to ever create another, so it looks like I’ll be learning a little about soldering and electronics, because there are similar plans for the other two canvases exactly like this one. The original plan for it to be hung in any of four orientations had to be revised because of the battery pack in the back, but the option of lighting is much more interesting. Thank you Alain for making this piece what it is!
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Raccoon, 11 x 11 x 3 inches acrylics on canvas, sides painted. I think I’ll quit while I’m ahead on this one..it has a watercolor airiness to it.
Jone’s Falls
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Jone’s Falls, near Thousand Islands, Southern Ontario 11 x 11 x 3 inches acrylics on canvas, finished. April 11, finished: I scratched some barely noticable lines here and there, and they break up the space into sections now, if you compare the 3rd thumbnail and the finished piece. This is exactly why paintings need to sit off to the side for a while. With new eyes a few weeks or months later the finishing touches will suddenly be obvious, or there will at least be renewed confidence about what else to try that might work..
Left, February 28: mapping out composition by washing off damp paint with a wet cloth. Central and right, March 1: experimenting with limited palette, work in progress.
Bird’s Eye
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Above: Bird’s Eye, 12 x 12 x 3 inches acrylics on canvas, gallery wrapped sides painted, finished Oct.13th, 2009
Bird’s Eye, 11 x 11 x 3 inches acrylics on canvas. Signed on the side, so a signature iss superimposed on the front. March 3rd: above, February 28: thumbnails below
St. Catherine’s Sunset
Friday, February 27th, 2009
St. Catherine’s Sunset Ontario, Canada just north of Niagara Falls, 11 x 11 x 3 inches acrylics on canvas, sides painted. The signature is on the side, so one has been superimposed here on the front.
There is no one method for starting a painting. When faced with a blank white surface, often our mind can go blank too. When that happens I use a base color that inspires energy… Hansa Yellow Deep painted on the entire surface then dripped water and paint down the wet surface. Drawing with a wide raggedy old brush, I used the fraying bristles to advantage.
This painting is dedicated to my Mom, born in St. Catherine’s, whose birthday was two days ago.
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