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Friday, April 7th, 2006
Dusk, 8H x 10W inches dry pastels, graphite on charcoal paper. A few sketches for Poet Hannah Gerber’s book The Perfection of Small Birds will be posted this week. This one was inspired by “Dawn”, a recent acrylic painting.
Gold In The Mountains 02
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006
Gold In The Mountains 02, Kananaskas Valley, Alberta, Canada, 11H x 14W oil pastels on paper, 3-inch-wide white double mat and 26H x 22W inch white custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.
Aspen / Poplar trees in the Rocky Mountains during Autumn display large yellow-gold leaf masses, represented here with strokes in a diagonal direction. Textures in varying directions add interest, as in tree trunks marked vertically across the entire page, grounding the drawing as a whole with regard to composition. The green-black portion displays the vertical growth of evergreens. Horizontal strokes were appropriate for the mountain, with the golden glow of distant poplars softening its nature and place it back in distance.
Ancient Mayan Bowl Chair
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Mayan Bowl Replica Chair, 29H x 29W x 29D inches durable, functional, comfortable refurbished vintage 1960’s plastic lawn chair, mixed media: woven canvas strips, plaster cured and painted, varnish and wax.
This replica of an ancient Mayan artifact re-utilizes a vintage plastic lawn chair that was considered Art in its own day. The refurbished chair was created by a process of weaving canvas strips and white glue paper-mache style over the entire plastic top and bottom, layering wall plaster sanded in between coats, acrylics paint, varnish, graphite, marker, more varnish, then waxed for durability. Three more chairs are yet to be created with historic Art themes from other cultures.
The original bowl design is from the Late Classic Period of Mayan history, 600 – 900 A.D. Common Era, portraying two water Gods witnessing the birth of the all-important Maize God who emerges from a turtle, symbol of the earth and origins thereof. Customarily, hieroglyphs written along the top rim show the bowl-owner’s name and what the bowl was used for.
Inspirational resource: Maya, Divine Kings of the Rainforest edited by Nikolai Grube ISBN 3-8290-4150-0
Post-dated notes: Accepted into Grand Prairie Arts Council Juried Exhibition and Sale Sept./Oct. 2007, and won Second Place cash award, 3D Category. Also accepted into Artjury.com’s 2007 Fall/Winter Juried Online Exhibition.
Bluebonnets 03
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Texas Bluebonnets, 16H x 12W inches dry pastels on charcoal paper, unframed, off-white mat.
Bluebonnets Abstract
Monday, March 20th, 2006
Bluebonnets Abstract, 36H x 24W inches acrylics on canvas, trim frame. I’m trying a new angle on the subject, and kept my glasses off for this one so I can see abstract better!
When Life Gives You Lemons, Draw Them
Friday, March 10th, 2006
When Life Gives You Lemons, Draw Them, 11H x 14W inches dry pastels on charcoal paper, cream colored mat.
Left: the first version of the ‘Lemons’ still life was acceptable yesterday, but I felt the drawing did not have quite enough “zest”, so took the drawing a little further, adding more color and marks.
Guanaco Family Portrait
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
Guanaco, 20H x 20W inches acrylics on canvas, framed
The Guanaco, pronounced “won-a-co”, is a member of the camel family and native to South America. This particular Guanaco greets visitors who drive through Fossil Rim Wildlife Park in Glenrose Texas. Sold.
Heliconia
Saturday, February 25th, 2006
Heliconia, or Lobsterclaw flower, 36H x 36W inches acrylics on canvas, frame unnecessary
Detail of the flower and of the three inch decorative border around edges:
PHUN
Sunday, February 19th, 2006
PHUN, 24H x 36W inches acrylics on canvas mounted on a 3 inch wide box-frame, trimmed in black. I experimented with crackle finish and layers of color upon color. A few years ago when designing for stained glass windows I drew this on a scrap piece of paper. The style is a complete departure from my usual and was so much phun!
Pebbles Mosaics, variations
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
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| Zen Garden 06 - Pebbles Mosaics. | |||||
| Set of four 8 x 10 x 2 inches hand-made tiles on canvas. | |||||
| $750.00 |  |
Zen Garden 06, Pebbles, a very versatile set, these four 8 x 10 mosaics
The 4 pieces can be arranged in a number of ways: vertically, horizontally, in a square, and changed for a new look, next image. Each piece is different and can be placed in any order to create a pattern or pathway of “pebbles”.
