Not quite here yet - but perhaps on their way. The 17 year cycle cicadas. Of course it's a little hard to tell since the construction from the house next door sounds rather like their constant hum. Acrylic ink, journal page.
A Little House in the rain
Tropical storm Andrea brought us enough rain for weeks, if not months. After the Japanese printmaker Kawai Hasui, a tiny house in the woods. (Just like ours). Class exercise using liquid mask. Gouache, journal page.
The Early Bird tussles with the worm
After the rain storms yesterday, a beautiful morning. Birds and worms everywhere but not everyone shares the same definition of what constitutes a good day.
Still in the Santa Fe
With the Memorial Day weekend a near washout - except thank goodness for the Monday, I found myself working on another South Western piece. Really just a cloud study to complement what we are doing in class. When I think of the South West I think of wonderful, dramatic cloud formations and about three drops of rain. So very different from here.... oil on canvas, 24 x 30"
Waiting for something to dry....
I actually painted and posted these last week but this is a much better photo. A small cicada and some small birds. Rainy and cold last weekend so everything refused to dry.... I was actually waiting for a watercolor sky...
And then everything changes
And then it becomes this and the rain sets in.
Almost the same view
There is just something so wonderful about all the open sky and space. Another watercolor of New Hampshire, 12 x 30"
Wide Open Sky
Skies and clouds in class this week. Hours of watching rugby and the fast deteriorating weather pay off when it comes to painting wide skies and great cloud formations. Here is a relatively benign New Hampshire lake scene done for class. I love the short/wide format when it comes to this subject matter. Watercolor, 8 x 30".
Taos, Early Evening
Watercolor sketch of graveyard at Taos Pueblo, early evening, the violet hour
Turquoise Trail
On the road to Madrid, New Mexico, looking down to the start of the "turquoise trail". First stop, Cerillos, home to many old turquoise mines. Oil on canvas, 12 x 12"
View Through
Looking into a courtyard, late morning light. Oil, 12 x 12"
Embroidered Lawn. 2
Dandelions against a dark night sky,
A weed is only a flower in the wrong place
Late April/early May is the perfect time to appreciate the charms of an " embroidered" lawn. Violets everywhere and thousands of dandelions in among the moss and the struggling grass blades. If only they were less common, their graceful shape might be more appreciated. Violets and dandelions on a very blue watercolor background with white ink.
South West Study
Landscape study inspired by walking up the canyon at Tent Rocks, south of Santa Fe. Acrylic on canvas, beginning with a Burnt Sienna toned background. 12 x 12".
Favorite View
Back from Santa Fe, wonderful but much, much too short. A view of the Pedernal, oils, 12 x 12". But must admit this was painted the week before I left. Just back and still editing hundreds of photos .....
Still life with Indian Birds
Small still life of wooden Indian birds and a shell. Fast and loose.
Sargent inspired watercolor
Watercolor of a terra cotta urn inspired by a recent visit to the Brooklyn Museum to see the Sargent Watercolor show. An amazing show, best seen midweek.
Rounding The Point
A quick watercolor study, 5 x 7", walking around the Point. The spring green is a little exaggerated but spring is definitely here.
A very small fox joins the club
A very small needle felted fox joins the menagerie.
Butterfly collage
Suddenly spring. A butterfly and insect collection collage using marbled paper, security envelopes, painted paper and scraps of the metro north timetable. Framed, 20 x 16"
