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At last the Spring bulbs are justifying all that nail breaking digging in frozen ground last November. The blue and purple grape hyacinths are so beautiful . Sadly I only appear to have 2 even though I know I planted nearly 50 bulbs. Somewhere close by there must be some very well fed squirrels...
Looking is the best part of being in Soho. Windows, fire escapes, the people!! Windows and fire escapes. Ink and wash, journal page.
Pryor Park, Bath. Brown ink over gesso. Journal page .
Thinking about the light.... Acrylic on canvas. 20 x 20. This may look quite different later today
Finally it's really beginning to feel springlike. Snowdrops past their best, artisanal organic crocuses for the squirrels and daffodils in bud. I wish I had the camellias too but they belong to an English garden. Watercolor, journal page.
A much warmer color palette, in contrast to all those very grey winter scenes. A somewhat abstract depiction of Ubud, Bali's so called "Art Town." Painted in multiple layers of acrylic with stamped prints to suggest the grid pattern of small streets and lanes and finishing with stenciled roofs. Wish I could go back. Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 "
Landscape - watercolor over gesso. Adobe church high in the mountains and folds of thick gesso.
A wet, late March sort of day. Watercolor and colored pencil over gesso.
Adventure in New York, exploring at the Explorers' Club. As the guest of a true Explorer, Alison Nicholls, http:/www.NichollsWildlifeArt.com/ I spent Wednesday sketching at the Explorers Club. Seated in the Trophy Room, surrounded by every conceivable type of "souvenir" and momento, I drew heads and horns. It was amazing! Thank you, Ali. Shown here are 2 views of some of the specimens and my friend Ali, hard at work
After what seems like a very short time away from the studio, although it actually was not such a quick break, it feels so good to be painting again. Started in the Fall but finished this morning, a rather anxious trout. Acrylic on canvas. 12 x 24"
Looking ahead to Spring. Amaryllis and Green. Acrylic on canvas. 24 x 24". In desperate need of some color.
Gorgeous, much needed color. A series of abstract paintings from a class I taught last night at the Garden Education Center.
More foam plate printing. The March Hare tries to steal the annual egg before the Easter Bunny can get to it.
Too much snow, too many cancelled classes. The only thing to do is to paint and draw and remember how wonderful Japan was. Sketch book page showing part of a temple roof and a gang of crows greedily eying the last persimmon.
Yet another snow day. The longest Winter. Having spent part of the day shoveling I decided it was time to a quick, summery landscape to remind myself that sometime soon I will be back walking on the beach..... Acrylic. 12 x 12.
I had planned to be done with snow but this winter had other plans.....A landscape based on a painting, " Calm Snowy World, White Sky" by Hong Yuzi, 1753, which in turn was based on a painting in the seminal work, "The Mustard Seed Garden", A treatise on Chinese landscape painting, from 1679. Double page journal spread, watercolor, depicting our home in the Mianus river valley. Meanwhile we are in the midst of what looks to be the worst snow storm of the entire winter.
It's about this time in the New Year that I start to plan our annual visit to the SouthWest. Time to switch color palettes too. View of the rocks near Ghost Ranch.
Hawks at the seaside, hoping for leftovers. Once a tidal island but now connected to the mainland, Enoshima is rather like a tiny Mont St Michel, complete with its own pilgrimage sites. Popular as a fishing destination, it attracts more than its fair share of hawks who hover optimistically, hoping for scraps. Walking along the causeway one can often see Mt Fuji rising into the clouds.
On a clear, cold day, if you are very lucky and you happen to be in the right spot you can sometimes catch a glimpse of Mount Fuji. Of course it is very lucky if you do.
Another possibility from last week's class. Starry sky and a thoughtful owl. 12 x 12. Acrylic
