Friday, September 9, 2011

Steve and Ginger

Steve and Ginger
Pencil on Paper
2011

Commission for a first Anniversary gift...paper. I thought that was rather clever.


Music Room Mural

Music Room Mural
Acrylic Latex Paint on Cinder Block Wall
2011

Magnolias

Magnolias
Oil on Canvas
2010

Xynira Crying

Xynira Crying 
Acrylic on Canvas
2011

HER Logo


HER (Help Emily Recover) Final Logo
Pen and Ink
2011

Below are pages from my sketch book....the evolution of the HER logo.
 

Running Coyote Mural

Running Coyote Mural
Acrylic Latex Paint on Cinderblock Wall
2010

Wired

Wired
Acrylic on Canvas
2011

Zebra Drip

Zebra Drip
Acrylic on Canvas
2010

The quality of this photograph is terrible. I will be rephotographing the painting and exchanging the photo soon. Sorry for the bad quality. 

Tulips

Tulips
Acrylic on Canas
2010

Flowers for Lisa

Flowers for Lisa
Oil on Canvas
2010

Bleeding Flowers

Bleeding Flowers 
Acrylic on Canvas

Xynira

Xynira
Acrylic on Canvas
2010

Santorini

Santorini 
Watercolor
2009

Zebra Drip 2

Zebra Drip Experiment #2
Acrylic on Canvas
2010

Traditional Daisy's

Traditional Daisy's
Oil on Canvas
2010

This was an experiment in how what I think about while painting influences the image. I was thinking about my mom and how wonderful she is. 

Whimsical Flower

Whimsical Flower
Acrylic on Canvas 
2010

Red Flowers

Red Flowers
Acrylic on Canvas 
2010

Zebra

Zebra
Acrylic on Canvas
2009

White Lilies

White Lilies 
Acrylic on Canvas

Story of A Bear Mural


Story of A Bear Mural
Acrylic on Textured Wall
2009

Bear Paw Detail

Detail

Corner Detail

I painted this mural as a commission. It was a fun learning experience and I thoroughly enjoyed working on the much larger sized image. It required me to step way back to view my work in progress, reminding me of day long passed when I used to paint theater sets for community theater, back when I lived in North and Central Texas.

Baile Tipico de Panama


Baile Tipico de Panama
Watercolor
2008

I painted this from a photo taken at a performance of this traditional dance at my High School Reunion.


Self Portrait


Self Portrait
My very first attempt at Vector Art
Photoshop

Declaration of Independence Flag



Declaration of Independence Flag
Quill and Ink
2003


Detail

Detail

I wrote The Declaration of Independence into a flag using different colors of ink and  a quill. In order to get it just right it took a number of attempts. 

Here I am at an art show in a Gallery in Fort Worth where my Flag was on display. 

Monday, July 25, 2011

Venice for Leslie

Venice for Leslie
Oil on Canvas
2009

Venice for Jana

Venice for Jana
Oil on Canvas
2009

Blue Dancer


Blue Dancer
Oil on Canvas
2009


Thinking

Thinking
Oil on Paper
2009

Experience

Experience
Watercolor on Paper
2008

The idea behind this painting is to show what experience would look like visually. When trying to come up with the visual metaphor, I struggled for a while.  It wasn't until I was looking at the hands of an older loved had the idea of using hands. Whenever I came across friends and family I would look at their hands...and they all told the story of different kinds of experience. Some were soft, some were wrinkled, some were calloused, etc... I knew that I had found my metaphor.

Swing

Swing
Acrylic on Paper
2008

Through this painting, I wanted to capture the energy of Swing Dancing. 

Ashamed

Ashamed
Acrylic on a Maple Leaf
2008

Psalm 128



Psalm 128
Acrylic on Paper
2008

This was a wedding gift for my friend Natalie and her husband. It was my very first attempt an Illuminated Manuscript.


Faces of Xynira


Faces of Xynira
Watercolor on Paper
2008

Faces of Xynira Drawing




Faces of Xynira
Pen and Ink on Paper
2008

Xynira Dreaming


Xynira Dreaming
Acrylic on Paper
2008

My friend Xynira has been my muse lately. This was the first of several paintings and drawings in which I used her as my subject.

Tulips

After moving to Colorado, I began to paint in Watercolor again. Reflecting upon my childhood, I chose tulips as the theme for this painting.

Watercolor on Paper
2008