Abstract Representational Jazz Musician
Harmonious Jazz musician artwork loaded with abstract qualities. This painting lends itself to music with melodic strokes of yellow, earthy browns and cherry reds. This piece was fun to paint, hopefully it shows!
"Jazz Cat" Acrylic 9x12"
Colorful Corn Still Life Painting
Still life painting depicting three ears of corn. It's painted with acrylics on canvas and measures 9" x 12". Features an earthy palette of yellows, reds, golden yellows, with a touch of magenta.
Wishing everyone abundance and peace on this day of gratitude. I for one am eternally grateful to be able to see this beautiful world from an artist's eyes, and to have the opportunity of sharing this vision with others. Such a blessing!
"Indian Corn" 9x12", Acrylic
Still Life Painting With Pink Gerbera
Expressive still life painting featuring a pink gerber, a cherry and white pitcher. The art is created with acrylics on canvas and painted with loose brushwork using reds, pinks, earth greens, and creamy whites. It is a demo I painted while at a workshop Carmel, California.
"Pink Gerbera", 8x8" Acrylic (Sold)
Seems like I've been away forever, one workshop after the next - all really fun, then a trade show out west. As always, the best part of workshops is meeting new artists and making new friends.
I am finally home - for one day - then back on the road to see my folks for Thanksgiving. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday.
Cherry Still Life Painting
Colorful still life painting depicting cherries painted with acrylic on paper. It's inspired from an upcoming workshop where I will focus on simple fruit and vegetable still life artwork. Pinks, reds, creamy whites and a pop of light blue make up the minimalistic palette.
I'm getting ready to leave town to teach a 5 day "Loosen up" workshop in Carmel, then a 3 day beginner workshop in San Clemente. Wanted to do some warm up exercises and started with one cherry, then another emerged, then suddenly I had cherries on the brain and couldn't stop painting them. They provide an easy way to observe highlights, form shadows, cast shadows, reflected light, reflections, halftones, etc. When I get to CA I will be buying fruits and vegetables as props for the workshop... Cherries are at the top of my list ... edible, tasty props... love 'em!
New York Cityscape Painting
This cityscape painting depicts a street scene with the usual New York city suspects - tall buildings, pedestrians and taxis. It's painted with energetic brushstrokes of acrylics on canvas and well suited for just about any room if you love bold urban inspired artwork. The deep, rich burgundy foreground shadows lead your eye to a scene of lavender gray buildings and butter yellow taxis.
"New York State of Mind", Acrylic 8x10"
Tuscany Landscape Painting With Boat
Lovely landscape painting featuring a lone boat floating at the dock. The scene was captured while visiting Tuscany with several other artists. Would make a perfect accent painting for anyone that appreciates Tuscany inspired artwork created with a unique, loose and interpretational style.
"Boat at Lake Trasimeno" Acrylic 8x10" Sold
The Tuscany trip was a pure delight, made more so by the awesome group of gals who joined me. They were a fearless, inspired bunch, and it was such a pleasure to spend a week with them. The scenery was to die for - the reason Tuscany is a must-paint destination for artists. I did not have much "focused" time to paint, but did manage to squeeze in a few quickies. Here is a demo from the day we went to beautiful Lake Trasimeno. A quick painting from a trip that will last in my heart for many years to come. Here is a picture of all of us - enjoying the many tastes as well as the sights!
Dinner was yummy!
Some adult beverages and a few laughs
Tuscany Landscape Painting With Sunflowers
This Tuscany inspired landscape painting depicts a field of sunflowers painted with a minimal palette. It's created with a harmonious palette of alizarin, ochre, green and purple on canvas and measures 10" x 12".
The time has come... I'm packing for the trip. In an effort to keep the weight to a minimum, I was experimenting with a limited palette. I used 4 colors in this painting. (Plus white, if you consider that a color.) Purple, green, ochre and alizarin. Yup, that's all! It's amazing how few colors one can get away with and still represent a scene realistically. Not that I will be bringing only four colors, but it was an interesting exercise. One of the benefits of a limited palette - automatic color harmony. The other - way less schlepping!
"Tuscany Sunflower Field" 10x12" Acrylic
Landscape painting with sunflowers
Acrylic landscape painting featuring a bed of sunflowers. This artwork is inspired from what I see from my studio window.
What do sunflowers have to do with making lemonade? Maybe nothing, but while I was painting these from my studio window all I could think of was that I was making lemonade from lemons. The flowers are certainly not in their best form, as you can see in the photo (below). The light and shadow were nothing to speak of either.
So why did I choose to paint them when there were probably better subjects with less challenging issues? Well, for the challenge. When painting plein air sometimes your view and subject matter is simply a painting waiting to happen. Other times there are factors that are not exactly working in your favor. Thats the thing - you never know till you get there. Lately, in preparation for my Tuscany workshop, I've been treating myself to some "worst case scenarios" to see what tricks I can pull out of my hat. Which may be totally overkill... I mean really, a bad view or uninspiring light in Tuscany? It must be the virgo in me over-preparing as usual. Or maybe it was just another excuse to paint sunflowers.
"Studio Sunflowers" 8x10" Acrylic
