Oil Painting
6×6″ bevel-edge panel
“Awakening” is my interpretation of a photo provided by artist Karin Jurick on her Different Strokes From Different Folks blog, where artists are encouraged to work creatively from the photos that she posts. It’s very interesting to see the same thing through the eyes of someone else.
This painting is SOLD.
Silverpoint Drawing
5×5″ gray-green prepared paper
Did you know that silverpoint pre-dates the pencil as a drawing medium and reached its height during the Renaissance? This drawing was done with a silver stylus; I prepared the paper with a gray-green tone, and heightened the drawing with white charcoal. The lines are actually silver and will tarnish over time to a metallic sepia tone. To learn more about Silverpoint please visit my website by clicking on the link at right.
The buyer will receive this drawing matted or framed. A Silverpoint Description card will accompany it.
Oil Painting
3×3″ bevel-edge panel
Does this resemble a brain to you too, or am I thinking too much?
SOLD; please email me if you are interested something similar.
Oil Painting
5×7″ panel
This scene was at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA – a long wooden bridge to the bright open meadow. Setting up of easels and painting aren’t allowed on the grounds so I did this from a photo and my imagination.
If ever you paint from photos, at some point let them go and finish up with the creative side of your brain. Being a slave to the photo serves no purpose, in my humble opinion.
Silverpoint Drawing
5×7″ gray-greenprepared paper
Lots of drawing lately – of bells and whistles! I love the negative space of these objects, the dark hollow…more to come.
“Single Bell” was drawn with a silver stylus – a drawing medium known as silverpoint, which pre-dates the pencil. This technique was used extensively during the Renaissance era, though some of the earliest silverpoints date back to the 12th century.
I prepared the paper with a gray-green tone and heightened the drawing with white charcoal. To learn more about Silverpoint and to see the box and tools that I made please visit my website.
Acrylic Painting
4.5×6.5″ panel, framed
This is the earliest of the acorn paintings that I did a few years ago. You don’t see it in this photo but the edges of the painting are beveled and I designed the frame so that the painting panel “floats” off the back panel.
Please email me if you are interested in this one.
Oil Painting
6×6″
Since I’ve been focused on acorns lately, I thought I’d show you an earlier painting. I try to see each object or scene as if for the first time, without a formula or rule.
Some of you may wonder about the discipline involved in these daily paintings and silverpoint drawings – and the pressure to “produce” work to post on art blogs. I paint and draw nearly every day but am not always happy with the results. Many a painting gets scraped off and many a drawing gets tossed that I don’t feel is working – or that I’m asleep to. It’s best to put it aside and turn to something else that inspires you. Go back later and try to re-connect. But, sometimes running it through the band saw feels like the perfect thing to do! Let it go and move on.
Most of the time: the more you look, the more you see. There are layers and depths of understanding all throughout the creative process!
Check out my previous posts on acorns: Nov. 28 and Oct. 30.
Oil Painting
5×7″ panel, framed
If you’re an acorn lover you might want to see this subject as a silverpoint drawing too – check out my October 30th “Acorn” post.
SOLD
Acrylic Painting
3×3″ bevel-edge panel
The quail’s egg is a curious world to the explorer, the clear sphere. In my series of work called Meditations the sphere that keeps showing up is really me taking in my surroundings.
This painting is SOLD. Please email me if you are interested in a new one.
Silverpoint Drawing
5×7″ gray-blue prepared paper
This seashell was drawn with a silver stylus – a drawing medium known as silverpoint, which pre-dates the pencil. This was used extensively during the Renaissance era, though some of the earliest silverpoints date back to the 12th century.
I prepared the paper with a gray-blue tone and heightened the drawing with white charcoal. To learn more about Silverpoint and to see the box and tools that I made please visit my website.
To the buyer: This drawing is matted but unframed; a silverpoint description card will be attached.