What If 2

Sumi-e Ink and Gouache on Rice Paper - 10.5.9.5

This painting begins a series of imagined landscapes executed in sumi ink and watercolor or gouache.  My idea was to use colors and forms that would suggest an idea of a fanciful reality where colors are not static or "normal."

Spring Will Come

Spring Will Come

Sumi-e Ink and Gouache on "rice" Paper

This ink and wash sketch depicts the green that spring promises.

Sea Oats 2 - Sketch

Sea Oats 2 - Sketch

 Sumi-e Ink on Paper, 10.5x9.5 inches

I did this small work as a personal exercise with sumi-e ink and "rice" paper.  I wanted to express as simply as possible the fresh, open view of the beach through the sea oats.

Cardinal in Snow

Cardinal in Snow

 Line and Wash on paper

This winter scene of a cardinal on the branch of small tree with snow is the setting for a Christmas card.  The light in the snow and the reflections on the dark branch give a sense of peacefulness and color.

White Tie and Tails

White Tie and Tails

 Pastel 9x12 

This seagull is all dressed up and waiting for dinner.  This is a rework of an earlier painting - I changed the tide line wave and the wet sand so that they added to the composition without distracting from the subject - the patient seagull.

Christmas Tree 1

Christmas Tree 1

Watercolor on Canson Paper - 5x7

This wet-in-wet watercolor fir tree in the snow is the foundation for my digital download Christmas Cards.
 

Flight

Acrylic 9x6 on Montval Paper

My initial goal was to present a workable and engaging composition of small, light colored "boxes" against a nondescript background.  I started with gray and blue gray, but found it too lifeless.  This deeper blue back gound works to bring the focus forward to the yellow rectangle in the upper left.  The rest of the elements are placed and colored to draw the eye to that point and then to move it throughout the painting.