I have been experimenting with limited color palettes on a project with the artist group I am part of and this particular tetrad: yellow orange, red orange, blue green, and blue violet, has so far been my favorite. This painting uses only those 4 colors plus white.
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| Tetrad Mill 24" x 18" oil on canvas on birch panel |
This year's friends and family New Years card is ready to go out in the post. And yes, the hummingbird is definitely giving some side-eye to 2025. This is a 5 color, one block, Moku Hanga print on Japanese washi paper.
I have had a few Japanese Shina wood blocks in the studio for a while and finally decided to give the Moku Hanga printmaking adventures another shot. This print is of a great blue heron that hangs out fishing the upper part of the Egan's Creek greenway here on the island.
The print is for a print exchange so a limited edition of 11 were made for that, and there are a couple of artist proofs that will be available for sale at the IAA gallery. Some of the progress shots are below.
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| Fishing 9" x 7" handprinted, 13 color 2 block Moku Hanga reduction |
Another work from morning walks around town with Marlowe. Great food and good people at this wonderful local cafe.
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| Karibo 20" x 20" oil on canvas |
A recent morning walk on front street here in Fernandina brought another view of the working waterfront still in use by the local shrimpers.
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| Cook & Cook 12" x 24" oil on canvvas |
This summer has brought some incredible clouds with its afternoon storms. This is from a hazy afternoon at the beach.
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| Afternoon Storm Boiling Up 20" x 16" Oil on Canvas |
Thinking of family and friends in Newfoundland today as they deal with the smoke and evacuations from the wildfires. We hope it is under control soon for all those living in the area and battling the blazes. This is from a photo taken at the MUN botannical garden glasshouse a few years ago.
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| Untitled (Bromeliad in the Window) 24" x 18" Oil on canvas |
I don't think I have ever painted or made a print of any kind of bird before but there's always a time to try something new. This print was from a group project where we each brought a poem to our meeting then everyone drew one out of the hat and had to create something from that poem. I drew the Red Wheelbarrow:
Not a lot of leeway on this one so... chickens happened.
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| The Conversation 20 color linocut reduction 7.5" x 9.5" |
The bird of paradise in my garden this year was amazingly prolific and I took a lot of photos of the blooms at different stages. The plants had gotten quite a lot of freeze damage and I cut them back severely but they seem to have thrived in spite of the pruning. There may be more in this series as I never tire of painting the birds in all their exuberance.
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| Nested 15" x 15" Oil on canvas panel |
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| Ochre Pit Cove 12" x 12" handprinted 19 color reduction linocut |
