Back to the Garden

 

The Garden Waking for the Day
22" x 30" mixed media on handmade paper 

Talbot Island Beach

Little Talbot Beach
8" x 8" oil on canvas 

 

Walking Around Town

In the historic district here on the island is a facade from an old bus station.  It had two entrances and two waiting areas for segregation under Jim Crow.  The facade has been saved and is now an entrance to the courtyard and parking area for new condos on the site.  

 

McJunkin Depot 
10" x 10" oil on canvas panel 

Stormy Days

 

North Beach Storm
8" x 8" Oil on canvas 

For the Right Whales

In my continuing quest to avoid the big blank canvas on the easel, I played with some mixed media on black watercolor paper.  The gallery will have a special window of whale art for the Right Whale Festival here on the island so it was the perfect excuse to play.

Calving Season
24 x 18 mixed media (acrylic, pencil, oil pastel)
on watercolor paper mounted to board

 

Circle Dance
30 x 22 Mixed Media (acrylic, gouache, oil pastel)
 on Watercolor Paper 

Magnolia

Another learning experience with Japanese woodblock printmaking technique which is still a work in progress for me.  This 13 color reduction print is on Awagami Pure Silk paper. 

Magnolia
13 color Moku Hanga reduction print
7" x 9" 

watercolor sketch for print 

Sketch on wood block 

2 colors 

3 colors 

4 colors 

5 colors 

6 colors 

7 colors 

8 colors 

9, 10, & 11 colors 

12, 13 colors 

 

Windy Day at the Beach

Still unblocking....

● Beach Walk
10 x 10 oil on canvas cradled panel

 

Mangroves

When thinking of the everglades here in Florida most people think of the endless sea of grass and swamp that is most often depicted.  I think of the labyrinth of mangrove creeks running off the bay behind the keys.   The water is an everchanging reflection of the sun's path through the mangrove forest and the roots below the surface serve as a nursery for an amazing assortment of aquatic life.  This print is from one of many photos taken years ago on a slow ride through the mangrove creeks behind Key Largo.  

Mangrove Creek
12" x 9", 15 color reduction linocut 
Handprinted on Awagami Shiramine

 

Newfoundland Coast

We didn't get to Newfoundland this summer to visit family but this painting recalls a shore hike from a previous visit.  

Shore Hike
8" x 8" oil on canvas 

 

Thinking Cool Thoughts in this Hot Florida August

 

Another go at capturing the Mendenhall Glacier in a print.  This is on Rives paper and I left a couple of color runs grainy because it sort of captured the feel of the glacier in the rainy and snowy April weather.  This 19 color reduction linocut is handprinted in a small edition of eight.  

Mendenhall
11" x 15" Linocut Reduction print, 19 color 

Unblocking

When I think too much about what will be the next print or painting, sometimes that just blocks me and nothing gets done.  When that happens, I like to just paint something I have had on the back burner, on a small canvas, or draw in colored pencil to kind of work back into other work.  This week's unblocking paintings are from photo references I have taken and printed out in the past.  They have been just hanging around for this very task.  

● Road to Ft. Clinch
8" x 8" Oil on canvas

●Storm Brewing
8" x 8' Oil on Canvas

Skerwink Shimmer

 The light was just shimmering on our last visit to the Skerwink Trail on Newfoundland's Bonavista peninsula. 

Skerwink Shimmer
13 color reduction linocut reduction print
6.5" x 6.5"