Small wonders

Every year around this time I paint a series of 8 x 8 canvases.  This started with an annual holiday gift exchange between a group of artists I paint with each week, but kind of morphed into multiple canvases in addition to the exchange gift.  The small works give me an opportunity to paint images I have been thinking about but can't seem to commit to paint on the larger sizes I usually work with.  Below are this year's small holiday paintings.

● Daylilies
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas

●Fresh Catch
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas

●Golden Light on Egan's Creek
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas

●Kathy's Garden
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas

●Summer Heat on Egan's Creek
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas 

●Talbot Storm
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas 

Playing with Collographs

I was messing around in the studio experimenting with collograph prints.  The "plate" is on the left and two tests printed from it are center and right.   I will continue experimenting with texture and
possibilities that can be hand printed in this medium without a press just to see where it leads me.  These are roughly 5 x 7.