There wasn't anything left of the block when this one was finished. Cactus bloom is 12 x 12, 13 color linocut reduction print on Thai Mulberry paper. These cactus blooms used to be all along the road at the Fort Clinch beach access but they have kind of dwindled away in recent years. I took the photos used for this at least 10 years ago now.
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| At the Cape 12 x 12 linocut reduction print |
The last canna bloom hung on until just this week and led to a small series from my garden photos of this past year.
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| Cannova Red 12 x 6 Oil on Canvas Panel |
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| King Humbert 12 x 6 Oil on canvas panel |
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| Tropicana 12 x 6 Oil on canvas panel |
It has been cold and windy here in NE Florida which may have influenced the painting of this little marsh scene.
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| • Wind on the Marsh 8 x 8 Oil on Canvas |
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•Untitled - Canna Lily 8 x 8 Oil on Canvas |
These 6 sketches from our recent trip to Newfoundland show some of my favorite hikes from this trip. We had all the kinds of weather while there... They are all colored pencil, 6.5 x 9.5 (image size) on black watercolor paper.
Morning walks with Marlowe always bring something interesting to look at in the neighborhood.
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| The Sunny Side of the Street 16 x 12 oil on panel |
I caught the sun and shadows playing on the buildings during a morning dog walk here in town. The white building is home to the Crab Trap restaurant and a the yellow one is the former home of Standard Marine. Both are historic structure in our downtown district.
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| Morning Sun on N. 2nd Street 12 x 12 Oil on Canvas |
In the winter when friends from up north are here we have a group of women that takes a regular walk every few weeks. This is from a photo taken on a winter walk when the greenway trees were just beginning to bud out in a deep red.
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| •Greenway Walk 16 x 12 Oil on Canvas panel |
I painted this from a small thumbnail sketch in one of the sketchbooks I have hanging around. I believe it is Frijoles Canyon near Bandolier in New Mexico.
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| Rain Moving into the Canyon 24 x 20 Oil on Canvas Panel |
We are deep into the every afternoon storm portion of the summer here.
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| Summer Afternoons at the Beach 24 x 19 Oil on canvas panel |
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| Cottonwoods on the Rio Grande 12 x 16 on panel |
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| Pastel sketch 7 x 9 |
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| Cottonwoods on the Rio Grande 7 x 9 reduction linocut print 18 color |
I was looking at a few small sketches and studies that I had done from looking at Bird of Paradise plants in my garden over the past few years. This painting takes some of those images from the watercolors and explores them in oil. The actual plants got zapped by the freezes this past winter and had to be cut to the ground, so it may be a few more years before they produce the masses of flowers again. The leaves are well on their way back and give amazing color and texture variations every year as they go through the seasons which is the basis of most of this piece.
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| A Rumble in the Garden 24 x 18 Oil on Canvas |
This linocut reduction print recalls one of my favorite canna lilies that grew in the garden at our last house. Below are photos of the color printing progression along with the final print.
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| Garden Queen 13 color linocut reduction print 9 x 7 |
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| colors 10 & 11 |
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| color 9 |
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| Colors, 6,7,&8 |
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| Colors 4 & 5 |
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| Colors 1,2,&3 |
Another go at Moku Hanga printmaking but using a reduction method instead of multiple blocks. This 7 color reduction print is on Rives paper.
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| Hollyhocks 7 color Moku Hanga reduction print 6 x 6 on BFK Rives paper |
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| Living on the Edge 12 Color Reduction Linocut print 6.5 x 6.5 on Awagami Shiramine Paper |
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| Haze on the North Rim 10 color linocut reduction print 6.5 x 6.5 on Awagami Shiramine paper |
More visions of the Dames Point Bridge and the port below. This is the first painting off the easel for 2023.
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| Dames Point 36 x 24 Oil on canvas |
