In Cooler Times

This painting is from photos taken on the greenway during a late misty morning walk in the fall.  As we hit 115 today in our "feels like" temperatures, it is nice to revisit a cooler moment.

Misty Morning Walk
24" x 36" oil on gallery wrap canvas 

Something Different

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:

The Red Wheelbarrow
William Carlos Williams

so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens

Not a lot of leeway on this one so... chickens happened.  

The Conversation
20 color linocut reduction 
7.5" x 9.5"

 

The Birds!

 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.

Nested
15" x 15" Oil on canvas panel