Sunshine and Shadows

Morning walks with Marlowe always bring something interesting to look at in the neighborhood.

The Sunny Side of the Street
16 x 12 oil on panel 

 

Iris

• Iris Study
 8 x 8 oil on canvas 

 

Morning Walk

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. 

●Morning Sun on N. 2nd Street
12 x 12 Oil on Canvas 

 

Greenway Walk

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. 

•Greenway Walk
16 x 12 Oil on Canvas panel 

 

Storm on the Canyon

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.  

Rain Moving into the Canyon
24 x 20 Oil on Canvas Panel 

Summer Storms are Here

 We are deep into the every afternoon storm portion of the summer here. 

Summer Afternoons at the Beach
24 x 19 Oil on canvas panel 

Rio Grande Gorge Bridge

 

The Gorge Bridge
40 x 60 Oil on Canvas 

Evolving Imagery

Below is an example of how some images evolve in different media over a period of time.  I found a photo of cottonwoods on the Rio Grande in my pictures from past trips and initially produced the watercolor sketch.  After a while I used the sketch as the basis for the oil painting, then did a quick pastel sketch as a preliminary for a print.  The print is actually backward of the original image which I did on purpose to see how it would look in that direction and the colors are significantly altered from the prior images.  As I can no longer find the original photo image this is probably it for this iteration.

Watercolor sketch 8 x 11

Cottonwoods on the Rio Grande
12 x 16  on panel

Pastel sketch 7 x 9

●Cottonwoods on the Rio Grande
7 x 9 reduction linocut print 18 color

Morning Sights on Heckscher Drive

Morning Drive
40 x 30 Oil on Canvas 

 

Bird Study Just for Fun

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.  

A Rumble in the Garden
24 x 18 Oil on Canvas 

Garden Queen

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.

Garden Queen
13 color linocut reduction print
9 x 7 

colors 10 & 11

color 9

Colors, 6,7,&8

Colors 4 & 5

Colors 1,2,&3

On the Waterfront

 

● Cook & Cook Sea Food
18" x 24" Oil on Canvas Panel