Artist Book finished!

I have been experimenting with drypoint etching on a little press I bought to play with a few months ago.  I have finished a limited edition of six hand printed books of Florida threatened and endangered wildlife.  The covers are also made with hand painted papers and hand stitched.  Four books are available at the Island Art Association Gallery. 

Hand painted paper covers 

Drypoint Etching Prints in the book. (cover page with text is not etching)

Sailing by Jaxport

Sailing by Jaxport
60 x 40 oil on canvas 

Another new small one

● Boat Ride on the Okeefenokee
12 x 16 Oil on canvas 

Small Ones

●Some Colorful Chicks
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas 

●Bird Song
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas 

A Nicho for the Right Whales

●Hope for the 7 Babies
Right Whale Nicho
Wood, paint, clay 

Artist Nichos

I am involved with a wonderful group of women artists who have taken on a series of projects designed to get us out of our comfort zones and to have some fun with our work.  The last project series was based on a card deck of different artists.  We drew a card then had to create a work based on something about the artist or their work styles or the quotes on the cards.  The deck is called Art Oracles and has a very eclectic assortment of artists.  The two last cards I drew were Joseph Beuys and Yves Klein.  For some reason both of those artists just lent themselves to having a nicho made in memory of their works.  Plus it was a lot of fun to get back into a 3d art format.

Nicho for Joseph Beuys
Felt, wood, clay, paper, and paint 

Nicho for Yves Klein
Wood, acrylic, paint tube, paint.

Jaxport

I have included images from the port in some of the mill and bridge paintings but have never really had a good reference photo for Jaxport.  The port references in those paintings are fleeting visual images from memories while driving past.  My neighbor Kenny however works at the port and gave me some photos to use so I could paint something for him and his wife Stacy.  The first painting is a kind of sketch to get familiar with the images and the second was done specifically for a place in their house.

●Loading Up
20 x 16 Oil on Canvas 

●A Confusion of Cranes for Kenny
22 x 22 Oil on Canvas

Spillway

●Spillway
36 x 36 Oil on Canvas 

Sunset at Jaxport

My only views of Jaxport have mostly involved the Dames Point bridge and basically just exist in my memory as they are from moving vehicles in traffic.  This is from a sketch I did after returning one evening in a fiery sunset.  

Sunset at Jaxport
20 x 20 Oil on Canvas 

New Small Works

When I am "warming up" for some larger ideas, I often paint a few small pieces from images I have been thinking of for a while.  The cannas are from photos I took in St. Augustine last year, that I found interesting juxtaposed in the papyrus bed.  The sea myrtle blooms here all along the greenway in the early spring creating a look like snow on the marsh edge each year.  I have taken lots of photos of that bloom over the years but this is the first time I put it down on canvas.

●Cannas in the Papyrus
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas 

• Sea Myrtle Blooms on the Greenway
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas 

Summer

Nasturtiums
16 x 12 Oil on Canvas 

Refraction

●Refraction (Mill 14)
40 X 30 Oil on Canvas