variations on a theme

a new series of approaching storms     16 x 20"

Southern Living

Southern Living just did an article about my studio in their April edition...

invictus

I'm making progress on my diorama series.  Today I decided how to depict the rabbit in the ocean scene. Each of the images above represents a different glass panel.  Both will eventually be employed.  I've decided to keep the hazy edges, but cut away more of the gray on the bottom, to mimic the construction paper outline above.  I also added more rain in front of the rabbit, and love the shadows it casts on the rabbit's face. 

...now to paint the rabbit... 

blue light & shadow through the studio window

a recent painting in a friend's house.  colorful, nest pas?

incorporation

I'm working to incorporate a little purple into my work... trends being what they are.  Purple is not a color I've had a long history with, so our relationship is tentative. 


I love the expression below 'too young to assume the purple'.  

42 x 60", acrylic on panel. 

purple |ˈpərpəl|nouna color intermediate between red and blue: the painting was mostly in shades of blue and purple.• purple clothing or material.• (also Tyrian purple )a crimson dye obtained from some mollusks, formerly used for fabric worn by an emperor or senior magistrate in ancient Rome or Byzantium.• (the purple) (in ancient Rome or Byzantium) clothing of this color.• (the purple) (in ancient Rome) a position of rank, authority, or privilege: he was too young to assume the purple.• (the purple) the scarlet official dress of a cardinal.adjectiveof a color intermediate between red and blue: a faded purple T-shirt.verbbecome or make purple in color: [ no obj. ] : Ed's cheeks purpled| [ with obj. ] : the neon was purpling the horizon above the highway.PHRASESborn in (or to ) the purple born into a reigning family or privileged class.DERIVATIVESpurpleness noun,purplish |ˈpərp(ə)liSH|adjective,purply |ˈpərp(ə)lē|adjectiveORIGIN Old English (describing the clothing of an emperor), alteration of purpre, from Latin purpura ‘purple,’ from Greekporphura, denoting mollusks that yielded a crimson dye, also cloth dyed with this.

stop the madness miami!

 We just got back from a wonderful trip to Miami. Everything we saw was amazing! The Fairchild Botanical Garden, Elliott Key, Coconut Grove... 

Stop the madness Miami!

Chinese opera cigarette card via 50 WATTS art blog.

Click the link, you won't regret it.  

radiation III (malus) 2011, 42 x 48", acrylic on hardboard.

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bridge, 2011, 18 x 24, acrylic on canvas

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radiation II (blue), 2011, 42 x 60", acrylic on hardboard.

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radiation I, 2011, 42 x 60", acrylic on hardboard

this is a photo from the show in my studio last week...

that beautiful red amaryllis against that pale yellow really gets me!

thanks for the fleurs mom.  

shameless self promotion.

8 cards, 4 paintings, 10 bucks.

location location location

It always makes me happy to see one of my paintings in a wonderful environment.  The girls at And George sure do know what they are doing!!  This is the last of my Time Out series, available at And George and Taigan.
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Utagawa Hiroshige 1797-1858

sigh.  i love this.  

the year of the rabbit

This is a new project I've just started called The Year of the Rabbit.  One image for every month. 

a spring storm

Knickerbocker

turquoise

A new series of Aquarium paintings, three sizes: 8 x 10", 11 x 14", and 18 x 20".  Available exclusively through And George. 

3465 Ivy Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

a new place to work

photo by christy ford

thank you

hippity hop hop

Time Out

TIME OUT 

November 5th - December 18th, 2010 

Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA

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sponsored in part by

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Untitled Time Out #4, 48 x 72", acrylic on hardboard, 2010

available through And George, Charlottesville, VA

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Untitled Time Out #6, 60 x 60", acrylic on hardboard, 2010 sold

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Untitled Time Out #7, 60 x 60", acrylic on hardboard, 2010 sold

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Untitled Time Out #8, 42 x 48", NOT YET PHOTOGRAPHED, acrylic on hardboard, 2010 sold

rack 'em

i started on my 7th painting today...  5 down 3 to go.  

tracks

photos taken at orcacoke beach 2010, painting 2004