Plein Air Painting at New Pond Farm (Labor Day Weekend 2022)
We had a great time, and I hope we do it again soon.
Art
The Child Within (New Conceptualist Painting)
It was fun painting this with its whimsy, gregarious splashiness, organic shapes with pops of color, like joyously blowing bubbles while singing and skipping.
Spirit Moved upon the Face of the Waters (New Conceptual Painting)
This painting depicts the primordial soup, or what the second verse at the beginning of the Bible poetically calls Spirit moving on the face of the waters.
A Summer Picnic (A New Large Abstract Collage)
A conceptualist work, it was fun to paint this sunny, lemonade filled picnic.
Libby’s Tree (Plein Air Landscape from Creative Arts Camp)
I was videoed doing this piece; I’ll let you know when the timelapse is ready.
Artist-in-Residency (Day 1 Creative Arts Camp 2022)
These are my photos from my first day of my artist-in-residency at Creative Arts Camp on a gorgeous peninsula on Long Lake in Maine.
A Commission (Abstract Landscape in Pastel)
I just finished and mailed this commissioned abstract landscape.
Six new Experimental Pages in my Artist Journals
The advantage of doing these things in a journal cannot be overstated.
Evening Light on Pemaquid Point (New Abstract Landscape in Pastel)
The remarkable rocks, with their plunging shadows, contrasted with amazing light was precious to behold.
Safety Net (New Abstract Conceptualist Painting in Pastel)
Do you feel netted safely in what holds everything together?
Abstract Qualities of Gee’s Bend Quilts
What fascinates me in these quilts is their patently abstract qualities.
My New Painting Archive Room
I am so grateful for this space to store work I’ve already made, keeping it out of the way from my current creative process, and making my office and studio so much nicer to be in!
Roughhewn (New Abstract Painting in Pastel)
Rough-hewn– both the word and the painting denote what is strong but not polished, rugged but capable, like a pioneer cutting wood, surrounded by messy shavings.