Rainy day dream
18" x 24"
oil on aluminum




Here is a new windowsill meditation. The rain here has been relentless, unending. nearly 11" in Jan. 26" since October!
I needed to paint a jury piece for my Rose Festival application. I'd seen this style of window that morning in a magazine at my Doctor's office. I knew I wanted my Mt. Hood to be my view, and found a photo of the roses when I was looking through my mountain pictures. The pear I found at Fred Meyer, isn't she a beauty? I was thinking about being here in Portland, between the ocean and the mountain, so I found an old favorite shell to speak of the sea. After I got this far, I found myself wanting some red, so I added the cherry. I thought about it a few more days before realizing I wanted the blackbird. I'm thinking of the anticipation of flight, appreciation for the incredible sweetness of my life, I can close my eyes and hear the steady drumming of the rain, (painted in as the wallpaper of my room.) It's nice to imagine roses and mountains in my future.

happy tuna

24" x 36" oil on galvanized flashing

Doesn't this fish look happy? She is a striped tuna, painted from a wonderful picture sent to me by Dave's brother Doug. She looks like she is smiling.

Walleye

24" x 36" oil on galvanized steel

These walleye were so much fun to paint. I thought of them each going their own way, unaware of the passage of time. I left the moons behind each fish's head silver. I was thinking about the passage of time when I put in the phases of the moon. I enjoyed a color meditation as I worked with them. They travel all around the color wheel, with their light and shadow showing complimentary colors. It was interesting to work with the color values until they looked balanced. The backround was originally violet, but after living with it a week or so, I glazed it with hansa yellow medium, then drew my spirals in to reveal the violet underneath. This painting makes me want to jump!

crab apple moon with oysters

24" x 32" oil on aluminum

Heather wanted something with oysters, and I had this beautiful dungeness crab to paint so I combined them... The moon is an apple sliced horizontally.The greenish color on the oyster shells and the apple influenced the apple green backround. My friend Spencer thinks the line work looks like a net.