yellow bird
26 x 36 oil on aluminum

hold back the night
36" x 50" oil on aluminum

for Heather's approval.

three star night
26" x 36" oil on aluminum

for Heather's approval.

three drink minimum
26" x 36" oil on aluminum

for Heather's approval

I'm having a wonderful time painting large still life's for a restaurant project. I have been used to doing smaller work when painting still life, and hadn't quite adjusted to the windowsill arrangement in my new (two years !) studio. Heather has given me a jump start, inspiration wise, as this project has a very short deadline. no time to second guess myself. My family and friends are helping take care of me so I can do this, and I appreciate them.

papaya
9 1/2" x 14" oil on linen panel

two cherries
9 1/2" x 13" oil on linen panel

nectarine
oil on linen panel, 10 3/4" x 13 3/4"

my patron has asked to see some work that is abstract, vibrant, hip, contemporary. She said to "think fruit." I'm really enjoying this challenge, even if I'm cheating the abstract part, just a little:)

three dragonfly salmon
mixed media on 20" x 30" aluminum

dark star dungeness
mixed media on 20" x 30" aluminum

dark of the moon dungeness
mixed media on 22" x 28" aluminum

fifty stars dungeness
mixed media on 22" x 28" isolated museum board

dark star shellfish
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

lobster
22" x 28" mixed media on isolated museum board

two lemon oyster
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

peony steelhead 2
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

peony steelhead 1
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

these two peony/steelhead paintings feature the first peony to bloom in my garden, and a steelhead that my brother in law Jim caught and loaned to me.

star heart dungeness
22" x 28" mixed media on aluminum
I recently heard that crab hearts really are shaped like stars. makes sense to me.

star heart salmon
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

seven stars lobsters
22" x 28" mixed media on aluminum

dark sky salmon
20" x 30" mixed media on aluminum

three kings
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

I have been ignoring my blog this past couple of months, but I have been working, overwhelmed in fact...I did a wholesale card and print show in Las Vegas last month and it ended up completely eating my life for the entire spring.
I'm going to try to be more diligent about keeping up, and working on what is important to me.

compass rose crab

22" x 28" oil on aluminum

for Heather

I liked the complicated nature of this painting, and the way the comapass rose refers to the hope of all fisherman and crabbers, to find their catch, and the hope of abundance.

thirteen citrus salmon

24" x 36" oil on aluminum

for Heather

twelve star crab

22" x 28" oil on aluminum

for Heather

dark star lobster
22" x 28" oil on aluminum
for Heather

 

thirteen lemon lobster
22" x 28" oil on aluminum
for Heather

 

painting the dark

Dark

how necessary, strong and beautiful.

I often fall in love with a painting at this stage,

in the dark,

when anything seems possible.