NEWS — oil paintings

Scroll down to watch the VIDEO SERIES "A Bunch of Roses" ... or click this link: Take me there!   Detail of "A Bunch of Roses", original 14" x 18", o/c   In this Post... I begin each new year with a creative project that inspires me.  This year I decided on a painting.  Here's a look into my Valentine Project '22 and how it evolved. Discovery.... Blanched daylight evaporated at the sight of these exquisite roses.  Winter is not easy here, alternating grey or sunny days, and always too short.  A brisk walk to the market suspends the biting temperatures especially in anticipation of such a discovery.  The plan...

Here are techniques I explored in the painting "Clementines with Leaves", a work I completed after The Artists Guild's Santa Fe workshop in 2018.  Concluding a recent 2021 solo exhibition, I refreshed with the Guild's Fine Art Floral Workshop in late October while considering my artistic plans for 2022.