Our Corner of the Creek

This is a series I did with an artist friend of mine. We sat in the creek or on the bank and painted plein air. They are smaller, 16/ 20" and in oil.

Snow

This is a thick painting. There are many layers of enamels and I used a polyurethane that is 10 times thicker than what I usually use. This was an experiment in materials. I feel it captures the gesture of falling snow.

Timshul

I painted this after I read East of Eden by Steinbeck. I was thinking about how humans are indowed with good and evil. We are divided creatures. The blue was layed down first, then black enamel, the white enamel over the black and finally polyurethane to create all the scattered gestures of the paint. Two paintings, 24/36, Sold.

Poured

This was the original poured idea. I love this painting and wish I hadn't sold it in Kansas City. It is large also, my favorite way to paint, 3'/4'. I poured the enamel onto wet polyurethane and watched it combine. It was like watching something in a lab, mutating into something greater.

Buffalo River

This is was painted after my husband proposed on Hawk's Bill Crag; earlier that day we were taking pictures looking over the river. The sun was blinding and the movement of the water breathtaking. I came home and painted this; using spray paint, enamel, polyurethane. After it was dried to a solid glossy finish, I drew around the paint drippings enhancing the feeling of movement in the water.

Easter Egg Dye

This is huge, 4'/5', stretched canvas on a donated frame. I used Easter egg dye, left over from my kids. Then I added spray paint and painted between the colors with black enamel. I did this to highlight the natural gestures that paint makes when poured.

Accidents Happen

The red and silver is spray paint, the gold is polyurethane and the black is enamel. The contours of this paint was formed on it's own due to the different consistencies of the paint. The title comes from the randomness of life, things happen we don't plan but I believe we should make what we have into something beautiful.

Close up of one corner. 24"/48". Sold.