Painting with acrylics is a fabulous way to just dig in and create the kind of landscape textural effects you see on a hillside. Bold Cobalt blue paired with golden glazes make the image stand out and shine. The first step was to gesso the canvas a couple times, then the third time was […]
I find for me, that its always easier to create when I free up and just start off by doing watercolour washes and mixing of colours. It has a Zen quality to it I like. In these following images you can see the sequential processes used to go from playing with washes and colours to […]
My favorite time of the day out on the water and one of my most cherished memories. Summer in the Puget Sound, overlooking the Olympic Mountains with a warm wind on my face and a cheerful captain navigating! A delicious catch of day included fresh dungeness crab and gorgeous king salmon in the […]
Dreams of a child and the power in a word. She dreamt of drawing and painting. Shy, uncertain. So, I used a different word….. ‘experiments.’ Her 8 year old face lit up, I suspect – with hope. I may have just given her the one word that allowed her to try again, without fearing […]
“Do not be discouraged by the censure that might fall upon one’s works – one must be armoured with a strong conviction which makes one go straight ahead fearing no obstacle, ” Jean Corot counselled would be artists. What a fantastic attitude and philosophy! I’ve long admired and been influenced by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot. […]
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” A thought provoking Edgar Degas quote, with the power to transform my art. What do you see……. Light shining forth from the dark shadows? or just a pink rose? Beautiful in form, roses Roses involve nearly all of our senses. Their […]
The Power of the Monochromatic palette is amazing. What impact can be had with one colour! Photographs, Oils, Acrylics, Inks, Watercolours – monochromes are relevant, contemporary and beautiful. The freedom exploring the full range of tonal nuances is too often ignored with our preoccupation with colour. Monochrome: mono (one) chrome (colour) A […]
Inspiration sometimes falls, sometimes falters, sometimes pours down in torrents. Soak it in. When I needed a little extra inspiration, I found myself looking up. And there, found just what I needed. This stunning cobalt sky contrasts in a dynamic way with the stark white falls and the glossy yellow green foliage perched […]
Ethereal. Let me be completely honest! It it is not exactly what I was aiming for this morning as I took the photographs. It began as I was ………… Rereading my book Orientalism: Delacroix to Klee. The book opened to Charles Conder’s Moonlight at Mustafa 1892 oil painting in which I felt the magic […]
Bars with some curves. Shadowy figures with hands gripping rails, lend intrigue to the monochromatic image with its flat planes and simple shapes. With limited tones, the need for more dramatic shapes and textures to tell a story and create some type of interest has intensified. The horizontal lines, paired with diagonals help to […]