July 31st Morning Pics and New Art

Mesh
Entrapped
flowers

sunlight
A perfect summer morning.


reflections

Experimentation

Guidance
12 x 12
Oil on Canvas
250.00
Loosely Stitched
12 x 12
Oil on Canvas
250.00

Beans and Guitar Shots

a fine day in the sedivy garden. the purple beans, the yellow beans and the lovely, rich yellow of the patty pan squash. yum....the colors are edible.
then there is the sound of guitar. gotta love it.

Shaman and Morning Web

Walking through the yard this morning, bright sunshine and plenty of moisture from yesterday's heavy rains.
I finished Shaman yesterday. The play w/ textures, scratching in the surface arrangement of shapes is both fun and challanging. The original composition is a collage.

Chagrin Falls Art Walk

The Chagrin Falls Artwalk was last Thursday and Friday. It was a nice event held on Main St. Lots of people in attendance,there was live music and artists were paired with the local businesses. My work was exhibited in RugTime!, owned and operated by Jonathan Fields. Beautiful oriental rugs. My work plus the rugs was a fine marriage of color and style! Lookin' good. Good enough to sell 3 paintings! Woohoo!!
I met lots and lots of people, lots and lots of friends stopped in. All in all a very fine few days.

strong beech

i've been assisting the geauga park district in a breeding bird survey this summer. one of the great parts of doing this is seeing and hiking through beautiful woods. this beech tree was particularly striking.
yesterday i stayed to paint after we completed the survey. this small oil was painted in the open area. the property we're conducting the breeding bird survey on was a golf course. the grasses are growing tall now and the contrast of trees against grasses is intriquing and beautiful. i hope to get back next week for more painting.

this painting (6 x 8) is available for sale: 60.00 unframed plus shipping. Framed: 110.00 plus shipping.

The Deer's Cry and Portal + 8

The paintings that I produced in Columbus last week were cathartic.

It was fortunate that I attended a workshop at the Columbus College of Art and Design for AP Studio Art teachers. The program is outstanding and any teacher of AP Studio art would benefit immensley from this. The people running the show deserve soooo much credit for all they did to make this outstanding. Brooke Hunter-Lombardi and the rest of the gang presented an amazing workshop that included info packed presentations, hands on workshops and presenters that were outstanding.

The best part was the studio. We were all given a space and were expected to produce work. This culminated in a show at the end of the week. The work produced was interesting, thought provoking and of great quality.

More important than the show was the process.. every artist was engaged in their work and it was so exciting to go to the many studios to see what was germinating and growing w/ each person. Plus, I met many, many wonderful, interesting people. Unforgettable.

On a personal level, I was able to begin processing my sadness and feelings of loss for my Dad's death.
The painting in the previous post is titled Suspension. Think about the word and its many applications.

The Deer's Cry is also known as The Breastplate of St. Patrick.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right,
Christ on my left, Christ in breadth, Christ in length,
Christ in height, Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.

The above is only a segment of the poem.

I adapted this to:
Light above you, Light beside you, Light below you and Light before you.
This is written throughout the painting.

Portal + 8: This depicts my family and where we are now; the portal being the entry way my father has gone through, the 8 represents the eight children he had and my mother is represented through the pink color. Also, my Dad loved trees, thus the tree.