Dream Song

Here I am in an abstract mode. This one was fun to do in watercolor. Just thinking about the meditations, thoughts, and ideas that are in our minds that no one can see. Just thought I'd put mine in a painting. I love words in paintings and have not begun to plumb the possibilities of including words in my work. I was thinking the other day of the faith it takes to feel certain that there is a heaven, when the thought came to me that there are many worlds we cannot see and yet we know that they are there - for instance the 'world' in each of our minds. Secret worlds for the most part except for what we choose to share.

"Sunflower Morning" SOLD

This is a favorite painting of mine. The reason that I like it is that I feel that any painting should have 'lost and found' edges and I feel that I succeeded with that in this painting. 'Lost and found edges' help to entertain the viewer and escape the boredom of 'sameness'. I think they also add an emotional edge or feeling to a painting. Here I think they tell of light and air and movement. What do you think?
SOLD

You can see my art in person at Monarch Gallery Lancaster, Ohio 43130 and at the Main Gallery, Lancaster.

"Tiger Lilies" - Sold

This painting (15" x 22") was painted as a demonstration for the painting group "Collage" which that day was meeting in Gahanna, Ohio. It was painted as a demonstration of 'negative' painting (bringing out the subject by painting the negative areas behind the subject). This particular painting just 'slid' off the brush. Those are a joy to do, but the paintings that are labored over are no less valid. SOLD

Oriental Poppy

This is a very small painting (framed image size: 4" x 6") done in my watercolor class last Tuesday. One of our class, Susan, who is as fine a gardner as she is a painter, brought in a beautiful bouquet of oriental poppies. Looking for the 'essence' or 'symbol' for the poppy, I tried to reproduce the crinkled petals by placing tissue paper onto the moist paint and letting it dry there. It gave a wonderful texture to the poppy petals and accomplished it's purpose. The other symbols, the drooping flower, the black center, also serve to tell the viewer - 'this is an oriental poppy'.