A few months back I showed you a painting called Sparrow Rose Two. I mentioned that a painting was done a few years before that which I had titled “Sparrow Rose.” I’d planned on posting a picture of it, but I simply couldn’t find one. The actual painting is no longer in my possession so … Read more
I was digging around in my art storage and decided to bring this little painting home and take a picture of it. It is called “Sparrow Rose Two.” The sparrow + rose part I am sure is obvious because it is a sparrow and a rose kinda morphed together into one image, but the ‘Two’ … Read more
Title = “Contemplating” This is one of those “less is more” type paintings. Sometimes for an artist the hardest thing is to just stop painting. When a painting happens in just a few strokes and everything within you is saying “It is done,” but the craftsman in you wants to flesh it out and add … Read more
I titled this one “Dream Walker” This was another canvas that has been floating around for a zillion years with various false starts happening on its surface. Like the painting titled “Ayla” that I recently posted about… the canvas this lovely work of art now graces was recently in my cursed canvases pile. Unlike Ayla, … Read more
Title = “Girl with a blue polka dot dress about to eat a banana” I know it is a tricky title, but I think you can see where it comes from. That was me trying to be facetious about my very serious banana eaters painting series if you didn’t catch it. Anyways… The model for … Read more
Title = “The fruit of temptation” The forbidden fruit is a common theme in art. Painters, poets, musicians, sculptors… we all are drawn to the subject because it is a constant struggle in each of us to resist whatever fruits we believe to be forbidden. From Wikipedia: Forbidden fruit is a phrase that originates from … Read more