Wave and Reflections

Gouache (opaque watercolor), 4 1/4 x 3"

I'm teaching gouache again this quarter at school,

so I've been practicing the medium in order to be

able to give demonstrations in class.

I was quite pleased with the overall appearance of

this piece - particularly the reflections. (love those

little pieces of blotter paper!)

All of my work in this medium is small, and as a

matter of fact, I keep it all in notebooks. This was done

on Fredrix watercolor canvas, which I love. I cut

it out and pasted it in my landscape notebook with

all the other paintings. I love my collection of notebooks!

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Woman from Giza

Pencil Drawing, 2 1/2 " x 3 3/4"

I went to Egypt in 1972 - many years ago. But

I still vividly remember the women and their

sometimes ornate, but usually, black, clothing.

I found this image in an old book about Egypt.

There was no credit for the photo, or I'd give it

here.

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Reworked Iris

Oil on Archival Rag Board, 7" x 11"

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I actually presented this piece quite a while

ago in my blog, but, the other day I was looking

at it and realized that it was not done yet.

So I got out my paints (particularly transparents)

and went to work finishing it off. There is not quite

as much pink in the background as it appears in this

photograph.

Every spring I get the urge to paint flowers - well,

actually I like to paint them all the time, particularly

in gouache. They have such wonderful shapes and colors,

and it is always a problem to figure out how to portray

their delicacy and ephemeral qualities, as well as the

color. This is especially fun in gouache, which can be

used either opaquely or transparently. One can

communicate a lot of information with this combination.

It is great.

Thanks for looking. Sorry about the lack of postings recently.

I've been on a small "vacation" from my work. Hope to be

getting back into it now.

Cloud 15 - Autumn Afternoon

Oil on Gessoed Ragboard, 4" x 4"

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Cloud 14 - Caribbean Cloud ll

Oil on Gessoed Ragboard, 4" x 4"

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This photograph does not do this painting justice,

unfortunately. The blue is very intense, and the purple

strip in the middle practically vibrates.

Cloud 13 - Caribbean Cloud

Oil on Gessoed Ragboard, 4" x 4"

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I am still preoccupied with clouds. I like working in this

size format. Perhaps they'll get bigger with time. I like

painting over a color. This was painted over dark orange.

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Cloud 12 - sunset over a lake

Oil on Gessoed Rag Board, 4" x 4" SOLD

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This was painted on an orange-primed piece of rag

board. The picture does not do it justice, unfortunately.

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Head of Achilles in Oil Pastel Sgrafitto

Oil Pastel and Crayons, 4" x 5 " NFS

In this technique you cover a stiff piece of paper or

card with Crayola crayons in different colors.

If you think about the color that will be the last

layer on your piece, you can choose the crayons and

you can choose your color scheme before you even

start working. For this I also used a metal ceramic

tool that had a rod with six pieces of very strait

wire at the end. This way you coud draw two to six lines

exactly the same each time you draw. It was very

easy to create cross-hatching this was.

"Baroque Spirit"

Softground Etching, 7" x 9" NFS

I thought I would show a piece that is in the same

vein as my pastel drawings. I did this a while ago.

As a matter of fact, it was my first softground etching!

This is a statue behind the villa where I went to

graduate school in Florence. It was sticking out of

the end of a staircase leading to the garden behind the

villa. This was in San Domenico da Fiesole, halfway

between Florence and Fiesole. We had a beautiful

view of Florence rising out of the mist. It was a

beautiful place. We did not live there, we just had

classes there, and lived in apartments in Florence.

Anyway, I love this piece, partly because it was

a happy accident on a first try!

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Cloud 11 - the storm breaks

Oil on Gessoed Board, 4" x 4" SOLD

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I painted this during a class last night.

I worked on an orange background

and really enjoyed it. Although this is

just a sketch, I feel it has a sense of

depth. It makes me wish I were in the

Caribbean.

Reworked Greek Venus Torso

Pastel and vine charcoal on white paper, 10" x 13"

I actually thought I had finished this drawing, but

when I looked at it today I realized I hadn't. So I

worked on it again and am happy with the results.

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Marble Head of Pompey

Pastel on Frankfurt Cream, 11" x 14" NFS

This drawing is actually similar to what is underneath

my previous post, "Head of Achilles". This drawing

has been covered with acrylic medium, as I was

planning on painting over it in oils. However, I decided

that I like it like this - a very faint, mysterious image

in delicate colors.

Danielle in Profile

Oil on Heavy Paper, 7.5" x 10" SOLD

This is a friend of my daughter's. I have

done four paintings of her to date.

I like the simplistic, abstract qualities

of this painting. It is something I would

like to explore.

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Blue Angel

Pastel on Sennelier Carte Pastel, 7" x 10" SOLD

Torso of Meleager, Greek fragment

Soft Pastel on Franfurt Cream paper,

11" x 14" NFS

Head of Achilles - mixed media

Oil over pastel drawing - 12" x 14"

I didn't actually do this drawing/painting

today, but I've never shown it, and decided

that I want to. If for no other reason than to

inspire myself to move on to something

else for a while that I love to do -

pastel drawings.

This particular piece is interesting in that

it is a mixed media image. It was done

on Frankfurt Cream paper, first a pastel

drawing was done, and then I isolated that

with acrylic medium. This particular paper,

that has been around for centuries, literally,

is very resistant to warping or wrinkling when

it is wet.

After the medium dried, I used my oil paints

and those little squeegee things called

"Color Shapers" to finish the image. I was

very happy with it.

I hope to have some new images in the same

vein in the near future.

Christina with a Shawl

Oil on board, 5/14" x 7 1/4 " SOLD

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This is a sketch of a friend of my daughter's who

has an incredibly beautiful head. I have painted

and etched her several times. This is not a detailed

image, but I like it just the same.

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Oil Sketch over Grisaille of Sharon Posing

Oil on Linen, 4 1/4" x 6 1/4"

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This is a loose color study over
a black and white oil grisaille
(underpainting).

Painting this way is really fun,
because you do a black and white
version first, let it dry, and then
paint over it.

This is the way oil paintings were
first done in the 14th/15th Centuries.

I painted into a wet glaze of Gamblin's
Transparent Earth Red, a wonderful,
all-around useful color that I have used
many times for this same technique.

Cloud X

Oil on gessoed ragboard, 4" x 4 1/4" SOLD

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This may be my last cloud. I have something else
to post that I did today.

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Cloud 9