 Egret - Tomales Bay, Oil on panel, 8" x 10" This was one of the most fun paintings I have done for a while. I always love the process of painting, and lately I have created a great deal of modernist works. The modern works are very important to me. They challenge my sense of balance, harmony and design as well as a certain cerebral component that I cannot articulate. At least not today. And while painting landscapes is not simple, it is just fun for me to paint a creature, a lovely bird, a frog, a bug. And it feels safe, like climbing up into my mother's lap.
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 First Date - Bodega Bay, Oil on panel, 8" x 10" "Life is a matter of being born; but Art is a question of being alive." - E. E. Cummings I have a new show coming up at the Dutton Goldfield Winery. It is a collection of many places I have traveled to, and more importantly, subject matter from Sonoma County, where I live. Here I am calmed by the exquisite wide-open spaces of the countryside. The moving lines of the hills, the fragrance of the orchards and vineyards, and the history of hardworking farmers and ranchers influence a love of organic beauty in my contemporary impressionist oil paintings.
Come to the Artist reception on Sunday, May 22nd! The Landscape Show Dutton Goldfield Tasting Room May 19 - July 18, 2016 Artist Reception: Sunday, May 22, 1-3 pm 3100 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 707 823.3887  Yin Yang - Bodega Head, Oil on canvas, diptych, 30" x 54" Painting and art creation began as a creative practice, and they are the cake and icing of my life. The tricky part, as everyone knows, is the "going to work" part, getting beyond being in touch with my inner child, and cultivating business practices and disciplines, the Yin and Yang. Personally, I think it's grand to have that push-me-pull-you kind of life. The creativity ebbs and flows and the reality of doing business and living artfully come equally into play. Living artfully is learning the skills to play the game, to gracefully move from painting and creating to chauffeuring kids, to doing bookkeeping, cataloging and marketing, to calling a client or a colleague for a meeting and showing up to support artists and galleries at an opening. It is lovingly making dinner and taking it to someone. It is sitting patiently and waiting. The Yin Yang impressionist oil painting is part of an exhibit opening on May 19 at Dutton Goldfield Winery. Dutton Goldfield Winery May 19 - July 18, 2016 The Landscape Show Artist Reception: Sunday, May 22, 1 - 3 pm 3100 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 (707) 823-3887 Open daily 10 am - 4:30 pm |
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