Laughing Bird

acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"

Blobs with Antennae

This is another painting I made based on the dress pattern. I used a lot less yellow paint, but kept the same palette. Shadows had my attention this time.


acryilc on canvas, 16" x 20"

Uproot

acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"

Sunbeams

acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"

Arc of Color

A dress pattern worn by a young woman in "Psycho 2" influenced my palette for this painting. She was filmed in bright sunlight outside the Bates home. Not a typical inspiration for me, but the colors were exciting. I confined my colors to lemon yellow, turquoise titanate, transparent magenta and titanium white. This piece is one of six I worked on during the summer of 1986.


acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"

Wanderin' Water

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

Stream

This was one of three paintings I created after graduating from college. I attempted to use more earth tones.


acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

Are Those Potatoes?

Back in 1988, I worked on some paintings depicting rocks and water. Four years later I was showing slides of them to some folks when I was asked “Are Those Potatoes?” I decided I’d name a painting with that title.


watercolor on paper, 26.25" x 41.75"

Flow

In this paintings I built up my neutrals by glazing basic colors, one on top of the other. I wanted to see how far I could push the process.


acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

Loop

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

Break

At this time I worked on a group of paintings as experiments. I was trying out some different ideas to decide which way I might want to go.


acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

Color Burst

This is the sister painting of "Plane Color."


acrylic on canvas, 15" x 30"