Monday, December 29, 2008

aeonium


Now I'm back to nature. I love succulents and wanted to try painting this aeonium. I love the colors. This is my red/green complementary color palette.

Aeonium
Watercolor
Image size 9" x 9"
Unframed

Monday, December 22, 2008

Rocks III


This is the last painting in my "Rocks" series. It was fun to do abstracts but I'm ready to go back to representational art for awhile.

Rocks III
Image size 15" x 22"
Watercolor
Unframed

Monday, December 15, 2008

Rocks II


"Rocks II" is the second abstract I've done that was inspired by granite slabs. I'm getting more comfortable with painting abstracts but it still isn't really my thing. I'm much too literal to see things in an abstract way.

Rocks II
Image Size 15" x 22"
Watercolor
Unframed

Monday, December 8, 2008

Rocks I


This is very different from my usual painting style. I've never felt comfortable with abstract painting. It does not come easily to me. However, I recently spent quite a bit of time in granite yards while we were picking counter tops for our house and was inspired by the beautiful stone configurations in some of the slabs. This is the first in a short series of my rock inspirations. I also used a limited palette of Ultramarine Blue, Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna. This could also be considered an alternative primary palette using the Raw Sienna as the yellow and the Burnt Sienna as the red.

Rocks I
Image size 18" x 24"
Watercolor
Unframed

Monday, December 1, 2008

Sunflowers on a Shelf


Another try at a still life and yet another version of sunflowers. I really am tired of painting them because of all those darn petals but they are such happy flowers.

Sunflowers on a Shelf
11" x 15"
Watercolor
Unframed
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