Tree with Ice Sparkles

2/2021

How long did that freeze last?  The Louisiana record freeze of 2021?  About five days of freezing weather,  below 32, some nights 26 degrees F.  Here in the subtropics, we felt like we were in Alaska.  Then one day, the ice was melting.  The ice cycles were dripping.  I looked up to a vivid cobalt blue sky and saw a leafless tree sparkling with a million diamonds.  I was amazed at the beauty.  I went for my camara, the battery was dead.  By the time the battery revived the ephemeral beauty was gone.  But, the image was engraved in my head.  So, I made this digital painting.

 

Tree, Yellow on Orange

Ink jet, limited edition of 50, print on archival paper, 2/16/2021

The brilliant colors in this art work depict a contrast between the natural pattern of the tree and the geometrix pattern of the diagonal lines.  This recent work continues a long stream of creations, spanning  many decades.  I follow my muse, she dances around, leading me on paths that diverge and reemerge between my favorite subjects.  

A joyful, life affirming creation that expands my happiness and the joy of those who follow my work.  

 

Memento Mori

Skull Morning Glory

Limited edition of 50, Inkjet print, 2/2021

Skull, Triple Dizzy

Limited Edition, inkjet print, 2/2021

Skull, Geometrix

Limited edition, 50, archival inkjet print, 2/2021

There aint but one way out of this beautiful, ugly, wonderful, horrible, complicated earthling life.  Make the most of everyday.  

To purchase a limited edition, archival inkjet print, see info in the left column.

Resting on Couch

 

Resting on Couch

limited edition of 50, signed, archival inkjet print, 1/2021

Well, here is a picture of a woman relaxing comfortably.  A bit of a change in subject matter, because usually my women figures are very active.  They dance, they fly, they do yoga.  I guess it is time to take a rest after all that exercise.  She looks peaceful and contented.  

The colors are rich and mellow.  I think that they are yummy, like a chocolate covered cherry.  The woman is depicted with minimal graceful lines.  

I create digital works similar to the way that I create with paint and canvas.  Using digital brushes I create lines and texture that show, "the mark of the maker".  The composition of the painting creates a large "X", with the blue throw balancing the diagonal line of the woman and the window.

You may order a print by clicking on my email address in the column to the right and leaving me a message stating the print that you want.  Prints, 8.5x11", are $60.00. An acrylic on canvas original painting may be commissioned, write to me about the size that you want and I will email you back about the price. Your commissioned painting will be very similar, but not exactly like this digital image. 

Happy New Year!!  Surely 2021 will be better than last year.  Stay healthy.

A Young Daughter of the Picts

A Young Daughter of the Picts

Limited edition of 50, signed, archival inkjet print, 12/2020

This image was inspired by a friend, Jesse Poinboeuf's, post of a picture on Facebook.  The original picture is assumed to have been painted in about the 1580's by Jacque Le Moyne de Morgues, but the facts are a bit muddled.  Previously the painting was attributed to another artist and a earlier time. The original picture is an imaginary image, painted to represent ancient (yes, ancient to the people of the 1500's), Scottish people who were called Picts.  It is an interesting history that you may want to google.  Scholars surmise that the image illustrates a Pict that the artist assumed was  similar to tattooed North American Natives. The flowers of the original picture are flowers that were popular in England in the 1500's, adding anachronism to the muddle of  history.  It is a really fun, mysterious image.

 I depicted flowers that are mostly imaginary, not specific species.  

Seeing the image on Facebook, I found it to be somewhat similar to the images that I have been creating.  So, I used it as inspiration for this digital image.  I may also make an acrylic painting of the image, but who knows, I am never sure what comes next.   

I was motivated to paint this  woman, why?,  to represent beautiful, ideal feminine qualities.  She carries a sword, making her a "dont mess with me" woman.  

And, oh yea,  I added a flower/womb with a baby in the belly.

close up

 A Daughter of the Picts

Attributed to Jacque Le Moyne de Morgues

circa 1580's

10"x 7.5", mixed media

 

 

Tree Woman, Pomona

Archival inkjet print, signed and numbered, edition of 50

11/17/2020

 

Pomona

Limited edition of 50, archival ink jet print, 11/2/2020

Sometimes, I wish that I was a tree.  No, I dont, for I am contented with my life as a human.  But, trees are some of my best friends.  The big trunked oaks around my home, pine trees, fruit trees, I could go on and on about my love for trees.  

There is a large oak here, must be six feet in diameter and i dont know how tall, 60 feet, 80 feet tall?  This is Grandmother tree.  Sometimes, I leave her offerings in a knot of the trunk.  

Another tree is Great Grandmother tree.  In the eighteen years that I have been here she has suffered from decrepitude of old age.  Large branches have fallen off during storms. She is covered with trumpet vines, embellished with orange flowers. The trunk is hollow, some critter lives in there.  An armadillo?  She perseveres, hanging onto life, in the middle of a mown field, between two creeks.  She has immense character, unusual beauty. 

Another tree is Dragon Tree.  A swamp Tupelo that has a 20 foot long, undulating, dragon like root at the edge of the creek.  

Tree women,  women integrated with trees, have tended to reappear in my art practice for decades.  

Pomona is a sacred wood nymph in ancient Roman mythology.  There were sacred groves of fruit trees dedicated to her in ancient Rome.