Goodnight Sun...

Goodnight Sun, goodnight Lady Cayuga, goodnight driftwood, goodnight sky, goodnight Suzie Seagull...

Sailboats and Lady Cayuga

Two of my favorite subjects playing together.

So many water-y images, this is the latest..

OiL PukER iN progrESS

This is my oil puker dude. This is the 2nd and final sketch of him --- much will be added to him... above and below... and he will be cut out of sketchbook and glued to canvas.
This image (and the rest of the composition not included here yet) came into my head when I went to bed one night -- and I had to get up and sketch it out before I could sleep!






Base colors of one of the wood canvas mixed-media pieces.I have a Blue Heron planned for this one.
The Blue Heron flew directly over my head a few days ago just as I was running across a bridge.

Both undone --- in-process. I'd LOVE to see what everyone else is working on :)

Watery Vision

Ok so this is what has been keeping me up until 3 am these past few weeks. These are not paintings but altered photo images I have taken with some painting done in photoshop ... not sure if these pieces are finished yet - they are still talking to me.

I am also working on another actual painting ... that is really not behaving, so it sits unfinished until I can figure out what comes next.

Under Water Wonder

My brother took this photo.
It's such a cool fish, I thought you artists would appreciate its paint job!
-Laura

Not a GVA show, but one to see..

FYI for inspiration:
one of my favorite local nature photographers,
David Watkins, jr,
has a show at State of the Art thru the end of July.
he sees colors in nature that I sometimes note.

Watercolor* Water

Here is my first piece for the FUSIT "Water" show. It's a watercolor, which I have a really hard time with, but I think this came out pretty good. I am not sure what the plant is called but it must be in the pea family and grows all over our garden. The water is in the glass. Do you think that's too little water for the theme? Strange that should be so since it came out just as I had envisioned it.
























Here it is with the still life for comparison. The background is a summer dress of mine slung over a computer monitor. Very funky :)






















*Update 7-13-10 : I now realize why the painting came out better than I thought - it wasn't watercolor! I used acrylic paint instead of watercolors and diluted them. Just realized the mistake today. Am a bit disappointed actually, but perhaps I have learned a new technique at least.