70 x 50cm
Oil on Hardboard
I’ve had this one for a while but don’t recall uploading it. Children in their worlds…. I strive for their ability to be present. They just do it without having to think on it. Without having to learn meditation techniques, or fasting for days, or jumping out of planes.
If I could only remember…
Be well….
Oil on Panel
70 x 90cm
I started this one as an experiment. On the gessoed panel I took charcoal and began to doodle. Not lazy doodles like you do while talking on the phone but doodles with gusto. It is a way to bring out what’s inside. I admit it was somewhat scary to let go like that on a canvas… no planning…. no working with composition…. no “presets” in my head.
I also had no idea that this painting would emerge from the scribbles. It is an interesting exercise and I highly recommend it for any artist (even those artists who don’t think they can draw or paint or have any talent what-so-ever…. which I will never believe). I have another panel that needs gesso….. hmmmm….. and charcoal……….ahhhhhhh
Thanks for being here.
Be well……
Oil on Acrylic on MDF support
20 x 20 x .06 cm, 8 x 8 x .20″ (approx)
A vibrant painting with lots of movement and energy. I love her expression as the girl sits on her swing… it’s as if she holds the secret to life and living…. and she probably does.
Have a beautiful day!
Be well…
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Oil on Gessoed Board
42 x 52 cm, 16.5 x 20.5”
After many days of phone calls, reservations, rushing to clean and ready villas on turn-over days and fulfilling needs I so desperately needed a walk in the forest…. I couldn’t, since I must stay here for the summer business. The forest is too far away in my physical reality….
painting this need for rest, quiet and stillness was even better than if I could have done the real thing. Here the wild Self (yours and mine) pads barefoot on the moist earth… no clothes to hinder her…. no cell phones to alter and intrude on the space around her…. just her, or you, or me…..
I started this painting with a palette knife but as I lost myself I found myself finger painting. It was inspiring…. like chucking the garb of daily life (clothes and cell phones)…. I chucked the paintbrushes and knives and got right into the paint. It’s very liberating…..
… you should try it sometime…. (and I don’t just mean the paintbrush and knife)…
Be well….
Finally finished.
I kept pulling this one out and setting it on my easel and then taking it down again. It needed something, but that something wouldn’t come through until recently. Since I haven’t been able to paint with the incredibly busy season, I felt stiff whenever I took hold of my brushes. One morning I simply walked over to my painting area… pulled out this painting, squeezed all sorts of colors out and… well… dove right into painting. I moved too fast for thinking and editing (I have a strong editor in my head who had grown stronger with the lack of painting) and in doing so dipped into that lovely creative stream once more…..
This is now hanging in one of the rentals.
Be well……
