Autumn

Next to shadow and highlight, and of course any type of path way, I love the colors of autumn. The cool skies and warm rich tones of the earth have a way of making even the ordinary appear brilliant and exciting. This 18 x 24 acrylic on canvas panel is a painting done for the love of painting and autumn. By the way, the kitty is sitting on the fence post nearest the barn; it is hard to see in a photo of this size. (sold)
Hope you enjoy it, and the rest. Remember check out the archives for more! :)

Red Barn With Kitty

 

Yet another garden book inspiration

So many flowers so little time... I guess it is only natural that an artist who also worked as a florist for a time would like to paint flowers. This acrylic on canvas measures 16 x 20 and is at present unframed. I enjoy any theme with a pathway, a very traditional mythological icon. While this was not completely inspired by myth; the lotus appears prominently in eastern mythology. Most beautiful are the tales of the Buddha floating on a lotus dreaming our reality, all around are other lotus with dreamers inside, closed for the unenlightened, opened for the lucky enlightened souls.

Lotus Bridge

 

Gardens

These two 11 x 14 acrylic on canvas board paintings were inspired by my thumbing through a couple of garden books. While I can't argue that I can grow a beautiful garden I sure can imagine and paint one. No need to water and they are always in bloom! No real reference to myth, but to me, flowers stir up the many folk tales I have read about their origins. One of my favorites
is about the lily of the valley; after a garden party the sprites, cleaning up the mess, hung their tiny white porcelain buckets on blades of grass to dry... And viola! The plant was born.
(both sold)

View From the Garden's Gate

 

Pond Down the Garden Steps

 

Man's Best Friend

They have been in our myths and shared our lives for ages. Dogs, wolves, coyotes and any other local canines appear in myths from around the world. This 16 x 20 acrylic on canvas is my tribute to all those myths. Particularly those in which the beast nurtures man, much like our pets do today.
It is a very dark painting, which I tend to like, with rich tones and loads of shadows. The moon almost glows srounded by all this deep color, with the sky swirling around it. The man is fictional and started out as a mere doodle of a sketch during my "things around their face" phase, I painted 'Lily' which was posted earlier around this time as well.

Wolf Moon