I am not sure who is the star of this painting, the bird or the log.
Category: Creativity
Watercolor Rose
Still working on my watercolors. The shape turned out easier than getting the smooth surface of the petals right.
A good friend thought it was a rose made of prosciutto.
“Hawaiian Cardinal”
A “Hawaiian Cardinal” that we saw on Oahu. It really is a Brazilian Taneger that came to Hawaii quite some time ago. We found him in the parking lot outside of a Kentucky Fried Chicken. My wife took the picture and I painted him in our granddaughter Tansy’s hospital room. She like to watch me paint when she was too sick to do anything else.
Beads
Another bead weave with a different style. This one I created as a unique piece after working with several styles.
Bead weaving
One of my first attempts a bead weaving. This is what you get for watching too much YouTube.
Cardinal
One of the things that I miss about moving back to Utah is the cardinals and the fireflies. Little bursts of brightness.
Australian bluebird
Just a little puff of blue feathers.
Sandstone arch
I saw this picture on a screen saver on a PC. I liked the color and the contrast between the shaded, yet colorful arch and the sun-bleached desert beyond. This was the first painting where I started to learn the texture and richness of light glaze layer over layer.
It was almost 10 years after I painted this that I learned that it is Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park.
Gannets
This is my favorite painting so far. Oil still works the best for me. I like the way the colors came out. I like they way the seem to like and take care of each other.
Village street
The technique improves. Watercolor is subtractive, which makes it hard to handle light objects. Once you take away the light, the paper is covered and the light is gone for good.
