One of my first attempts a bead weaving. This is what you get for watching too much YouTube.
Category: Creativity
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.
Door
Still trying to master watercolor. A little better, but still a somewhat blobby.
Kingfisher
Kingfishers are pretty little birds. This is one of my early attempts at watercolor. It is a hard medium to control. I think I still like oil better.
Egret
I first encountered egrets in the swamps of Louisiana. I was amazed at how they can live in all that slimy goo and remain so pure white. An egret is an elegant bird even in the way it flys.
Barn Owl
This was painted for my cousin who loves owls. The barn owl face is just so impassive and expressionless.
