"CANYON WATERFALL"   12 x 24

It's fun to do vertical paintings, and a waterfall seems the natural subject for this dimension. The contrasting colors create a subjective mood. Hopefully you feel a chill in the air and hear the splash of water as it cascades on the boulders.

ABSTRACT 'SLOPE'   11 x 14

 This long winter is causing a lull in the desire to paint, but splashing around with bright colors helps a bit. The good point in an abstract is that different folks envision different things. I like the color combination that resembles something of a popsicle, but missing the lime green—ha! You'll notice that recent paintings have appeared faded—that was because of my dying camera. A new camera is available and hopefully future paintings will not appear so washed-out. Thank you for your patience.

"BOKEH FLOWERS"   8 x 10

 

 The word "bokeh" is NOT misspelled for 'bouquet,' rather it signifies the blur in an out-of-focus area of an image in photography. Bokeh is popular with certain photographers, and I experimented with painting the effect by zeroing in on a small area of that blur. Paint is unable to produce the effect that the camera does, with levels of transparency, and the effect leaves me with seeing (without my glasses) a garden full of flowers or through a kaleidoscope. Ha!

BARNYARD   16 x 20

 There's something special about an old barn. The scent of hay and horses, the creak of old timbers, and the familiar nooks and crannies of the interior reminds us of an earlier era. This was our barn in Idaho, but I changed the surrounding scenery somewhat. My camera is dying and thus failed to reproduce the colors properly.

BIRCHES, NUMBER 2   12 x 24

An earlier painting of two birch trees was purchased by a friend, so I am experimenting with a slightly altered version to replace on my wall, the earlier one. Sometimes painting a picture is like trying to compose a story—the characters seems to have a 'mind of their own' and insist on going their own way despite the creator or originator of the product. Ha!

"FISHING VILLAGE"   11 x 14

 

A postcard photo captured this scene and gave opportunity to explore with brush and paint, using the contrasting effect of night and reflections.