Second Tomato

This is number 2 in a series of tomato paintings. Kinda strange subject matter for someone who does not eat tomatoes. But they are so ripe and voluptuous, I can't resist them as art. I still have one more tomato painting in me, so stay tuned for #3. I love these colors.

Pedestrian Art

"One warm summer evening, a most dear gentleman and I were visiting a local art gallery. The juried offerings were quite varied. Some pieces caught our attention and delight, others not so much. Some were actually quite mundane and not very exciting at all. My comrade-in-art-appreciation made the observation of the exhibits:

"It's so ... pedestrian."

His comment stuck with me as I pondered the whole idea of art being pedestrian. Before I knew it, I was obsessed with turning pedestrians into art."

Yes, I made a book. It was so much fun. I carried my camera around with me constantly and I painted, I collaged, I sketched and I wrote my first Haiku. I was rather obsessed, to say the least. The book is available for your perusal ( the first 15 pages of the 30 page book anyway) at www.blurb.com/books/793607

For Esmie, with love

This was my first painting. In light of the untimely demise of my wonderful red beetle this past spring, I have renamed this in her honor. Please forgive me, Mr. Salinger (is it plagiarism if I spell the name different? And don't add the squalor?). Esmie is greatly missed and has been replaced with a baby blue convertible VW Bug, but she will always be remembered. And I have Esmie's vase in the new car (Gypsy Rose Lee... she likes to drive with her top down!) Back to the painting. People have seen this painting hanging over my sofa for years and suddenly will realize that it is cars, not just an abstraction of my favorite color pallette.

Paper Man

This study in white is all done with paper, scissor and glue. Now that I am looking at it, it makes me want to do more of this.

The saucy wench

Several years ago I did this piece in an Art Class. It was a study in blind contour drawing, where I was not allowed to take my eyes off my subject while completing the drawing in one continuous line. My subject was this sweet 17 year old and somehow she came off so "saucy" in this pose. After the outline was done, the piece was completed with colored pencil. I love the cheap plastic ornate frame (yes, PLASTIC. I know... hard to believe... it looks so elegant!)

Twins, almost

Recently, I shared with my optometrist (and dear friend) my art blog. She was rather taken with the painting of Tears made with the found broken glasses. And she wanted to commission me for two more. As luck with have it, I just happened to be in the market for some glasses (unbroken, please). So the barter system kicked in. It was fun to try the design with my favorite orange colors. And I had a good time with the eye-brownies. Thank you Conni!