Saturday, September 22, 2012

"Bluebeard with Sedum in September's Golden Light"


A work-in-progress in oil and gold leaf on canvas



Closeup of Sedum
 


Closeup of Bluebeard Blossom



Another Closeup of the Painting


After 5 more hours of painting, this is how the painting has evolved

 A closeup of the canvas and brush strokes at 6 pm



On October 10, I have been working on this painting . . . 
and the Monarch butterfly is finished but I am still painting  

the honeybees, dragonfly and the orange Atalantic Fritillary







Tuesday, August 14, 2012

le petit bouquet dans le pot de gingembre chinois, aquarelle sur





In the watercolor medium, I am revisiting classical themes 
with flower bouquet + hopefully, reflecting a postmodern sensibility . . .


le petit bouquet dans le pot de gingembre chinois, aquarelle sur

 le motif de ma nappe à manger de la Provence






 les taches irrégulières de tons chauds et froids donnent une plasticité



An Earlier Petit Bouquet . . .


. . . which became a series of digital paintings 

including this  "la danse de l'INI petit bouquet"





Thursday, June 28, 2012

Iris - 1 a new watercolor, June 28, 2012

Iris - a new watercolor 

the final stage of my new Iris watercolor is to paint the white space with irregular patches of pale blue and aqua to make the Orange Iris "pop", creating a kind of Push-Pull, a plasticity to the painting, so that the Iris seems to "dance" 

is to 

Thursday, June 14, 2012

"Meadow Rue" a new painting in oil


I have just started a new painting in Oil, "Meadow Rue".
This image is the digital painting and is my source for the oil painting.