Painterly Collage

Beginning of a new collage for an exhibit with the theme “Light and Shadow”. https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbVQbJJXEh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Another ikebana-inspired piece underway. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp6mBFjjn4I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The two most recently finished members of the Ikebana series: #8 (Fern) and #9 (Forsythia). https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpv-q8vDmxW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

One done, one more begun. I’m really enjoying getting back into the swing of this Ikebana-inspired series. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpGtr3PplHg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Finished at last! Eighth in the series — Ikebana with Ferns, 7”x5”, paper on cradled cotton mat board, $180 https://www.instagram.com/p/Co_oYQ4OrkN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Beginning of a new collage, the latest on my Ikebana series. https://www.instagram.com/p/CoqyoS5uiGY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

First of two collages completed this week. 10” x 8” https://www.instagram.com/p/CoRAaC3DHTk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

First of two collages completed this week. 10” x 8” https://www.instagram.com/p/CoRAaC3DHTk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Taking an older piece that had grown into a monstrosity and walking it back to something I can live with. https://www.instagram.com/p/CnurVg1pW3p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I have two pieces—both back from juried shows this Fall—in the Bright Winter Colors exhibition at Lower Bucks Hospital until the last week of January. (at Lower Bucks Hospital) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clz-FkBjsX4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m thinking of retiring this piece after the current exhibition. What do you do with work you’re no longer happy with? https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckq2wtdp9R6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This piece has been sitting on my easel since May. I got as far as creating a grid for the background and hit a creative wall. Over the past week I finally worked out how to complete it. It’s now finished and ready for varnishing. Made with prints (both on canvas and on photo paper) provided by @ezrod512, pigment markers, and acrylic, 20” x 16”, $1500. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkZ2o-fjyDy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Firebird. 20” x 24”, buffered paper on canvas board. Available on my website (link in bio). https://www.instagram.com/p/CjWyDcRjX6i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Winged visitors to the Barn. The photos don’t capture the impressiveness of their wingspan. I rarely see one, let alone seven. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjIlaKXu6h0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This piece looks so much better in a floater frame. Glad I changed it. 8”x8” mixed media. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjHlnJ7O5QH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Last night I went to see “Time’s Relentless Melt” at the Princeton University Art Museum. I actually started this piece the day before but, now that I’ve seen it, it seems more and more to be about time and our perception of it. I just recently used “Time Travel” as a title, so how shall I name this one — “Marking Time?” “Time Passages?” “Hurry Up and Wait?” What would you call it? https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci1WcpgD_rJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Giving a painterly collage demonstration during Art All Day in Trenton. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwQcoKuiAa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=