open harbor

Raptor, copyright 2011 BVF Betker, acrylic on canvas. 4 x 4 inches

An experiment with open acrylics on canvas, over a copper-colored liquid acrylic base composed of metallic gold and quinacridone crimson on canvas.

thinking big

Fishermen's Terminal sketch, April 2010, 6" x 12" acrylic on canvas

one more from fishermen's terminal

Our first FT visit for 2010 was in the rain! My acrylic sketch of the Anita was quite melty when we packed up, but I punched it up back in the studio.

joy

a fairly recent acrylic sketch on canvas, 8 x 8. Three stages of its creation are viewable on my flickr site!

abstract life

Here's my latest large abstract, Fish Term -- I know, another jazz painting, another fishermen's terminal painting, ho hum!!!

Veterans' Day

Here is a relatively new painting, 12 x 12 acrylic on canvas. It started out as this drawing in white ink on black gesso:

then became this painting: