experimental jazz

everything old is new again. here's a 4 x 6 sketch in gouache and ink. tulips may be coming back at last.

commons counter

ink/gouache sketch, 3.5 x 11

serve yourself

oil on canvas, 29 x 38

half sweet

oil, 6 x 8

pink lamp incident

jazz, 24 X 36, 1998; private collection.

pink rat

jazz acrylic on paper, 24 x 36

peach feast

jazz acrylic on paper, 24 x 36

ruby slippers

Here's a relatively new jazz piece, acrylic on paper, 44.5 x 59.

painted silk

This watercolor on paper, 18 x 26, references a shawl woven from torn silk I had previously dye-painted, some with images, some just with color. The crystal is my mother's; the ruby glass and china are mine. These objects of personal value surround the most perfect of all gifts -- sweet fruits.

red beads

Today's daily, 6 x 6, oil on panel.

blue bottle

Here is yesterday's little painting, 4 x 6, oil on panel. Still wet and full of sparkles from the flash, will have to reshoot it later!

summons

And now for something completely different: an older commissioned jazz piece, acrylic on paper, about 44" x 58".

vivid

From jazz still life series, 24 x 24, acrylic on paper. Private collection.

detente

1997 watercolor on paper, 18 x 26. Collection of Martha Dawson.

mother's crystal

Prismacolor, 8 x 10, 1995.

spoon before breakfast

From the past to the present: Here is a small (6 x 8) oil I painted last Saturday before breakfast! Still wet.

still life with pheasant

Here's today's image, an older painting from my jazz still life series. This is acrylic on paper, 24 x 36. It has been in a private collection since 1998 but I'm taking this opportunity to revisit it!