Color

Using new colors (for me) is the goal today. I am trying to use colors that I have not favored in the past; they have been in my paint box for a while, and I still seem to go back to the same old ones. Of course, I see that I am still putting some of the old favorites into the painting. At least I am starting with something different.

Summertime

Continuing to work with grids now and expressing the bright/light colors of summer, I am trying to do a series of high-key work to show what this extra hot summer is like. Bright colors are soon turning to brown in this heat, but we do still have some wonderful scenes.

Working Again

I am back from vacation and trying to get into my painting mode. It usually takes some time to get back into what I was doing before I took a short break from artwork. Today has been no different; I have to work for several hours before I can feel where I was before. I am continuing to work with abstractions of the SC coast; and since I was in Charleston this past weekend, at least I have a renewed feeling of the coast. I am still facinated by the edges of water, where the rushes and other plants grow. Also the distant views of the grasses and marshlands.

Grasses

I am continuing to work with grasses - in fields and in waters. I love the way grass flows with the wind and represents movement. Working with abstraction I am hoping to show movement and the energy of grasses growing.

Still Working Non-Objective

After having family here visiting for the past week, I am finally back in the studio and am trying to get back into the zone. Today I have been working with non-objective paintings of summer. The painting is very minimalist and is expressing the warm color of summertime.