Horizon

Here is a new painting that is part of a series of "Horizons" that I have been working with. I thought that since I like to work with landscapes and abstract I could combine those two into abstract landscapes. This is looking like water to me, how about you? I would love some comments.

AARP class exercise

This painting, Square Dance 3, is the result of an exercise given by Steven Aimone to the AARP online class that he is doing. We started with a set of directions to follow, then we could develope the drawing/painting in any way we wanted. I was surprised to see that I ended up with a landscape design which I have been using in my most recent paintings. This was all done without any thought or direction at to how to adjust or finish the painting. I was just reacting to what was happening on the paper. I am actually rather pleased with how this turned out. I think the freedom of covering-up and repainting or drawing-into leads to some interesting work.

Not-minimalist; back to busy-ness

I am now at home again and enjoying my nice studio! I have several big canvases that I want to paint as a diptych or triptych, and I want to continue working with "notes to myself" in primarily gestural marks. In this first painting I have written several notes to myself and used some symbols to fill the canvas. I have left the painting in a primal, gestural state with little refinement or covering up. I plan to start the next one in the same way. Not sure if I will leave this one as is or not.

Horizons

Another minimalist horizon painting.

Minimalist

Here I am working with a minimalist mindset - just the bare essentials to express the idea. I am using color as the dominant design element and suggesting a landscape by the division of space. This fits into my newest series "Horizons" and I want to continue working with this theme with varying degrees of simplicity/complexity.

Summertime Landscape Abstraction

The weather is beginning to feel like fall here, but I am still stuck with loving the summertime! Continuing with abstraction, I am working on expressing the feelings of summertime with color and texture. I am feeling the landscapes of summer!

Back to Work

I am back home now and trying to get back into the groove again. I am still working with no image in mind, just design elements. Color and texture are the main emphasis with drawing into the paint. Also, still working with grids.