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Between the Showers on HWY 101 (watercolor 10 x 14) SOLD
This January we spent a weekend in Lincoln City. It being January in Oregon; it rained at lot; it was often foggy; and in between the sun shone. I took the photo for this little painting in the car on the way to wave watch in Depot Bay. Before we reached Depot Bay it rained again and then the sun came out to stay for the afternoon.
This painting has sold, but you may still purchase a print from Fine Art America.com.
Spinning Tales (13 x 19 watercolor) SOLD
My eldest daughter learned to spin last year and the Oregon State Fair. She came home with a drop-spindle and proceeded to spin several pounds of wool within the week. The obsession continued and all she wanted for Christmas was a spinning wheel. We obliged. Since then, she spins whenever she sits down to talk or watch TV. It’s a good thing the wheel is beautiful, because it’s become part of our living and family rooms.
Naturally, as I think both the wheel and the girl are lovely, I had to paint them together. As she also writes I thought a background of our family room books was appropriate.
The painting turned out to be more difficult than I anticipated. I began with the pouring method, a process much like batik involving multiple masks and literally pouring cups of paint over the paper. After a day of pouring, I got out the brushes and promptly ruined the painting by making it too dark. So I began again, spending another day pouring paint. I began work with the brushes at the gallery and was very pleased with everything except her face which I though was good, but could be better. So improved it until is was merely okay. And then I improved it some more until it was bad and my paper was damaged beyond repair. But I loved the rest of the painting so much that I began a third time, first pouring and then painting.
This time I am happy, and while there are a couple details I might like to alter just a hair, I won’t improve it anymore.
