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Musings
A LIVING WAGE
I’ve been an activist since the Vietnam War. One quick look through my portfolio and it’s apparent where I stand on issues. I sold my recent painting, Diner Time, to the incomparable Lily Tomlin. Lily has bought several pieces from me. This piece, however, had particular meaning because Lily used to work in a diner….
DINER TIME
SOLD! Oil on Canvas This evocation oil painting depicts a familiar and comforting images of a diner. It’s meant to depict the ’50s, which is represented by the ashtray on the counter.
NEW BEGINNINGS
New Beginnings SOLD 8×10 375.00 I don’t paint many florals. Although I love flowers and own many, I find them a bit intimidating to paint. But I’ve fallen in love with this one. It’s not only beautiful, I find it meditative. I spend a lot of time just looking at it.
ENTRE NOUS
1500.00 ENTRE NOUS Original Acrylic and Oil Painting 20×24 on 1 1/2″ linen canvas This painting hits all my emotional marks. A cobble stone in France, still wet with the afternoon rain, under a bright blue sky, a couple deep in an intimate conversation, oblivious to their magical surroundings. Their intimacy is a great contrast…
COVID & CREATIVITY
While most of us are squirreled away in our houses in some form of hibernation, trying to avoid contracting Covid, few of us are being creative. I read that 20 percent of the American people contemplated suicide in June 2020! That’s one out of five, if math isn’t your thing. I’m not sure there are…
CHANGING IT UP
As long as I’m imprisoned, I’m determined to make the best of it. I’m in the throes of a final phase in a very ambitious painting of New York City. The painting includes things I struggle with most: lines, perspective and more lines. Even with a ruler, I find it difficult to draw a straight…
COVID, CREATIVITY OR THE LACK THEREOF
I admit that by month seven – or whatever the hell it is – of this pandemic, I’m frazzled. I’m certainly not alone. Anyone with a pulse feels the same. I don’t feel I can complain because I’m 1) alive; 2) healthy; 3) roof over my head and food on my table (and hips). Therefore,…
GREAT ESCAPE
Original Landscape 12×16 Acrylic Framed and ready to hang 600.00 I painted this during Covid. Working on it was calming and meditative. That state of mind is reflected in the painting. When you look at it, you’re transported to rolling hills, green grass and the beauty of nature. This is unlike most of my other…
CURE THE BLUES
Original Oil Painting 8×10 Linen Canvas Box Frame 375. An expressionist floral painting in shades blues and lavender will bring sunshine on a cloudy day – whether clouds are in the sky or in your head. This is last of a group of small floral paintings made while on extended stay in Carmel, California, surrounded…
ORANGE CRUSH
375. Orange Crush 8×10 Original Oil 1″ Box linen frame I’ve never used this color palette before but will definitely be using it again. The blending of the colors create movement and flow. It works in a group arrangement or stands on its own. ViaEtsy
COVID, CRAZINESS AND COLOR
When the world is dissolving into madness, it helps to have a distraction. Painting flowers has become mine in recent weeks. What a lifesaver! I’ve been experimenting with new oils, water based, so they have no toxic fumes and are easy to clean up. That’s a MAJOR plus for me because I’m so messy. I’ve…