Twin Mischief #34

Just completed this watercolor on Fabriano painting of Katy's twins, Violet and Lucy. It is about 11 by 15 matted to fit a 16 by 20 frame.

Paintings Still for Sale

I have been asked which of the paintings on this blog are still for sale. So many are gifts or commissions, that I can only offer prints of them. But the ones that are not sold are listed as follows by the year it was posted:

2007: Blue Bonnet Puppy; Pink Lilies; Blue Tulips
2008: San Jose Mission, yupo; San Jose Mission, Arches; Pumpkins; Begonias; Still Life with M&M's; Gambles Window; Alstromeria Challenge #1; Alstromeria Challenge #2
2009: Ludlow Hill Park (yupo); also an Arches version of the same scene; Contented Cat in a Bird Sanctuary; Stargazers
2010: Rose of Sharon, masa paper; Rose of Sharon, yupo; Last Iris; Yellow Roses
2011: Fall Leaves batik
2012: Poinsettias; For the Birds; Blue Parrot; Wiley Cat
2014: Kyoto, Japan Buddhist font; Woven Fish
2015: Louisville Tea, yupo

Louisville Tea

When we visited Louisville, we toured the historic home of George Rogers Clark's sister. There was this antique tea set from the period, and I thought it would make a good painting. This is done on yupo, finished size 12.5" by 17.5". The method is one Sandy M teaches: make a medium value pour using fluid acrylic, and use 90% alcohol to wipe away paint for the whites and very lights. Then paint the dark values in with watercolor. I plan to put it in the SIAG spring art show on April 11th. My big problem is finding the right kind of mat. Nothing seems to work well, not even white. 

LAUREN HILL

Portraits of Rowan and Iris playing in our catalpa tree in the back yard this past summer...two little tree nymphs. Painted on 14 x 20 Arches cold press.                 

We are doing a unit on Robert Indiana, whose famous LOVE symbol is widely recognized. The challenge was to find a four-letter word that was meaningful to the students, and paint it Robert Indiana style. I  love how they turned out.

Kyoto, Japan

Finally, after five months, I've begun to paint scenes from the trip to Japan. This is a hand washing place at a Buddhist shrine in Kyoto. I saw something like this in every shrine we visited. The basin is marble; the pipes bamboo; the cups were usually copper, but these were some other silver colored metal with copper handles.

Painted on Fabriano 140 lb. paper. Finished size is 11 x 15.5 inches. Matted and framed to 16 X 20. I am going to try again on yupo, a bit larger.