Cottonwood Art Festival in Richardson, Texas was the second in a series of four out-of-state shows. I had to work like mad to prepare an inventory while still making progress on my commissions.
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In February I worked on a couple of different sea life paintings. Everyone loves turtles so I started with “Psychedelic Surfing” by creating an abstract background. The bright colors were inspired by the front cover a Spring print issue of Florida Design Naples edition magazine.
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I credit Collins DuPont Design Group with many of the techniques and skills that I use in my work today. In these past 23 years they have challenged me with the most incredible projects in some of the country’s most beautiful homes.
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“Pantone’s 2022 Color of the Year is making history with its best reveal yet: an entirely new hue created, for the first time ever, to serve as Color of the Year. They call it Very Peri (17-3938). The brand-new blue — a vivifying violet with electric red undertones — boasts both constancy and energy, consistency and excitement.
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The Sarasota Open Air Fine Art Show selected my turtle painting as the featured artwork for the event scheduled for February 12-13 at Phillippi Estate Park. This painting has since been sold but I am working to complete a very similar version. It is an honor to represent this or any other show.
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Murals used to be the main area of my creative focus after leaving college. Perhaps I was influenced by Wile E. Coyote painting trompe loei’l roads onto the sides of cliffs or I just relished the attention that such large scale work inevitably drew but, whatever the inspiration, many days of my life have been spent on scaffolding.
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I adore trees. One of my favorite things on earth. I love the way the colors and light shine trough the leaves, dancing in a layered and dappled effect. This is what I tried to portray in “Dancing Under My Favorite Tree.” The dancing figure just appeared, with no intention.
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High Spring was a commission based on a painting completed in late 2019 and early 2020 titled Inspiration. My style with florals evolved since then so I had great joy in creating this triptych; with the joyful color and energy of the Inspiration painting; but in my newer style.
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“Alpha” is a commissioned painting of a strong female wolf. The client specifically wanted this animal, with a Native American influence, for their North Carolina cabin retreat. It measures 41” x 52” and there are many layers of resin and paint. The mixed media elements also include broken mirror flakes, aluminum flakes, with silver leaf and mica powders embedded. I used several wolf reference photos that have head-on strong faces. This was my first wolf painting but have completed many dogs over the years.
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