Study: Heat of the Day

This started as an experiment with very pale blue and yellow washes.  It progressed when I asked myself how I could convey the stark heat of the desert and still have an interesting composition.  I'm not sure who they are, or where they are going, but this picture makes me want to bring them some fruit and ice water.

 
9"x12" acrylic paper

Study: Summer Storm

I remember reading a description of a pre-storm sky as "coppery".  I'm not sure the author meant this color, but it was a fun interpretation for me.  I like the contrast of the laminar flow of a hyper-calm day with the turbulent flow of the cloud edge.  (Yes, I know, calm days don't really have laminar flow.  I'm talking more about emotion than aerodynamics.)

 12"x9" acrylic paper

Study: Forest Stream

Marcie keeps asking for green and blue.  :)

9"x12" acrylic paper

Guppy in a Glass

I remember a picture of my sister's cat drinking water from a fishbowl, looking hungrily at the fish.  I wondered if it would be easier with a straw.  It seemed perfect for a miniature canvas.

 

 6"x6" canvas.

Windsong

Adding a human figure is a gamble, but it turned out better than I probably had any right to expect. :)

 

24"x18" canvas

Wave

Despite the title, this one is purely non-representational.  The fact that parts of it may resemble a wave is a complete coincidence.  This is what happens when an artist has been working very hard on a more realistic composition (like Windsong, which I will post next) and there is paint left at the end.  :)

Impasto non-representational is very soothing to the artistic soul...

16"x20" canvas