Study: Sun and Moon

This motif has been in my head waiting for paint for a while.  Early sketches can be found in my mission journal.  (For those of you wondering why on earth a missionary would have that sort of thing on his mind, I can only point out that I was engaged my entire mission.  I arrived trunky, and got married one transfer after getting home.)

12"x9" acrylic paper

Study: Lonely Moon

The title only makes sense when paired with the next one.

12"x9" acrylic paper

Study: City on a Cliff by the Sea

First one with my new painting knives.  It's always interesting what people see in these.  Dad saw three tires, and figured it was a race.  When I tell people my name for it, quite a few see the yellow as sand.  I see it as the sun on the water.

9"x12" acrylic paper

Study: The Artist Contemplating a Day of Overtime

I had a couple of weeks working overtime.  One morning in the shower, feeling a bit lumpy and misshapen and with a head full of cotton, I suddenly wondered how I could capture that feeling in paint.  I shower in the dark, so there's no light (would be scary anyway :), but I figured I could probably capture temperature and emotion.

9"x12" acrylic paper

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