Monday, May 23, 2022

2021-2022 Artwork - Catching Up

 More images of artwork completed in 2021-2022:

Digital - Avocado

Abstract Play

Abby version 1, 12x9

Echinacia 6x6

Paramount Pre-Dawn 9x12

Abby version 2, 12x12

Annabelle, 10x8

Footbridge in Summer #4, 9x12

Colorful Glass, 8x10

The Final Echinaceas, 8x8

Marianne Williams Park Plein Air - Gouache

digital - Sunflower
 

Pink Roses, oil 12x12

Fun Little Collage 2021

Plein Air at Edwards Greenhouse, oil 6x8

Near The Railroad Crossing, 8x10

Pink and White Petunias, 8x8

Ziki, 10x8

Digital - Cattails Across the Pond

Stack of Donuts, 10x8

Marianne Williams Park #2

Digital - Backyard Bird Sanctuary

Shed at Sunrise - oil, 6x6

Digital - Cascade Patio 

Abby #3 - 12x9

Pear Study

Forsythia, 9x6

Digital - Petunia

Patio Sunflowers 12x12


Catching Up - Post COVID

 It amuses me these days that I've strayed so far from the routine I had established while chasing "The Artist Within".  Beginning my journey in 2014 with soft pastels, there was so very much work to be done to achieve my goals. Basically, I wanted to get to the point that I felt I could actually call myself an "artist" and not feel like an imposter. So, I painted, blogged, and uploaded works frequently to DailyPaintworks, selling my artwork to help fund the passion.

Now, after completing 711 paintings, I feel that I am actually an artist. But, continued growth is still my pursuit. As Leonardo da Vinci said: "A painting is never finished, only abandoned". There's almost always a sense of not quite reaching perfection within a painting....always a bit more in one's heart that is yet to be expressed...I suspect it's just a bit beyond human ability.

That said, I'm happy with my progress. Happy to have painted a handful of paintings I absolutely love and even happier to have painted something that someone else appreciates and enjoys even more than I do.

My home is filled to the brim with artwork, as well as the homes of many of my family members and friends. I hope a few pieces survive over the years to help inspire grandchildren, great grandchildren and beyond.  I know I would have really enjoyed seeing works created by my ancestors.

So here we are...COVID (which began in 2019) is still circling the globe. Hopefully with vaccines and improving treatments we will see a day when we all feel we're beyond the actual pandemic. We're getting close, perhaps another year or two.

Below, I thought I'd share some of the (more or less) successful paintings from April 2021-May 2022 in an effort to "catch up".  I hope you enjoy!

Frosty Morning #2, 12x12


Table For Two - Southwest Charm #2, 12x16

The Avid Gardner, 8x12

Call of the Nightingale, 10x8

Frosty Morning #1, 12x9

Spring Is Just Around The Corner, 12x16

Footbridge #2, 12x9

Orange Pansy, 8x8

Selfie, 12x9

Zack Selfie, 12x9

4am Comforts of Home, 12x16

Gouache Study

In The Zone, 11x15

Sophie, 7x7

Gouache Study #1

Mantel Momentos, 11x14

Old Fashioned Cutie, 12x12

Danielle Selfie, 12x9

Tyler Selfie, 12x9

Purple Petunia, 8x8

Emily Selfie, 12x9

Vase of Violets, 12x8

Gouache study #2

Jake Selfie, 12x9

Plein Air at Edwards, 6x6

Chris Selfie, 12x9

Brian from Zoom, 12x9

Jason Selfie, 12x9

Studio Pic

Plein Air - Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead, 11x14