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The
Paintings
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| Something Fishy's Going On
This watercolor takes it's inspiration from a painting by Henri
Matisse. I recall seeing his work many years ago and the image
stayed with me since then. I tried capturing some of the
feeling of his jar/bowl of goldfish and some of the greenery in my
rendition. The painting measures 10" X 14" and is rendered on
Kilimanjaro 140 lb. cold press paper. I enjoyed the experience of
revisiting this particular work by Matisse and painting one in tribute.
The stripes in the background are somewhat more purple in tone
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The
Wading Season
My friend Renie Britenbucher, who
paints "Divas" in many different configurations and situations, did a
painting called "Beach Bunny" that I selected to rip for the EBSQ
annual "Ripped Off"
show. I added a friend named "Brawny" to the scene and gave them
a
beach ball to play with. I thought that although these two seemed
rather like an "Odd Couple", during the "Wading Season", "Love Conquers
All". The painting is done in acrylic on stretched canvas and measures
12" X 16" and more closely approximates my pop art style. If you click on the thumbnail
at the
left, you will see an enlarged view and the original from which this
was
"ripped".
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Mission
Impossibe / The Space Between As
I painted this
particular watercolor, I thought of the Mars Rover program that was
launched last week. I watched the craft leaving Earth, the blue planet;
to travel to Mars, the red planet, and I envisioned the vast open space
between them. When the painting was completed, it also put me in mind
of the inside of something that was bubbling away and I thought
of someone falling
over the precipice into the center of it, hence the duplicity of titles.
This
watercolor was rendered on 9" X 12" Arches 140 lb. cold press paper.
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Coming Up For
Air When I was a
young girl, I used to spend some of my summers up on Sebago Lake in
Maine. We
stayed at a place called "Wind In the Pines" which was a kind of resort
with individual cabins. There was a small beachfront and a float out in
the water and we spent a lot of days that summer just swimming and
reading
books and lounging on the beach. I recall coming up from under
the
water after diving off the float and seeing the little beach ahead and
the
pine trees in the near distance. That is what the painting represents.
This
watercolor measures 10" X 14" and is rendered on Kilimanjaro 140 lb.
cold
press paper. This painting is part of the
personal
collection of Kelly Levene of Jacksonville, Florida.
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Seasons of
the Samurai This
painting
measures 11" X 14" and is painted in acrylics on stretched gallery
wrapped
canvas. All four edges are painted as well, and
are integrated into the design, thereby making framing
unecessary. I have been watching reruns of James Clavell's,
"Shogun"
recently and believe that they may have influenced the images in my
painting.
The rhythm of the winter trees in the middle third of the work has a
definite
Japanese feel to it and the very large orange/red shape on the bottom
puts
me in mind of a dragon form. This work
is
signed on one of the painted edges of the canvas.
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Unknown
Species Having just come
in
from the garden and viewed my beautiful daylilies, I was inspired to
paint
these stylized flowers. They emulate the colors and rhythm of the
lilies
that are planted by the "cow" rock which has been on the property since
time
began. The face of a cow seems to have been sculpted into the rock by
the
elements and has always been a source of conversation. This original
acrylic
painting measures 12" X 12" and is painted in acrylics on stretched
gallery
wrapped canvas. All four edges are painted as well, and are integrated
into
the design, thereby making framing unecessary.The colors are a very
close
approximation to those on the original painting but may vary slightly,
depending
on how you have your monitor adjusted. This painting is part of
the private collection of Ray Johnson of Neptune, New Jersey.
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