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The
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| Spawning I planned to
prepare
some fresh wild salmon for dinner this evening and must have been
thinking
of that when I sat down to paint this watercolor. My original
intent
was to depict the movement of salmon eggs in a stream in an abstract
way.
However, when I completed the painting and emailed a digital
photo
of it to a friend of mine, she commented, "Feeling a little
frisky
are we...? <G> ;-)" What can I say?
The
title of a painting may sometimes lead people down a different path
than
that which the artist actually intended. This piece measures 14"
X
10" and was rendered on 140 lb. cold press Kilimanjaro paper. The
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Night
Visitors This
watercolor measures 9" X 12" and is supported by Arches 140Lb. cold
press paper. It depicts a group of "friendly aliens" staring into
the window in the middle of the night to see what they can make of the
way we live. Their faces become suddenly illuminated by the
bedroom light as the occupant of the house turns on the light to see
what the stir outside the window is all aobut. Because the photo
is digitalized, the colors are not necessarily as they appear in the
original. They are somewhat more vibrant.
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The
Morning After I spent the second
anniversary of September the eleventh listening to the coverage of the
events and ceremonies on TV and painted this watercolor while doing
so. It is an abstract rendition of what I was thinking and
feeling at the time. One of the figures points skyward and
another raises his/her hands asking "Why?" The structures which
surround them are without life. This painting measures 9" X 12"
and is rendered on Arches 140lb. cold press watercolor paper.
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Romeo and Juliet When I began this painting,
I had it in mind to have two young people in love (my husband and I),
as the central
theme. As the painting developed further, the hair on the boy was
a bit long and his
garment (a kind of toga affair), was reminiscent of a ladie's
gown. I remained true to my original concept and named it "Romeo
and Juliet", however, the title is really in the mind of the
beholder. The painting
measures 9" X 12" and is rendered on
Arches 140 lb. cold press paper. It is painted in my pop art
style and is the beginning of a series of "family" paintings.
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Vera's Diner When my daughter Marcie was
a young girl, she got a job as a waitress in a little luncheonette in
the center of Newtown, CT. The diner used to be open through
lunch time and did not serve supper. She loved having that job
because she got to wear a uniform and she always seemed to be drawn to
employment where people wore uniforms. Today she is an RN and
although the days of nurse's starched white uniforms and caps are no
longer in vogue, she did have the chance to wear the uniform for some
time before the dress code changed. This watercolor which
measures 10" X 14" and is rendered on Kilimanjaro 140 cold press paper,
is dedicated to Marcie's first official job as a waitress.
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House of the Blue Moon This 12" X 12" acrylic painting on
stretched canvas was inspired by a sketch that I did at the kitchen
table on the back of an envelope from a credit card bill. I was
intrigued by the idea of an undulating sky and the fact that the houses
almost possess a kind of "human character", in a sort of
surrealistic way. I kept thinking of the song, "House of the
Rising Sun" but when I looked at the blue moon I had created in my sky,
I decided on the this title instead.
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