1. The Awakening
The awakening painting was created by first making a pencil sketch on paper then scanning it into the computer. I used Corel Painter 7 & IX to paint the image. Mostly I used the soft charcoal variant of charcoal & the artist...
2. Moon Goddess
I’ve had a love affair with the moon ever since I was child, and my favorite past time was going outside after sunset to swing on my swing set, until the moon came out. I would sing to the moon and mom would play the guitar, it was...
3. Nimue
The Lady of the lake from the Arthurian legend has always fascinated me, and the moment I laid eyes on a photograph sent to me of my niece Tessa, I knew I had found my inspiration for the painting of Nimue. It was a photo of Tessa,...
4. Daybreak
Aurora is the Roman Goddess of the Dawn. Her name means ” daybreak, the dawn, or sunrise. Ovid describes her as the one who brings the light of day as she rides in her chariot across the skies ahead of the sun. I envisioned her with...
5. Mask Of Gaia
Gaia the primordial Greek goddess believed to be The Mother Goddess or Great Goddess. She is also said to personify the earth, the Greek version of “Mother Nature”. The inspiration for this painting came from a dream I had...
Tree Spirits
I love photographing trees and I have a fondness for tree knot holes, especially those which have interesting shapes and textures.
As a child I would imagine all sorts of magical beings living in these holes, and would place little treasures inside as gifts.
Now that I am older, I have discovered there are subtle images and shapes lurking in the places between light and shadow within these knot holes. Below is a sketch of a knot hole near our home.
Tree Spirit – Digital Combined Mixed Media
In towering splendor once I stood
A regal monarch of the wood,
My branches once reached to the sky
See me now but do not cry.
The Creator’s work has yet to cease
I’ve become a shelter for bird and beast,
And when at last I fall to the Earth
The life I leave will inspire new birth;
A seedling springs forth from the ground
Nature’s cycle goes round and round.
– S. Edward Palmer, Spirit Tree
Work In Progress
I spent the afternoon working on this painting, using acrylic glazing and layering techniques. The glazes were done by diluting the paint with acrylic glazing medium.
I love the way glazes create softness and subtle shadings, these are caused by the overlapping layers of color added to the painting.
Work In Progress
Sketch Crawl
Tomorrow the World Wide Sketch Crawl will be held locally at Ghirardelli square and the Marina in San Francisco. Go to Sketch Crawl for more info.
In addition to Sketch Crawl, my husband is really anticipating the great chocolate experience to be found at Ghirardelli square, I think he mentioned a chocolate sundae with the chocolate on the side. yum… He really loves his chocolate!
The Marina is also a very beautiful place to visit and explore.
So grab your moleskins, pens, pencils, watercolors and come join the fun.
Acrylics & Mixed Media
Here are two photos of something I was working on today, I had a lot of fun with this project using a canvas I had prepared with gesso, tissue paper, and various rice papers.
My intent was to play with color and lifting techniques with no particular design element in mind, so when I took a break and stepped back to look at how the painting was developing, I saw some very interesting patterns and shapes beginning to emerge.
I used gel medium, fluid acrylics, flow enhancer, and colored pencils.
Creative Experiments With Acrylics
Today I experimented with creating some more acrylic textures, this time I used Atelier acrylics, Golden acrylics, and Liquitex acrylics.
Test Series #1
Test Series #2
Test Series #3
