Dawning Colors is actually three separate 11″x14″ acrylic paintings, although they are a set, as you can see here:

The funny thing is that I started with the middle one, just playing with gradients. (When a friend came over and he saw the painting on the table in low light, he thought it looked like an interesting slab of smooth wood – funny!) But then I started another gradient and it worked so well with the first one, that I kept going until I had the three you see – Voilà!  Dawning Colors!

These three paintings, as shown together in the image above, are available as a vertical triptych print (the originals are hanging on the wall above my nightstand in the bedroom at the moment) by clicking here.

Thanks for looking!

I really love spring and summer rains! I’d missed them while living in central California, where it didn’t rain at all from April through October or November usually – that is not an exaggeration! Anyway, so this is me celebrating a bit, with a green, blue, and yellow, abstract composition:

Just click the image to see a zoom or for framed/unframed prints. Thanks for looking!

A number of months ago, John brought home a pot of blooming tulips that were absolutely HUGE. Not just the flowers, but the stems themselves were thick and up to 18″ tall – they almost reminded me of big trees. Which gave me the idea to do a watercolor painting of tulips the scale of trees.

You know, sometimes you just have to use practically all the colors in the rainbow when you’re painting a picture like this. It’s surreal to begin with and then it’s all flowers and spring (and I’m sure there are invisible bunnies happily hopping around too – tra la la), well… yeah… rainbow colors. I guess I just have to face the fact that I’m just not the dark, moody imagery type. (Click the image or click here to get a framed or unframed print of Tulip Trees.)

And, how about a nice set of Tulip Trees greeting cards to send something annoyingly cheerful to cranky friends? Or a colorful journal to write down negative, brooding thoughts? Or a Tulip Tree magnet to further clutter up your refrigerator? *grin* Click any of the images below to see all the available Tulip Trees stuff in my t-shirt shop:

And thanks for looking!

The loose petal that let’s you see inside this tulip looks like a ramp inviting you inside – heh. The original is a watercolor done on 5″x7″ hot press watercolor paper – the reference was a photo I took of live tulips we had in the house about a month ago.

Click the image below to see a larger version or to get a framed or unframed print.

Tulip cards, tulip tote bags, tulip mugs anyone? Click on any of the images below to see all of the tilted tulip stuff in the shop:

I painted this stylized, close-up rose image in watercolor on 10″x14″ 140 lb. hot pressed watercolor paper with different hues of red and orange watercolor paint. What, that’s obvious? LOL.

After I was finished I could only see the rose after I stepped waaay back from my close work on it – had to stop thinking of the parts and the process and see what the end product was.

To see a zoom image or to get framed or unframed prints for your wall, just click the above image or click here.

This design also took well to things like greeting cards, tote bags – just click any of the images below to see all of the red-orange rose products in my shop.

As always, comments are welcome, and thanks for looking!

Just a rainbowy-watery kind of watercolor experiment…

Watery streaks and splashes of color wet the long grass and leafy plants shooting up. The whole thing reminds me of a summer rain – I can smell the grass and taste the water.

[Tags: watercolor, painting, art, experiment, abstract]

Ooops! Looks like I forgot to post an image of this painting back when it was a bit more relevant – painted it in January and TITLED it “January” too. Oh well – at least it’s technically still winter. Nevermind that it’s 60 degrees and sunny outside – hah!

So… this was inspired by a cold January snow storm with the snow flying in every direction. It’s acrylic paint on a 12″x12″ gallery-wrapped canvas.

Click on the image to get framed, unframed, or canvas prints for your wall.

Oh, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day too!

Not that I’m ever entirely sure where inspiration comes from, but the impulse to draw a starfish on a beach in colored pencil seemed to just come out of left field. On a good note, I’m not usually one to turn away the muse simply because there’s no seemingly rational explanation given along with the actual idea. When I’m being smart about it at least!

Although the details are a little hard to see in this smaller version, the part I like best about this image is that the water rolling onto the beach is so shallow that it’s clear – it’s still just the color of the sand, but darker – there aren’t any really obvious cool tones in the water at all.

Another thing I like is the dual-meaning title – ‘Vacation’ reminds many of us of trips to our favorite beach, but could also refer to the starfish having a little vacation from it’s usual home in the water as well, close to, but still away from, the gently rolling waves.

Click here or just click the image to see a zoom or to get a fine art print for your wall. Thanks for looking!

Empty Easel, a great blog for art, artists, and art resources, is featuring winter and holiday themed art in December, and yesterday they featured my ‘Winter Silhouette’ watercolor! I’m honored to be included on Empty Easel, especially with all the other cool artwork shared there – Click here to see the featured art at Empty Easel! (Don’t forget to browse through previous entries too.)

Happy Holidays everyone!

Although I created this watercolor and ink painting a few weeks ago, the weather said it was time to post it…. Last night/this morning we got almost a foot of snow, and now it’s raining and melting away, so everything’s sort of white, soggy, and mildly crunchy at the same time – LOL!

The original, titled “Stark”, is 5″x7″ on 140lb. hot press watercolor paper, made with loose watercolor technique and inked-in trees.

Click on the image to see a bigger version or to get a framed or unframed print, or a greeting card (makes a nice SMALL print too) of this chilly slice of winter.

Thanks for looking!