Two Paintings – Variations on a Theme

This first painting is mostly watercolor (just red and blue and combinations of purple) with just a bit of detail done in gel pen. I didn’t start off intending that the sections look like pieces of patterned quilting-type fabric, but halfway through I realized that’s where it was going. In honor of that, I called it “Wrinkles in the Fabrics of Space-Time” *grin*

And the second painting… after the detail in the first piece, although I only used two colors of paint, I wanted to do a completely monochromatic version. When it was finished, I was quite satisfied with the look, but wasn’t sure what to call it. I tossed a few ideas for a title around, but John came up with “Pearl’s Eye View” (from inside the oyster), which was exactly right.

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Celtic Surreality

It started off as a doodle in a small journal I have (from my shop, actually – the journals have a nice quality paper and the blank ones are nice for sketching), but kept growing until the whole page was filled. Had to include some Celtic elements in there as well, like the spirals and the ‘exposed’ knotwork. I especially had fun shading the dahlia at the bottom of the page, which I modeled from a photograph I took a few years ago.

Oh, prints are available here and t-shirts and such are available here.

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Celtic St. Patrick’s Day T-shirts & Stuff

I have a bunch of different St. Patrick’s Day designs in my shop, most with a distinctly Celtic flair, but including the more traditional ‘wearing of the green’ sort of elements. (As opposed to a lot of my other Celtic art, which isn’t very ‘shamrocky’ at all – LOL).So if you’re looking for a new St. Patrick’s Day t-shirt or button that has no drinking leprechauns (not that there’s anything wrong with that – heh), feel free to click on some of these:

Luck of the Irish Celtic Shamrocks

How Irish Are You? Shamrock O’Meter

Green Celtic Shamrocks

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Shamrock Slainte (with knotwork background)

Celtic Shamrock (with knotwork background)

Celtic Four Leaf Clover

Scottish-Irish Hybrid

Irish-German Hybrid

Irish-Italian Hybrid

Irish-Norwegian Hybrid

French-Irish Hybrid

Welsh-Irish Hybrid
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Almost Seamless

almost seamless - abstract macro photography - rust, mineral deposits, decayI love abstract/macro photographs like this – all texture! It’s actually a closeup of the old aluminum chimney attached to our wood burning stove, with rust and mineral deposits (from evaporating water on top of the stove – you can imagine how hard the water is out here) gathering in the seam between pipe sections. I think the patterns of rust and dried minerals are just pretty, although I know not everyone shares my particular view on things like this.

Just click the image if you’re interested in seeing a larger version or getting framed or unframed print. You can put it on the wall, tell people it’s like an ink blot test, and ask them what they see in it!

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Pierless

I took this photo on a calm afternoon at Seacliff Park in Monterey Bay (Aptos), California. It is the remains of an old pier that has no top planking anymore. I love that it’s just the remains of a pier, but the photo itself is more pier than not. Old, weathered wood is still full of such texture and detail!

Heart-shaped cloud in the blue sky

(Click the image or click here to get a framed or unframed print.)

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