I started this last week at the gallery. It is another in the surprise lilly gladiola bouquet series. Some interesting abstract things happened in the background. Still working on the one I started at the gallery this week.
Looking over paintings to pick some for the Northside Art Show at St. Peters Community Center. Picked up my bio from Office Depot. . .new picture. This one extends through ArtWalk so I have to decide what I want where. Updated the inventory database. Hanging March 25 and reception March 26 from 6:00 to 8:00. Show runs through May 18.
I jurried in to the St. Charles ArtWalk which is April 23, 24 and 25. There is a Press Reception April 14 which is a cocktail sort of thing at the Foundry. All are very welcome to come and see my paintings. I will have more on which store on Main Street that I will be in when we get our packet of info.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
These water colors are from photos that I took at the Brewer and Shipley concert at Wild Wood last summer. Tarkio 2 was recently painted. I am not sure I am finished with it, but I have to be careful not to over do water colors.
Finished this a while back, but I was waiting for it to dry. I plan to take it for a frame today. This is an oil painting. I meant it to replace one that burned up when the house burned, but it is entirely different.
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The colors I choose reflect my emotional response. I often mix colors wet on the canvas using a palette knife to define shapes. I am also fascinated with the effects of light defining areas of dark and light and blended grayed tones to suggest atmosphere. I develop my work by painting or sketching on site or from my own photographic references; then through contemplation, condensation, transformation and revelation the finished work emerges. I have shown in juried shows at Framations Gallery, Queeny Park, Art Walk in St. Charles, a curated show at Des Peres Hospital and ongoing representation at Grace Church and the Northside Artspace at the Regions Bank Building in Clayton. I am a member of Art Saint Louis, Missouri Watercolor Society, Northside Art Association and Artists of Grace. I graduated from the University of Missouri as an Art Education Major and have since taken workshops with Susan Sarback (the School of Light and Color), Mel Stabin and Frank Webb.