Albuquerque Tiles Medium Acrylic Description This was a fun piece – a birthday present for my son in his Albuquerque home. It was painted on his kitchen island while we visited. It was inspired by a more complex piece that I spotted on one of our tours of the area. I worked with four 12″ square canvases that I had previously prepared and just went with the flow as I worked on it. I was pleased with the 3-D effect of this...
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Name Canyon View Medium Acrylic Description While in the planning stages for Air, Earth, Fire and Water I worked on a couple of smaller pieces experimenting with palette knife and heavy paint application in my attempt to capture the rugged texture of the desert canyons. While I did not carry this technique into the larger triptych, the smaller paintings became favorites of people who viewed them. Circa 2004 Size 16″ x 24″...
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Name Dry Spot Medium Acrylic Description While in the planning stages for Air, Earth, Fire and Water I worked on a couple of smaller pieces experimenting with palette knife and heavy paint application in my attempt to capture the rugged texture of the desert canyons. While I did not carry this technique into the larger triptych, the smaller paintings became favorites of people who viewed them. Circa 2004 Size 16″ x 24″...
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Name Navaho Art Medium Acrylic Description Through the winters spent in the American Southwest I have developed a love of native art. I was commissioned to do a piece that would accent a condo decorated with a Southwest flair. This was the piece I painted in my ‘outdoor studio’, in defiance of the space limitations of my transient life in a motor-home. Circa 2011 Size 30″ x 24″ Status In a private...
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Name Almonte’s Mississippi Medium Watercolour Description It was a bright June day. The sun was warm and the river was in flood. The trees were in bud but not in full leaf. The water sparkled and the birds sang. Life was good. When I look at this painting it evokes all the same responses that I felt that day. Circa 2006 Size 24″ x 48″ Status In a private...
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Name Air, Earth, Fire and Water – A Grand Canyon Triptych Medium Acrylic Description On my first visit to the Grand Canyon it was a sunny but cold February day and we did the tourist trip around the village. On our second visit, it was a warm and golden day in late October and we leisurely travelled from lookout to lookout along the rim, arriving at the eastern entrance to the park in late afternoon. When we stepped out of the gift shop...
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