Her Accessible Heart

Every smallest brush stroke changes her expression, but the heart necklace is a perfect symbol of the beautiful, loving soul within the outer beauty.

Enchanted Forest Fashion Show

This outdoor fashion a couple of years ago took place in a metropolitan forest. The young designers, besides making the clothing, also modeled their own creations.

A small portrait

This small 7 x 7 painting seemed to come together on its own, and was a pleasure to do.

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Color in Winter

I woke up from dreaming this painting this morning and dragged out my acrylics. It's not quite the image in my dream, but close enough.

The Painting Demo

I'm not sure if this is finished, but for now, I'll go ahead and post it.

Life drawing at AVAA

For the last couple of Sundays, I've been driving in to Austin to paint from models at Austin Visual Arts Association. Here are a couple of 1 hour studies.

Each session with the model starts with 1 minute gesture drawings.

First Prize: Austonian in Progress

I had a bit of a shock last night that sent me into the ladies' room in hysterical paroxysms of laughter. Last night was a Wimberley Valley Art League juried art show opening. The League includes some very fine artists. I'd submitted 4 pieces. The one that was accepted I had included at the last minute. When I walked in I got quite an eyeful of why only one was accepted -- some really excellent paintings by some well-known artists. I worked my way down the wall and saw my painting. There was a little sign between it and the photo hanging below saying 1st place. I thought that the photo below was nice, but WHY did photos so often win over paintings in these shows... Well, it wasn't the photo, it was my painting that won first place in 2-D works. And it was an experiment I'd painted upside down!

I was absolutely giddy all evening. It felt like some kind of cosmic joke.

(The top photo is of my friend, Marv, my daughter, Laurel and me in front of some beautiful works by Ann Templeton and others.)

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