Ripples On The Frog Pond

A Red Christmas

2011-12-20T23:02:00.001-08:00

2011-05-15T20:39:00.000-07:00

I was interested to see if a Bluer background would push the warm colors of the Grapes more than the Green . Minimizing the warm colors occurred to me also in this one. That's how this one was born

2011-01-23T23:20:00.000-08:00

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In Vino Veritas I

2011-01-23T23:08:00.000-08:00

I was eager to try to catch the light on Grapes and put them in a setting that would make them Sing! .
I call these the Green (Yellow I guess !!) , but I tried all Blue later too .

Fall Bouquet and Statuary

2010-06-16T11:20:00.000-07:00

Andalusian

2010-03-03T07:56:00.000-08:00

This may be the second Horse I ever have done . She reminded me of a Beautiful Shy Girl, Her hand -made leathers a challenge .Her mane and eyelashes were too much to resist .

Three Boats -Stamford

2009-08-13T00:42:00.000-07:00

This is from the " Boat Period ". I was Gung Ho for just Boats , any kind , any where .
I searched them out wherever I went , all around our neighboring towns , Seattle , Greece , British Columbia , Alaska , etc, my camera was always ready , back home I really worked at them , for several years .Then ,I lost interest in them , can't remember why !

2009-06-30T20:43:00.000-07:00

I love these Daisies , They are so Colorful and Defined !!
Not to say they are easy to capture,but these were fun to do, despite searching for just the right colors .

Symbols Of A Lost World

2009-04-28T22:25:00.000-07:00

        This painting came together using all the symbols I could muster and the Colors that were unique to it . Done with just washes to begein with, I pulled forward with templates and back with direct Brush paitnting .
   Once I thought I would get to doing Rome and Greece, making aseries but I never got to them like so many projects I promised myself to do .

Reflections On The Pond

2009-04-11T10:50:00.000-07:00

This was done Wet into Wet as I did in the old style that I did for many, many years ..
It was hard to return to it ,but also fun trying to keep the mystery without being too detailed and still say something unique .

The Porch On Seminary Road

2009-01-28T21:04:00.000-08:00

This is a Fascinating house on a tiny street in the Middle of our Little town . There was supposedly a Girls Seminary on the street years ago but it is nowhere to be seen now. The house porch faces sideways , so I have to assume that it looked down the hill , which now has houses next to each other all the way down and that the Vista was Once beautiful . The Little Road now goes to the Town Parking Lot !!.
   It has a Turret or Widows Lookout which is very Spooky , because there is No water or coast-line near our town .We are inland .So what did they look down to?
It has Always held so much mystery for me even though I have gone by it thousands of times to get through and into town but I still always turn my head to look at it , always ..
   The Owner knew just what they wanted and built a Beautiful and Expensive home for the times .There appear to be 3 floors and many rooms..
Oddly now, there is no yard , no where to look out and no place to keep horses or park a car . My imagination runs wild ,guessing about what it used to look like , where all the rest of it is and what life was like in the town when there were just dirt roads, horse carriages and few people . And especially who First lived in this house, way out in the country.. Now it is a very thriving town with lots of peoples and homes.
This is just the Porch , but I have painted the whole house as well , always trying to project my sense of Mystery into it .
   To see Details of the House click on it .It seems very loved even now .

Norwalk Marina

2009-01-15T15:02:00.000-08:00

I was fascinated by the empty colored buildings looking out to the sky,passing by one day on my way to the ASW art store .You might have missed them if you didn't Stop to have a good look. I was looking only at that boat.I learned to stop and really look after that, any time something caught my eye.I only wish I had had Digital in those days. I wish !
It had such a surrealistic look to it with the Fabulous Bright Red boat in front of the row of dilapidated houses .The Greenwich Art Society gave me the Edgar Whitney Award for this painting, so I have never offered it for sale . Very soon after I did this painting ,it was all was gone and now the Norwalk Aquarium stands in its place . Brand new, modern and orderly looking, lots of parking spaces ,but somehow the character of the whole area has gone with it .
Well ,They say Nothing stays the same Forever .... . NotEven Me !
Correction - it is called the Norwalk MARINA and It is a Wonderful Place ,

Poppies Gone Wild

2008-12-31T12:14:00.000-08:00

Never having painted Poppies , This was a challenge . I am not comfortable with Reds or Oranges as dominant. My friends kid me a lot about it
I held my breath and nose and plunged in .
As Arnold Lowery always says " If you never try anything different, you will always do the same thing " !
Thank you Arnold for your words of wisdom .

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Working Boats Seattle

2008-12-08T23:26:00.000-08:00

This is from a time when I was into all and just Boats .

After a Fabulous trip to Seattle, one of two , which I loved , because everything is near the water. We took a trip down the waterways and it was Heaven to see Real Macho type Ships rather than the puny cute- named Yachts on 5 Mile River . Okay , I like it them too!

The 20th Annual John A Noble Art Auction

2008-11-16T20:08:00.000-08:00

I recently donated a painting for the Art Auction On Staten Island , New York . John A.Noble was a Famous artist in New York and the organisation dedicated to him .do good works for the Art Colony associated with his studio . .
I did not expect to see the painting shown in the Brochure . I had not seen this painting in a long time and barely remembered it. I have done this as a recurring Theme , as seen from a stream ,by my house .
Some wonderful Prints and Giclees by several Notable Artists were included .
http://www.noblemaritime.org/auction08.htm
If you click above the Box you can see further information on this Remarkable Artist

2008-10-24T15:07:00.000-07:00

Portrait Of A Golden Angel

2008-10-24T14:49:00.000-07:00

I did this painting on Sort of a dare ,in a Demo another srtist gave. I am not generally interested in Animal painting ,but I wanted to give it a whirl. The emphasis was on Light and leaving as much white paper as possible ,without having a formlessness I have seen in many wet in wet paintings.

I think this my first cat painting , if I can remember that far back.

"To Everything There Is A Season "

2008-10-17T23:48:00.000-07:00

This is not from the Old Song ,but from Ecclesiastes 3:1. It seemed appropriate and came to me as soon as I looked at the completed piece .
      This is what I call a "Loose", watercolor . Gradations and important definition of what has already been put down ,

Snow On the Frog Pond

2008-10-05T22:58:00.000-07:00

Thought you would like to see the Original painting used for my Blog Title .

When I first showed this it upset many Artist friends who thought I had left too much white space on the paper .

I have, nevertheless ,not changed anything because it is how I saw it.

I did follow the Golden Mean ,but I saw the Two-Thirds ,as a White Space symbolizing Pure Untouched Snow.

It seemed that nothing ,but the white paper could convey Snow better .So ,it remains until I get a better argument !

This is 22x30 Arches Watercolor .

The Prankster

2008-09-26T12:55:00.000-07:00

When Nick Simmons did his famous Demo of Koi on Wet Canvas in which about 15,000 people viewed and took part in the Lottery for the painting , I was greatly inspired by the work and did about 9 myself .

At that time I was alone a lot ,since Louie 's accumulated stays at Both the Hospital and Waveny Rehab followed each other for almost 2 and a half years .

Fish tanks are common in both places , but Waveny had especially Beautiful , well taken care of Tanks with Gorgeous Fish .

I noticed that even Fish ,fool around and play tricks on each other , or so it seems to me .Anyone who knows me would know that Fish being playful would strike me as really funny . I have a Nutty sense of humor

I spent some time examining the games they play together and that is what I thought about while doing the Prankster . They probably all call him the "Brat "!

Ripples On The Frog Pond

2008-09-22T22:36:00.000-07:00

Ripples On The Frog Pond

A Leaf Alone

2008-09-21T17:29:00.000-07:00

Some people hate Masking , But to me the fun of revealing what is under it is more fun than anything . Of course ,I have had my Horrifying spills with it , but that hasn't dissuaded me from using it .

More Petunias

2008-09-18T22:48:00.000-07:00

My Newest Petunia painting.

I tried working the background first on this one .Not a Normal method for me . But I do think it has a softer look due to it .

2008-09-04T14:25:00.000-07:00

A few leaves have fallen but everything is still pretty green and it's still Hot enough for the AC to be blasting away like Summer .
We are awaiting more Hurricanes and hope they will never hit us.
The Painting above shows the Pond, when we used to have ice on it . It has been over 25 years since you could skate on it, as my kids did all Winter years ago . This painting may be the only memory we have of it now ,other then a few Photos of the fun on the Ice . Actually it IS only a Memory now . I wish I had done more .