"Dalmatian View" Acrylic, using washes like Watercolor
"Deep Water Explorer" Acrylic, using washes like Watercolor
"Apple Bread" Acrylic, part of a cooking and baking "comfort food" series
"Warm Soup" Acrylic, part of a cooking and baking "comfort food" series
"The Great Chase" Watercolor and gouache, part of a "Dogs" series
"Playtime at Sunset" Acrylic and metallic paint, part of an "Ocean Life" series
Painting: Acrylic and H2O
A constant in my work, aside from my control and understanding of color, is my “mark making” or special brushstrokes as a baseline of my work. At a time when faux imagery shows up every day, I have no yearning to create paintings that are photographic or slick. I’m experimental, and work in series, which gives me room to pursue concepts and treatments.
Years of painting in Watercolor has also given me alternate ways to paint using acrylics. I sometimes start a painting in watercolor and then dig in with acrylics, but often my watercolors are misidentified as acrylic or oil paint, because I infuse so much color into my brushstrokes.
Color is a tricky tool, and years of color theory classes and reading have been essential to my unique output. I understand and use the science of color automatically when I work.
This background also gives me a special ability to critique other artists’ work when they feel “stuck”.
