Face Off — Peruvian Lilies vs mountain Laurel Buds. Watercolor on paper. 9” x 9”.
New Watercolor — Face off: Peruvian Lilies vs Mountain Laurel Buds
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Dog II ~~ Pebbles
And then there’s the dog of a different stripe. Meet Pebbles. A friend who mothers this cute little ragamuffin commissioned this image of her pet.
Pebbles. Original iPad Painting. 2017. 1:1 aspect ratio.
The Lion ~~ Baltimore Museum of Art
I like to paint and draw sculptures, castings, molds and the like. It lets me focus on form and value without the distraction and mystique of glorious color. This majestic Italian lion from the BMA sculpture garden was great fun to paint.
Italian Lion, Baltimore Museum of Art. Original iPad Painting. 1:1 aspect ratio. 2017.
Agapanthus
I’ve always loved the blue agapanthus. The last time we were out in Oakland visiting our son and his family, I spied this one in the street median. I snagged some of its seed pods and this image. It’s a bit rough, but I like it anyway.
Agapanthus. Original iPad Painting. 1:1 aspect ratio. 2017.
Water Babes II
Father and Son at the Beach. Original iPad Painting. 4:5 aspect ratio. 2017.
And another father-son in the water! What’s sweeter to behold than a parent and child at play?
New Exhibit of Selected iPad Art in Medical Offices
I am delighted that my neighbor, Dr. Charlotte Jensen, has invited me to exhibit some of my paintings in her offices, C2M Chiropractic, in North Bethesda, MD.
Dr. Jensen is displaying some of my iPad paintings, printed as giclees on high quality archival papers in archival inks. In addition to a series of veggies and flowers recently showcased at Brookside Gardens, these landscapes are part of the new exhibit.
E. Halbert Maple Leaf Drop
Kenwood Cherry Blossoms
Fall Fantasy
The prints are scheduled to appear in Dr. Jensen’s office gallery over the next year.
A Year-long Painting Project is Completed!
After struggling (really, procrastinating) for over one year, I have finally finished a large oil painting, Mary’s Orchids.
Mary’s Orchids. Oil on linen, 2′ x 3′.
My sister Mary asked me to paint this work, requesting orchids, cherries, and a piece of pottery by Walter Anderson, the wonderful artist who lived on the Mississippi Gulf Coast near our home. She also asked for it to be sized at two feet by three feet. Gulp.
I bought the canvas panel, arranged the elements in dozens of compositions before settling on this one, roughed out a drawing on the plastic wrapper of the panel, and then STOPPED. I was intimidated by the difficulty of the composition and its sheer SIZE. I hadn’t attempted anything that large since the portrait I did of our dad for his 90th birthday three years ago.
I have at least four pots of yellow orchids hanging around the house. As each orchid lost its flowers, I’d buy another pot in the expectation that I’d be starting ‘soon’. This went on for so long, the original orchid re-bloomed! So I decided I better get cracking, especially after passing the one year mark.
Finally it is done, about to be varnished and shipped down to Mary in Houston, TX. Whew.
If you’ve got an extra minute to spend, check out the site of the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, MS. It’s a fabulous museum, built with my dad’s help, honoring a fabulous artist.
Calling Those Interested in iPad Art! Local Demos and Workshops!
Those of you in the Washington, DC area will have several opportunities to check out the iPad as a tool for making art during the next few months.
There will be manageable 2 1/2 hour workshops during which you can get a good feel for ‘what’s the big deal about iPad art’; ‘what if I don’t know anything about iPads’; or ‘what if I don’t know how to draw a straight line!’
And then, if you want to learn more, we offer a couple of day-long workshops during which you can explore some of the details of the intuitive ArtRage app for the iPad.
Here are some of the many uses you can make of ArtRage on the iPad (click image to enlarge):
My Local iPad Art Classes Reviewed in ArtRageUS Magazine!
Stepping back a bit more in time, I am happy to report that I’m now published (digitally, at least) in connection with my iPad art teaching activities. ArtRageUS, the online magazine for users of the ArtRage app, published an article about my efforts to bring iPad art to the Washington DC area in its Third Anniversary issue, March 2013.
Here’s the article, as well as a link to ArtRageUS, in case you’d like to peruse or subscribe.
Teaching and Being Taught in Lafayette
Last week I taught a one day iPad art workshop to a number of local artists in Lafayette LA and then attended a three-day workshop in watercolor journaling held by Don Getz and organized by my sister Ceci. Another sister, Mercedes, participated in much of the fun, including the iPad session. Since I was so close to home, Ceci and I swung over to Biloxi afterward to visit our dad and his wife and more brothers and sisters.
As for making art while out-of-town, I didn’t paint while teaching. And it was so cold and windy during the plein air workshop that I didn’t do anything of note then either. In fact, after a couple of watercolor/ink drawings, I resorted to my iPad to get something — anything — down before my hands went numb. Though everything is unfinished, I’ll show you the state of play (along with a few photos of what we were memorializing) so you can get a flavor for the beauty of Cajun country. Teaser: we painted the St. John Cathedral Oak, the third largest live oak in the country.