SUMMER?

Just when I was ready to get the boats out and ready for the summer season...snow! We never get snow in the middle of May!!

'Coolin'

Acrylic painting on Arches watercolor paper

CHATEAU FRONTENAC

A few years ago we made a trip up to Canada and, more specifically, Quebec. My father was born in this part of Canada and I have relatives that still live in the area. While there we visited the Chateau Frontenac. Built in the late 1800s', it is truly a spectacular hotel. Below is an acrylic painting I did when we returned to California.

BROWNIE

"He who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once." 

~Robert Browning~

Brownie

Reduction Linocut of Clifford Brown

MICHAEL BOND ETCHINGS

My ongoing and never ending struggle with watercolors has me enjoying printmaking more and more. Woodblocks, linocuts and an occasional foray into etching help make me feel like I'm doing something artsy. In my search for information on technique, I came across Michael Bond's website. An artist raised in England, he moved to Wisconsin where he has create beautiful etchings for over twenty five years.

http://www.michaelbondetchings.com/

Below is an etching I did of my grandson. It is printed on Rives paper and hand-colored with watercolor (the only way I seem to be able to use the damn stuff)

DOWN DEEP RHYTHM

"The discovery of song and the creation of musical instruments both owed their origin to a human impulse which lies much deeper than conscious intention:  the need for rhythm in life… the need is a deep one, transcending thought, and disregarded at our peril."

~Richard Baker~

Jammin - Reduction Woodblock print from a great blues painting.

AMY'S PASTEL

I was able to put in time working on the pastel I am doing for my niece. Needs more work, but getting closer.

BLUES ETCHING

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.  ~Janis Joplin~

Hand colored solarplate etching on Rives print paper