Street Views

Ever look down and notice the patterns on streets and sidewalks?  Lately I've noticed a lot of cracks, lines and deteriorating paint.

Pavement #1

6" x 6"

oil on canvas

Pavement #2

6" x 6"

oil on canvas 

Pavement #3

6" x 6"

oil on canvas 

Pavement #4

6" x 8"

oil on canvas

Pavement #5

6" x 9"

oil on wood

Some cracks have life in them. 

 

Life in the Valley of the Shadow of Death

24" x 36"

oil on canvas

Then some patterns reminded me of crosses, so the following are inspired by the pavement and crack patterns.

Pavement Inspired Cross #1

10" x 20"

oil on canvas

Pavement Inspired Cross #2

16" x 20"

oil on canvas board

Pavement Inspired Cross #3

9" x 12"

oil on wood

Studio Gallery...the "Delicious" show

Studio Gallery will have it's "Delicious" show of food and drink related artwork from May 8 - June 6.  The reception will be on May 9th, 2 - 6 p.m.  The "Lemon Bars" will be in the show.

"Lemon Bars"

24" x 24"

Mixed Media

More Flora and Fauna

Our animal friends are good at hiding.  This frog is out in the open but he hopes you don't see him.  You can see this painting at the ArtistXchange gallery during the month of March.

"Camoflauge"

24" x 36"

Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
in the collection of Justin and Kelly

Two more small paintings:

"Here's Looking at You"

6" x 6"

Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
in the collection of Shannon Jung

"Little Big Ape"

6" x 6"

Acrylic on Canvas
in the collection of Shannon Jung

Fauna Diversity

The amazing animal kingdom has such a variety of creatures.  It is fun to try to capture them on canvas so they can be part of interior decoration.

"Lizard"

5"x7"
Acrylic on canvas
in the collection of Kerry W.

"Tortoise"

8"x10"

Acrylic on canvas

in the collection of Joey C.

"Warthog"
5"x7"
Acrylic on canvas
SOLD at Artist-Xchange, December 2009

The fish head that wouldn't die

"Resurrected"
5" x 7"
Acrylic on Canvas
in the collection of Kerry Wingeier

Last year my husband and I dined at Evvia, a fabulous Greek restaurant in Palo Alto. The whole fish we had was delicious and the head of the fish was so scary that I took it home and photographed it. Finally got around to painting it and my artist friend liked it so much it is now hers.

Noe Valley Ministry Art Show Today

Today was the reception for the Golden Gate Artists show entitled "Small Gems" with entertainment by Pawel Walerowski and his violinist friend, whose name I don't know.  We had a good turnout for our 9th art show together.  The music was beautiful.  

The Spirit moved me

It started as some random paint on canvas from which an emotion would emerge, and I could not shake the feeling of two emotions, perhaps joy and despair or maybe love and fear.  As it evolved, it became celestial, inspired by a Biblical worldview and images from the Hubble telescope.  The final piece may be viewed as the entire human history, an autobiography or even a moment in time.  Whatever the time frame, Jesus lived, died and rose again to show us that we can choose be free of fear and despair and enter into love and joy with a hope for the future by following him.

"Jesus Loves Me"

3' x 4'

Acrylic and Oil on Canvas