Sound Current

This is an acrylic painting on watercolor paper. I tape down the edges of the paper first, using removable masking tape. When I peel up the tape after the painting is dry, I have a very nice border around the image. My inspiration for this painting came from the current on the water. Where I live, the Puget Sound is constantly changing colors and textures, from the wind, the clouds, the sun--even the rain. Snakes of current travel with the tides, the current moving in or out of bays and along inlets. It's beautiful, the smooth texture reflecting the light, edging the rougher grays. Of course the colors in this piece make use of artistic license.

Inside

This painting was painted in the same series as "It's Beneath". I was inspired by an artist's abstract work that I'd seen in Art News, and thought the way I was painting could change a bit, try something new for a thrill. The series didn't go far, but I do have several paintings now of round shapes with blobs in them that remind me of crows.

Water Color: Not SoTimid

There are those who say abstract doesn't sell. I'm thinking I don't do my art to sell it, I do my art because it is what is coming out of me, an expression of my self that I can't control. It's like a stream running, if I try to stop it there'll be a whole lot of flooding, or a back up that will eventually break. My view on art is to keep it flowing, approach the page without knowing what to expect. Be surprised.