Category Archives: Paintings

Endgame

In the fall of 2022 I participated in studio painting sessions at Woodmere Museum of Art. The class was called Exploring Abstraction and was led by Val Rossman. If any of this information sounds familiar it is because I have done previous sessions in the studio with this group. And that’s because I like being there!

Our instructor came up with a theme for us to consider during the latter sessions of 2022. She focused on the idea of writing and lettering as part of or as the whole of a composition.

I loved this idea and made several paintings along this theme. I’ve done a lot with lettering, asemic writing, and so on over the years, but never where they were the design and focus of a composition. It was a lot of fun.

Here is my third painting in this little series and so far the last one (but I do think there will be more). “Endgame” is not the end.

“Endgame”
20″ x 16″
12/2022

Truant

In the fall of 2022 I participated in studio painting sessions at Woodmere Museum of Art. The class was called Exploring Abstraction and was led by Val Rossman. If any of this information sounds familiar it is because I have done previous sessions in the studio with this group. And that’s because I like being there!

Our instructor came up with a theme for us to consider during the latter sessions of 2022. She focused on the idea of writing and lettering as part of or as the whole of a composition.

I loved this idea and made several paintings along this theme. I’ve done a lot with lettering, asemic writing, and so on over the years, but never where they were the design and focus of a composition. It was a lot of fun.

Here is my second painting in this little series. How did I name it? I opened the dictionary and chose a word at random. Yes, I did.

“Truant”
20″ x 16″
12/2022

The First Time I Wrote to You

In the fall of 2022 I participated in studio painting sessions at Woodmere Museum of Art. The class was called Exploring Abstraction and was led by Val Rossman. If any of this information sounds familiar it is because I have done previous sessions in the studio with this group. And that’s because I like being there!

Our instructor came up with a theme for us to consider during the latter sessions of 2022. She focused on the idea of writing and lettering as part of or as the whole of a composition.

I loved this idea and made several paintings along this theme. I’ve done a lot with lettering, asemic writing, and so on over the years, but never where they were the design and focus of a composition. It was a lot of fun. Here’s my first effort.

The First Time I Wrote to You
20″ x 16″
12/2022

Three Guys Smoking Cigarettes on the Sidewalk

“Three Guys Smoking Cigarettes on the Sidewalk”
20″ x 16″ 12/2023

Here’s another painting I did during my studio painting class at Woodmere Art Museum in December 2023. You may remember it from an earlier post. I worked on it at the same time as this one, below. You can see the two influenced each other. That is just how it works for me!

What We Say

A while back I bought some 4″ x 4″ project panels in a class pack from Dick Blick. I’ve used this surface in many sizes and applications over the years so I knew I’d figure out what to do with them sooner or later.

Over a period of months I added a little this and a little that to my group of twelve. Paint, India ink, collage, and finally text. In particular the text was cut from poems in a proof copy of one of my poetry books (so it’s me talking in every one of these pictures???)

Here’s where I ended up.

I photographed them in pairs selected at random.

They do lend themselves to being arranged into pairs. Well, honestly, pretty much all of them work with each other, it’s just a change in what they say. Amusing and occasionally illuminating. They shuffle among themselves all the solutions to the problems of the world?

Think about it.

Beacon Dress

…is the name of today’s story at Fictive Dream.

Throughout the month of February 2023 I will be showing you illustrations I did for Flash Fiction February 2023 at Fictive Dream, an online magazine devoted to the short story.

Here’s the image editor Laura Black chose for this story, Beacon Dress, by Sharon Boyle.

And here is the artwork with the banner. Take a look at this image. And then…

Read the story at Fictive Dream.

All in Her Head

…is the name of today’s story at Fictive Dream.

Throughout the month of February 2023 I will be showing you illustrations I did for Flash Fiction February 2023 at Fictive Dream, an online magazine devoted to the short story.

Here’s the image editor Laura Black chose for this story, All in Her Head, by Mary Grimm.

And here is the artwork with the banner. Take a look at this image. And then…

Read the story at Fictive Dream.

My Old Man

…is the name of today’s story at Fictive Dream.

Throughout the month of February 2023 I will be showing you illustrations I did for Flash Fiction February 2023 at Fictive Dream, an online magazine devoted to the short story.

Here’s the image editor Laura Black chose for this story, My Old Man, by Pete Prokesch.

And here is the artwork with the banner. Take a look at this image. And then…

Read the story at Fictive Dream.

Culloden

…is the name of today’s story at Fictive Dream.

Throughout the month of February 2023 I will be showing you illustrations I did for Flash Fiction February 2023 at Fictive Dream, an online magazine devoted to the short story.

Here’s the image editor Laura Black chose for this story, Culloden, by Dawn Miller.

And here is the artwork with the banner. Take a look at this image. And then…

Read the story at Fictive Dream.