what to post? what to name it?

This is a large piece that is done with palette knife and water soluble oils. I'm waiting for it to dry before I call it done. It may need some noodling. I should have a naming contest for it.

I should post something else, but I'm doing things that I can't show: framing things or rearranging things or ordering things. It all takes time. New work coming soon. I have couple of landscapes that are very close to finished and some abstracts looming!

BLUE MUSIC

TO FRIENDS I HAVEN'T MET YET

I was layering on the paint with the pallette knife and thinking about all the artists I've 'met' online but haven't really met yet. My friend Nikki is having a show in Madison, Wisconsin and I look forward to meeting her at the opening. Click here to see her work.

using up water soluble oils

The image above is 4'x3' and the ones above that are close ups of the texture.

my work accepted into ISEA

The International Society of Experimental Artists - ISEA is meeting in Grand Rapids this year and the exhibit is happening at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center during the first week in June. This is my first year with a piece in the show and I'm excited that FULCRUM IN RED was accepted! This is a big deal- If I have work accepted three years in a row, I will be an ISEA signature artist, which means I can write ISEA after my name on my work.

new landscapes

"New"? The first three are a revisiting of some of my 'greatest hits'. Same locations, new take on the landscape. The other factor is that they have been painted on top of other paintings that never made it out of the studio. The layer underneath makes the painting quick and easy. This layer flows off the brush. What fun! All the other 'old' paintings better watch out!

CuARTo de Baño at Curves

These are paintings I did for the baño to match the new color scheme at Curves . I definitely have a baño niche! The top picture shows one of my favorite circuit trainers, Heidi.

Now for something completely different, I'm painting a series of 30"x40" abstract canvases.

This too shall pass!

FUN! Since I don't have any new art to post, I'll post someone else's! What a blast! Enjoy!

WAITING FOR THE SUN one

Here it is in place on the red wall at the Salt of the Earth in Fennville. And here's the artist with one of her favorite chefs, Matt Pietsch.

SONG AND DANCE 2 and 3

SONG AND DANCE: REST, 2, 3

I don't know much about music, but this piece has a lot of rests in it.

WAITING FOR THE SUN

New paintings 24"36" on gallery wrapped canvas. I titled the series "waiting for the sun", because we are, and also in honor of Drew Nelson's Jammie winning song by the same name. (Click on his name to hear a piece of it.)

CuARTo de Baño 6A + 6B

The last of the CuARTo de Baño series.

WALLS and WINDOWS- working title

My friend Larry O'Toole did a series with this title and I'm borrowing the title for this work done years ago. This was done on a roll of brown paper (not archival). I always loved something about this and I'm going to explore the theme on some canvases. It's a good place to start.

Art in the Church

I am honored to have been interviewed for an article in the Grand Rapids Press in the religion section. Morgan Jarema did a great job of interviewing and writing. Emily Zoladz took some good pictures. This piece from 2007, PRAYER, was included.

CuARTo de Baño 5A + 5B

CuARTo de Baño 4A + 4B

CuARTo de Baño 3A + 3B

CuARTo de Baño 2A + 2B

CuARTo de Baño 1A + 1B

Theses are the first finished pieces of art out of my studio for 2010. This is part of my series of Wieringas for the Washroom. I am calling them: CuARTo de Baño (Spanish for bathroom). They are simple design pieces which might hang in the restrooms at the Salt of The Earth in Fennville.