Recent Paintings

Well I had a show deadline that motivated me to get quality pictures taken (by Dan Kvitka-thanks), just yesterday.

Here they are- they took me a long time to finish as my thoughts are evolving.
Stay tuned - a couple of these are moving the new direction with new environmental concern.

I myself am curious to watch what unfolds.

Cairn: Circling, Cycling

We are at a crossroads

French birds in the spring snow

snow day...or prediction of snow day....

All it takes is a little bad weather to make time for organizing art work (or getting extra studio time).

Today I took time to sign, title and list monotypes that I intend to take down to The Arts Shop, at The Arts Center in Corvallis Oregon.
Clearly my love and concern for the forest is shining through in these prints that were made last summer and fall.
I love trees, I respect and am quite concerned about nature and climate change.
The Pacific Northwest is a beautiful place to live with these values and awareness.

These are just iphone shots to catalogue the work that will head to the shop.
Very reasonable prices all  - and The Art Shop has a fantastic selection of NW artists' work.

Sometimes the path is difficult to find. 15"x 22"

Regrowth 1 - 17"x21"

Red bed under forest sky - 17"x21"

Safety Orange - 17"x 21"

Yellow gate at the forest - 17"x 21"

Update

Hi-
It's been a busy time with lots of extra volunteer responsibilities, but that is over now!
I have worked on art...as always and here are some recent paintings with a few monotype prints mixed in.  Here are a few examples, I have many more....

:)

Pressing Matters - at San Luis Obispo Museum of Art

nice surprise, when looking at the web-site

Summer

I have taken a couple great trips this summer and both have included time in the forests.
Trees, forest, streams, water, rocks, mountains....my favorite parts of nature.
I read John Powers' book "Overstory" and am now more preoccupied with my appreciation of old tree and old growth forests than usual.
This is all to explain the prints that I have been working on this summer. A bunch are tee-ed up ready for the final 25% of work to pull the images together.

Here is a preview:

so nice

So nice to hear my fellow artists speak about their work and nice to be heard.
Nothing haphazard in our approach and there is a seriousness and clear intentionality about what we do.
Thank you Hester Coucke and the Corvallis Arts Center!

https://youtu.be/1zzMDxZb_9U

SHOW - Covallis Arts Center - "Where are we?"

Please come down to Corvallis for a 3 person show on the theme of "landscape."

Myself, Jill Baker and Rebecca Mannheimer
Nice spin around the gallery!
https://www.facebook.com/TheArtsCenterOregon/videos/1827090207309429/

contemporary interpretations landscape jill-baker-nancy-helmsworth-rebecca-mannheimer
http://democratherald.com/entertainment/arts


Opening Reception
Thursday January 4th, 5:30-7:30
Corvallis Arts Center
700 SW Madison Ave.

Brown bag lunch - talk - 1/11/18 -noon- at CAC

hours Tuesday- Saturday 12:00- 5:00pm

Here are a few of my new paintings.
Please also see my monotypes that are featured in the Artshop gallery.

Thanks for your support.

"Stitches"  24"x24" acrylic on plywood

"I was here" 24"x 24" acrylic on plywood

"Unfinished business and blue bottle cap" 24" x 24" acrylic on plywood

"Garage and foyer" 24"x 24" acrylic on plywood

monotype - "barrier" 11"x 15"

monotype with thread - 11"x 15"

monotype - bug in amber, 11" x 15"