Skull of Picasso

Skull of Picasso

 

This is an oil pastel I did this afternoon to pass the time. I applied the color to the card stock and rubbed it in with folded paper towel. In a way I liked the color before I smeared it into the paper, but oil pastel has the look of crayon if the paper is rough or you don’t work it smooth. This is the third oil pastel I have done in the last week and it turned out interesting enough to frame. I am reading a book on abstract art, but don’t think it has influenced my technique much.

Sunrise Portal

Sunrise Portal

 

This painting hangs in my bedroom and is one of my favorites. It is the result of drawing overlapping circles with a compass and coloring in the areas thus delineated with various paints. It was a bit surprising to see the three dimensional form emerge from the black and white checked areas. This work reminds me of a portal into another dimension.

Doe at Lethe

Colored Pencil Drawing of Surreal Nature

 

This is a colored pencil drawing I did back in 2002. I wanted to show on one side a green earth while on the other side a desert. Between them runs a red river of forgetfulness. The lithe purple doe drinks from the flowing waters and forgets her life of hardship in the barren earth. This piece is framed in an 8 1/2 x 11 frame and can either hang on a wall, as it is now in my library, or can free stand on a table for display. I have not worked a lot in colored pencil but enjoy doing these drawings.

Walnut Horse Rising Out of the Sea

Black Walnut Horse

This is a photo of a sculpture I did back in 1986 or so of a horse rising out of the sea. I started with a stump piece of black walnut from a tree that grew out in front of the house here. The stump had a knot in it that looked like the hind end of a horse, so I began removing material with gouges and a hammer until I had a rough shape. To finish off the piece I used sanding and grinding bits in a Dremel tool. This is actually the first piece of sculpture I ever tried and was an outlet for some hard feelings I was experiencing at the time. I like the action in the pose of this horse, which came naturally from the way the grain ran in the raw wood. I am not considering selling this piece at this time, but the right offer could cause me to reconsider.

Winter Maple

Maple Branches in Winter

 

This is a painting I did with a brush and India ink on paper back in 2002. It is just black lines on a white background, but I think it captures what it is to be a tree sleeping in the cold winds of winter. A careful reading of this work will show that it is not a single tree, but a pair. This painting hangs in my library and I often look at it and think it is one of my better pieces despite its simplicity and lack of color. Perhaps I like this painting because it is so peaceful and shows the stark contrast between what is living, yet dormant, and the bleak white skies of a cold, overcast day. Feel free to leave comments (or offer me large sums of money to own this fine work of art.)