Sunset in Forney

Sunset in Forney, Texas Acrylic on masonite 5x7

Horse and cow with spurs

Gouache on masonite panel 9x12 This painting was started in a Dallas Museum of Art Painting workshop based on inspiration from Mayan Hieroglyphics. I reworked it the following day.

Starbucks drawings and painting

The first two are drawings with a possible later painting in mind. I routinely head over to Starbucks on Friday evenings when I don't have something else planned, claim a table, and get a the dark roast of the day as a pour-over. I then set up to draw. Usually I only get one done but this Friday I got 3 done. All were done a 5x7 watercolor paper.

This started as a drawing done as Starbucks, and then brought home and turned into a painting in open acrylic

Artist Encounters in C3 - Reality to Abstract

Yarn and Yellow Chairs
This Thursday in our C3 Artist Encounter at the DMA we created a yarn installation in the C3 Gallery and then worked on drawings on Tracing Paper using colored pencils. I took my two best home and created a mixed media collage/Acrylic painting.

Thursday at the DMA Center for Creative Connections: Open Studio

Circles Warm to Cool
This acrylic painting was done using a wine cork. I painted a progression of circles with one dip in the paint and warm to cool.


Water Tower III
Acrylic on paper - part of my water tower series.

West Sky I
This is an acrylic on paper of a western late evening sky with sun setting next to water tower.

Stormy sunset sky

This is a study in 8x10 in Open Acrylic of a Stormy Sky at sunset. I am not sure If I am finished with it yet, I might add a foreground horizon feature. I was trying to take a cloud/landscape and make it in sort of a style reminiscent of a Rothko color field painting.

Update: This is a newer image after minor glazing changes.

Gouache Color study

Preparation for Painting

For the last month I have been thinking about an idea for painting. I had remembered a transparency I had taken in the late 70's and scanned into my computer late last year.
Here a graphite and Graphite/Watercolor pencil sketch I did Thursday afternoon.
Today I bought a 1/2 inch birch plywood panel and had cut into 3 pieces, one fitting a frame I already had. I then sanded and applied the first coat of gesso. A couple more and I will be ready to paint on it. I am still working on an idea on how I want this to go.

Pointillistic color field style painting

This is a cross between a pointillistic and color field study on black paper. I used gouache applied either direct from tube or mixed for secondary color. The subject is an imaginary landscape with sunset.

Open Studio in the Center for Creative Connections

This Thursday at the DMA Center For Creative Connection we had an open studio with choice to do painting or work with clay. In painting we had the challenge in working with these large dry tempera disks used in childrens art programs. An amazing quality came out of this media on the table I was sitting at. I experimented with the colors of sunset. They are posted in the order I created them, each in about 30-40 minutes.