11×14″ acrylic on paper
Lots of layers in this one. It’s not exactly what I had in mind, but that isn’t so unusual! Fish swimming upstream (didn’t plan that, either). I see it (or at least the suggestion of it); do you?
Month: April 2015
april 19
10×8″ acrylic on matboard
april 18
10×8″ acrylic on matboard
april 17
digital photo
Some 20-year-old tulips keep peeking out from under the boxwood and other shrub on either side of the front step every spring. We thought we had dug up all of them years ago, but now we have to admire their pluck and survival skills.
I grabbed this close-up shot of the pistil and stamens, appreciating the color and pattern of the tulip innards.
april 16
8.25×6″ acrylic on matboard
Scraped and brushed acrylic. I saw a mermaid, so I tried to enhance her a little at the top and bottom by some painted suggestions.
april 15
10×9″ acrylic on matboard
Another renewed scrape painting. Another busy day.
april 14
digital photo
This is such a beautiful time of the year. New green growth is dusting trees and bushes, and many are blooming in vivid magentas, pinks, whites, and more. And wildflowers are rampant in the yard, in the flower beds, in the woods—everywhere you look. Spring Beauties are one of my favorite wildflowers; my phone camera did such a nice job of focusing (it often is so finicky) that I had to share this singular spring beauty.
april 13
water-based ink block print
This is a two-block lineoleum print from blocks that my soon-to-be-spouse and I made for the front of our wedding invitation. I dug the blocks out of our little wedding memorabilia box and made a new print with them. These colors are a little more purple-y/mauve-y than the original dusty rose colors, but the blocks have held up pretty well!
Special thanks to all of our family and friends who loved and supported us that cloudy, rainy (and a bit nervy) Saturday afternoon—and have continued to love and support us throughout these many years.
Love you, Matt. Here’s to 30 more! xoxo
april 12
8.25×8″ acrylic on matboard
Lots of texture in this scraped and dabbed painting. New life bursting out. I’m letting this go a little earlier than I should, perhaps. But the practice of letting go is probably as important as the practice of daily making.
april 11
9.5×7.5″ acrylic on matboard
Scraped and overscraped. I don’t know why, but I see climbing and hiding cats in this painting. That might ruin it for some of you—or make it for others. Enjoy!