07/28/2012

My grandmother Alma had grandparents who were born in Sweeden.  She told of visiting a place they lived which is the Isle of Visby in the Baltic Sea.  Maybe my study and intrigue of topics about oceans is a connection with my people.  Perhaps my German ancestors also had a proximity to the Baltic or the North Sea.  As a child of the Midwest I didn't experience an ocean til a teenager.  That was the Atlantic off the coast of South Carolina, and later visited Cape Cod and the Gulf of Mexico.  Now we are homeowners on the Gulf.  Imagine my inspiration with events of nature there. An entire decade of my life has been spent in designing and painting sea related themes.

6/21/12

06/07/12

Many of my themes in recent years are turbulent...oil spills, heating sea water, storms.  Painting this tranquil moment is pleasant.  Today I added more red coral and some sea foam to Starfishy Afternoon.

Star Fishy Afternoon

This morning Jim helped me unroll a 10 foot long canvas from 2006 and staple it on a wall inside the garage for me to work on before temp and humidity rose.  It's the Starfishy Afternoon, depicting a languid figure among waves, fish, atmosphere.  Several ideas and adjustments have been made on it today.  It will hang there many days while ideas gel and to dry.  This could be a window or focal piece in my fall solo show at The Dowling Museum/ Ann Rudd Art Center.  Opening night and afternoon are October 13th and 14th and will hang til November 30th.  Also, I have a small watercolor after my large Minnows Schooling in the Gulf, a subject which will generate a lot of pix for a while longer....