Paintings and Art

A note: the colors appear muted in the photographs

New York Bridge. June 2007. Inspired by New York City. (24x18")

This was my first painting - ever. It was a bit of a joke. We needed something big to go over the fireplace in Florida. The painting is 8 feet tall and 42 inches wide!! I was good at sky and sea! Maybe I'll do another ...

I thought the scene of a rainy day in NYC would be an interesting piece. The umbrellas, bright raincoats and taxi cabs were all inspiring. 24" x 20"

This one is a bit of a laugh. I wanted to use up the canvas from the big one (above). This is 48 inches wide by 18 inches tall. If you imagine a bit you can see the city and the boats moored near dusk.

Dante's Inferno could have inspired this, but it was really an impressive photograph from the web showing a forest fire as well as a similar piece of art I saw somewhere else. This one is small too.

One afternoon ... when you look from Longboat Key over towards Sarasota, this is what you may see. 24" x 20"

Spiral in color. This was a play with color after I did the one below in black and white. I find the spiral an exciting and intriguing mathematical formulation - even better in living color. Done in Winter 2005 in Florida. 24" x 20"

Here is the one in black and white. Done in Winter 2005 in Florida. 24" x 20"
This replaced the boats that was my first above. I painted over the boats! The three figures are hidden in the burlap in the lower half of the painting. Painting is in two pieces: 96" by 42". Large!
"Storm" - Study in color. Painted in Winter 2005. 24" x 18"

Two panels, each 12" x 14"

 

Photographs mounted and arranged in three-dimensional montage. About 18" x 24"
Various photographs mounted on 5" x 7" enameled wood. Overall layout about 30" x 30"
Sailboats. About 24" x 20" framed
Visit the web site of my friend Ronnie Trevor.
She does great paintings!! See link on right ---->
http://www.rctrevor.com/www/ronnie/index.htm

Updated November 1, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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