ABSTRACT

8x8 Collage on Cradled Panel

This is another collage included in the show at the Fort Worth Library.  The show will continue until December 10.  

INFINITY

8x8 Collage on Cradled Panel

I am enjoying working on collages.  With some I have an idea in the beginning stages and others seem to create themselves.  It's really a lot of fun!  This piece is included in the show at the Fort Worth Library.

OCTOBER PINK

4x4 Collage on Paper

I did this collage in honor of my daughter-in-law, Heather Popple.  She is battling breast cancer for the second time.  Her courage and strength continue to amaze me each day.  I'm so proud of her!

UNTITLED 2

Still having fun with shapes.  With this project I worked on a 12 x 8 sheet of paper and when complete I divided it into four 6 x 4 pieces to use as postcards.  I would love to get art in the mail!  Wouldn't you?

UNTITLED

Collage on Paper

I've been playing with shapes with the help of Abstract Painting  The Elements of Visual Language by Jane Davies.  She offers information on line, shape, mass, pattern, texture and depth with exercises on each subject.  I'm having a great time while learning.  To see her work and learn more about her book click HERE.

LAKE DORA BOATHOUSE

6x8

Oil on Panel

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It was a bright, sunny day on Lake Dora when I spotted this boathouse.  I loved seeing the light hit this small building and the reflections on the water.  It was a spectacular day!

TREES 2

6x8

Oil on Panel

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HIGH TIDE

6 x 8

Oil on Panel

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While in Cape Cod we drove past this salt marsh.  Such a beautiful part of our country!

CLOUDY DAY

6 x 6

Oil on Panel
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This is another painting done with the palette knife.  Loved painting the sky with those lovely warm and cool clouds.  

FLOWERS IN BLUE VASE

6 x 8

Oil on Panel

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GRAPE HYACINTH

6x8

Oil on Panel

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TREES IN CANADA

6 x 8

Oil on Panel

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This was really fun to paint using palette knives.  I've been taking an online workshop from Mary Bentz Gilkerson and learning how to use knives and new ways to interpret the landscape.  She is a wonderful teacher and I recommend her workshops.

FACE No. 122

8x10

Oil on Panel

ART IN THE METRO

Face No. 120

Face No. 121

These paintings are in the Art in the Metro exhibit in Fort Worth.  They were juried in last month and will be there until November.

ATHABASCA FALLS, CANADA

6x6

Oil on Panel
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While in Canada last summer we stopped at Athabasca Falls.  The water is a lovely turquoise.  Wikipedia explains why the water is this color:

A Rock flour, or glacial flour, consists of fine-grained, silt-sized particles of rock, generated by mechanical grinding of bedrock by glacial erosion or by artificial grinding to a similar size. Because the material is very small, it becomes suspended in meltwater making the water appear cloudy, which is sometimes known as glacial milk.

When the sediments enter a river, they turn the river's colour grey, light brown, iridescent blue-green, or milky white. If the river flows into a glacial lake, the lake may appear turquoise in colour as a result. When flows of the flour are extensive, a distinct layer of a different colour flows into the lake and begins to dissipate and settle as the flow extends from the increase in water flow from the glacier during snow melts and heavy rain periods. Examples of this phenomenon may be seen at Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake and Peyto Lake in Canada, and Gjende lake in Norway.