Showing posts with label Abstract. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abstract. Show all posts

Monday, February 16, 2015

Snow Day



24 x 36 Oil on Stretched Canvas


We are in the midst of the second blizzard and the fourth major snow storm in a three week period- SO much snow.  Most of our time these days involves shoveling and staying warm.  But- snow days do have some great aspects that you never experience otherwise- great time together, good food, rest, reading and of course time to create.  I had a wonderful morning in the studio creating this large piece reflecting my impressions of the storms that have come in waves recently.  There is both a violence and a calm- days of stark white and skies of bright blue.  I don't often paint abstracts, but when I do I find them to draw on emotion and to require a different focus and intensity.  Really a great experience.


Friday, October 17, 2014

Friends Gone Home


24x24 Oil on Canvas
I don't do abstracts often.  I think they are far more difficult than realism, requiring emotion and thought and balance.  This one was painted for friends I've lost to cancer.  Tonight I think of Stephen Gerber who died one year ago this week. An extremely talented composer and conductor and musician and friend- sorely missed.  I painted this one in a year when three friends died within month and I think of them every time I see it.  So tonight- here's to Stephen and Tony and Andrew and Janet....