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For Open Studios I did a mixed media project with photos overlaid with acrylic paints and embraced my display space with the assemblage:

I was pleasantly surprised it didn't peel off the freshly
painted walls during its 3 day installation.  It turned out
to be my most popular piece, with its whimsy, chance and
spontaneity.

I envisioned it as a temporary piece that would likely be destroyed
at closing time, but a kind spirit offered to help take it
down carefully and it will soon adorn her home in
Australia!




Fifty Paintings in 50 days!
I am delighted to have been accepted to show in the Sanchez Art Center's 50-50 III show, 8/26-10/2 where each
artist was to produce 50 paintings (6x6") in 50 days.  The 50 days of painting ending August 1 were a terrific experience. 
During the project, I enjoyed several photo safaris and the studio time.
For almost three weeks after I obsessively fiddled with the arrangement of the panels and finally settled on the exact layout only
on 8/20.  Why is the last minute so alluring?

Here's a little sampler of one organization of my 50-50 grid.  It shows the color palette, some content.

Painting on exhibit at ArtSpan Open Studios Preview at SOMArts 934 Brannan.

I took a lot of photos to prepare thoughts about content of this project, flirted with nostalgia, cutesy, confrontational.  Unexpected paintings resulted..


In Spring I did some studies for this project.  Here's just one permutation of the prototypes.  I love gingham!



Other projects this year have included some fun acrylic paintings.  Somehow goats have come into view.

in progress...

Monday nights, I paint oils with Larry Robinson and a bunch of good painters..
More work in progress -a moth on my kitchen window.  My view is is much less dynamic
but I do store my bike out there...

Zeroing in on my Molly birthday party tribute...

The first night's work

Starting ti solidify the composition

View earlier work:

paintings 2010

paintings 2009

paintings 2005-2008