This is a small representation of my representational art
MOST RECENT WORK IS AT THE TOP OR ON THE HOME PAGE
Here is a sample of the 20+ paintings that will be featured in the Tubac Restaurant show
Tubac Center for the Arts April 6-May 13 Reception April 6 5-7pm
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"Steak Night" 20x16 "When life gives you lemons make hollandaise" 9x12 " Lunch at Shelby's" 11x14
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"Here We Go Loop de Loop" 14x11 I was fortunate to be able to take a lot of photos at the Arizona Culinary School in Scottsdale when I was studying there. I loved the concentration of this culinary student and I thought it was akin to what we artists are doing when we are trying to represent them on the canvas. This piece is available at Illusions Gallery in Tucson, AZ |
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Tubac Center for the Arts and Karin Newby Gallery sponsor a paint out in January 2007 with auction that followed.
This little painting was done of a popular Tubac watering hole. |
I cant seem to get enough of these bottles. The Pellagrino bottle jumped out at me at the World Market in Tucson and I loved painting it. The red peppers glowed like they had a light inside of them (not a bad idea for a caterer to use on a table set up now that I think of it). But the best part of this piece is that terrific lemon casting it's dark shadow on the white cloth in the full Arizona sunlight of my back patio. 20x16 Oil on board available for sale at Illusions Gallery Tucson ,AZ |
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Chris and I were lucky enough to visit Tuscany this year and sample some of the famed Tuscan Cooking, at least the kind you get in the local restaurants. This and a commission that I received inspired me to start on a series of still lifes featuring ingredients for ethnic dinners. I am having a blast creating them and then I turn the ingredients into supper!
Collection of Marty Maier Arizona Culinary Institute |
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This painting depicts the interior of the Gruene Store in Gruene, TX. The place is filled to the brim with Coca-Cola memorabilia and was a lot of fun to paint. |
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"Boynton Bungalows" were in a small town in South Carolina. I loved the shadows the sun threw on the faces of these buildings especially the yellow one. |
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"Afternoon at the Two Pedal Pub" 20x16 is one of my favorite paintings of recent years. This pub photo was taken in Knaresborough, England (more actual photos of Knaresborough are in the section marked travel essays).
Collection of Kevin MacLean San Francisco, CA |
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Blue birds are frolicking in the bird bath and on the ground in this playful garden picture.
This painting is available for purchase |
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I painted out front of this little store in Carolina during a hot summer afternoon. The store is also the local post office and gas station.
This painting is in the collection of the Ken Munski Family |
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This little painting is one of my favorites -taken from a photo I made at the history museum in Ft Benton, MT. I remember my Mom ironing and sprinking shirts with a coke bottle and a shaker top.
Collection of Tom English |
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"Information Highway" These boys were chatting while waiting for their herd to catch up on a fall cattle drive down HWY 89. This scene plays itself out in front of our Monarch home several times each year. I delight in it every time I hear the sound of the mooing getting louder and I grab my camera and spend the next hour or two chasing down shots that will make their way onto my canvases. I liked the Carhart coveralls and jacket on the guy in the middle and the gestures of the other two.
This painting is in the collection of George and Margie Willet |
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Every spring, I painted a lilac painting on my deck in Monarch. This little painting is photographed along with a gift from my dear friend Lynne on the opening of a Gallery 16 show. |
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"Sometimes a Great Notion" This little pair were fashioned from a still life set up from my own sewing box. I was thinking of my many friends who are quitlmaking these days and working their artistic talents in the media of fabrics and notions. |
These paintings are available for purchase |
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This lovely young woman was having dinner in Angra, Azores. She was actually at the other end of a table with ten of us but she was so intriqueing I eliminated the other 9. Artist's liscense. collection of Mick and Sue Taleff |
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I was invited to see a very large painting of a blue bowl on a wooden box in a private home. It was created by Henrietta Wyeth . I was so moved by it that I set this up the next day and painted for two days until it was completed. Collection of the artist |
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"Rain over Square Butte" This is one of the smallest paintings I've ever done and one of the biggest subjects.
This painting is available for purchase |
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My subject: Maddie Occasion: Sister Holly's 40th Location: Sister Cindy's Patio
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I brought two bags full of empty Cuban cigar boxes home from St. Kitts and was only stopped by one airport authority who said I had one too many carry ons -so I loaded all ten into a bigger bag and she said that was fine. No question about whether they were filled with illegal cigars. They weren't- but nobody asked.
I decided to use a few as canvases. |
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"Wet Wednesday" I was driving down 10th Ave So in Great Falls on a wet morning in October and I loved the reflection on the street. I am still waiting for another rain to try this again.
This piece won first prize at the State fair and was sold to a client in Sacremento, CA |
