New paintings on panels

Some more paintings on panels...new work for a show at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Frederick, MD. I'm inspired to come up with titles for the occasion.

boat/house - 10" X 10" X 2", acrylic and charcoal

white bird with a green twig - 10" X 10" X 2", acrylic, charcoal and oil pastel

companions - 10" X 10" X 2", acrylic and charcoal

little town on woods' edge - 12 X 12" X 2", acrylic, charcoal and oil pastel

white house in the trees - 12" X 12" X 2", acrylic, charcoal and oil pastel

rainbow/ghost boat - 12" X 12" X 2", acrylic, charcoal and pastel

pieces of the sky falling on your neighbor's yard - 12" X 12" X 2", acrylic and charcoal

red bridge - 10" X 10" X 2", acrylic, charcoal and paper

green-faced bird - 6" X 6" X 2", acrylic and charcoal

when the trees bloom by the blue house - 10" X 10" X 2", acrylic and charcoal

Discovery at a Skip Lawrence Workshop

I just spent 7 wonderful days at a beautiful retreat center studying with Skip Lawrence. 

My work area was by a window that let in the warm spring breeze and looked out on a lovely pond with singing frogs.

For the past year and a half I've been painting on gessoed watercolor paper. At this workshop I decided to take a bunch of painting panels I've had for a long time, and just experiment, see what I could do.

Turns out I'm hooked! I love painting on the wood and wrapping the images around the sides. I was working small, this one is 8" X 8" X 2". Here's the painting from the front...

This is done with acrylic, charcoal, gauze, Pellon and oil pastel.

6" X 6" X 2" Acrylic and charcoal

6" X 6" X 2" Acrylic and charcoal

8" X 8" X 2" Acrylic, charcoal and oil pastel

8" X 8" X 2" Acrylic, charcoal and oil pastel

8" X 8" X 2" Acrylic and charcoal

12" X 12" X 2" Acrylic and charcoal

12" X 12" X 2" Acrylic, charcoal and paper