Eve, 24"x30", acrylic on flat panel, $1300 plus s&h to the first asking nicely, which you can do via my website or with a sweet note to me . (PSST!! wanna learn to paint something like Eve, check out "Intuitive Painting," my online class with Kara Bullock.) Painting concepts are showing up these days at the oddest times. Typically I find my imagery inside my dreams, but there's been a shift. Lately ideas are coming direct to me during waking hours. This one showed up as I was rolling my yoga mat one icy cold snowy day in January. There was a bear and an apple tree, but not the visual, just a knowing. I had a sensation of the weight of the tree - the branches, greenery and fruit - filled the cavity of the bear's head, and the trunk trickled down the right hand edge. There was plenty of blue sky and sunshine I could feel but not really see. I set out to explore this in paint, and two completely different pieces emerged. This is the most amazing p
Delta, 24"x24", acrylic on flat panel, $1200 plus s&h to the first asking nicely, which you can do via my website or with a sweet note to me . I mentioned on my socials yesterday that my paintings are a singular object that acts as a touchstone for multiple moments. So when I look at a piece, I don't just see the final painting, but I remember all the experiences that keyed into her making. My oldest was recently married, my youngest readying to graduate university, which meant my role of mother was transitioning into something new. I officially had a new daughter while my other girl was leaping into adulthood. One of our favorite places to walk the dogs was sold to a developer. This historic area held weathered red barns and numerous outbuildings overgrown with vines and wildflowers - it was rich with texture and a complex variety of earthy reds. The brilliant red of the sumac and maples the fall prior to this painting, and how the underside of those same map