Beside the Red Addition

Yesterday I finished this painting I had started the day before . Finally I got the right balance of abstraction and form by making myself be as responsive and honest as I could be . Where I saw a cylindrical yellow shape I tried to put down the paint as just that . I love this view . It is out my screen porch door and it is a quick look so it needs to be quickly painted.

Florence at NIght

Basket full of Robins

The discovery in the midst of a journey. This painting happened like that , the birds flew in on their own . They settled in the basket for as long as I needed them .

Peacock in the Art School

This painting is about light , a friend I miss , spirit, and magic . The peacock is there to make a picture of a feeling you can't see . Only a peacock would work . I don't know why.