Conference (oil, 30x30)

This year's Birds in Art contribution from me. I completed this painting just prior to heading to Colorado last month, having come up with an approximate composition but lacking good Magpie reference. The generosity of a sculptor friend provided the reference I needed. Of course my trip resulted in hundreds of excellent photos of my own of Magpies in every conceivable position and light condition, well after I could have used it. I suppose a few more Magpie subjects will be painted (or sculpted?).

Snow Games (9x12)

More work for Sheltie Nationals. Took advantage of last week's snow to get some photos of playing dogs.

Cleaning Up (20x16)

For one of the galleries.

Green & Gold (20x24)

Because every single koi is deserving of being painted at least once, and I hadn't done these particular fish yet, here is their portrait

Evening Roost (15x30)

My other artwork destined for the Modern Marine Masters exhibition at the Mystic Seaport Museum gallery in the early spring.

Observer (11x14) oil on linen

The first of a couple of pieces earmarked for The Gallery at Mystic Seaport's spring exhibition. Yes, according to them I am a Modern Marine Master. Imagine that! Next I need to decide what to submit for the Mystic International Exhibition. I think I feel more egrets coming on...

Quintet (24x36)

5 Egrets (my favorite painting subject, you might have noticed). This landed at Troika Gallery last week and it will be used for their spring show invitation card. That spring show opens in April, I do believe.

Semiprecious (30x30)

Back to the fish theme. More from the National Arboretum, which has an impressive collection. Don't go looking for them this month however, they are pretty much dormant and invisible during these cold winter months.

Breezy Day

My first sculpture in metal, at last. I had this bird in my head for many years before I finally surrendered to the inevitable and started working in clay. I actually did the lion's share of the work on this piece over a year ago but didn't wrap it up and send it (in a friend's car) to the foundry in Colorado until summer. They are a busy place and so it took several months to complete the work, with me having no real input since I couldn't go check the work, until it was almost complete. The foundry sent me jpegs of the piece in raw metal and I could see some areas which needed some adjustment (mold making can distort the clay and then you have the distortion in the mold, which needs to be corrected for each wax pour but which is better corrected in wax than later in metal). Anyway they then proceeded with the patina finish, doing a cupric blue green with carbon in the recesses as I requested, and voila, it is suddenly done and in my house.
The edition size is 14.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

And the happiest of New Years in 2008!

Ziggy, Emma, Ribbon, Flash, and Encore (and Paula, behind the camera!)

Some more new smalls

A few new pieces

Here are some small new artworks for the holiday season. If you want to know where any one (or more) of them are, feel free to contact me and I can direct you to the appropriate gallery