Seagull on Sand

 

oil on panel, 8" x 10"

I'm going back to birds, one of my favorite subjects, with this little painting of a seagull.

Iris in Bloom

oil on panel, 14" x 11"

This is a portrait of a friend's daughter I had intended to paint from live sittings, but due to COVID I ended up painting her this time from a photo.  She is only 14 years old but her bearing and maturity are well beyond her years, and I tried to capture that here, as well as her kind, sweet nature.  A beautiful girl, inside and out! 

Baring Witness

 

oil on panel, 12" x 24"

It's back to Naked Athena and the Portland protests with this piece.  I struggled with this one and because there were such long time gaps between sessions, I lost my way a bit, so it is going to the time-out room for now.  Maybe in the new year, I'll be able to see my way forward and finish it.  That would be nice.

Yellow Boat

acrylic on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

This is a scene I painted earlier this year from a photo of Nantes, France.  It speaks to my sense of isolation in this time of COVID.

The Vagabond

 

acrylic on canvas, 8" x 16"

Out on the mesa near Taos, New Mexico, there is a cluster of rentable trailers next to the Taos Brewery in a compound called Hotel Luna Mystica.  It's a form of "glamping" (glamorous camping) which affords everyone awesome views from all directions.  I was particularly taken with this turquoise-painted trailer, dubbed "The Vagabond."  Aside from the mountains rising in the background, the sky is often the star of the show, offering consistently spectacular sunsets and sunrises. 

The Wise Look Within

oil on panel, 10" x 10"

I thought this subject apropos of wintertime this year, a year without precedent in so many ways.  If 2020 has been an eye-opening year, 2021 must surely be the year we look within ourselves for answers to the questions posed by 2020.  The wise owl is a fitting symbol for such an endeavor.