Under the Moon

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

This is the fourth blindfold painting I've done.  There are at least two more, so far...

Eye of the Beholder

 

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Here's my third blind painting.  A rather mysterious composition.

Hand Dancing

acrylic on canvas, 20"  x 20

This is the second in a series of blind paintings.  I've already done a third and conttemplating a fourth.  It's a great exercise to spark inspiration!  At least it seems to be for me.

In Blindsight

 

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

My therapist challenged me recently to try painting blindfolded.  At first, I scoffed at the idea.  Then I tried imagining it.  Then I found the perfect blindfold to use:  the one I brought home from the hospital from having brain surgery.  This is the result of a 45-minute play session.  I used my free hand a lot to feel where the canvas edges were, and lifted the blindfold to load the brush or other implement with paint.  It was a fun and freeing exercise.  I kept the palette brief, using only naphthol red light, turquoise and yellow ochre, plus white.  So, a red, a blue and a yellow.  An interesting experiment.

Riffing on a Richter

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

This is just me fooling around, playing with other artists' ideas.  The inspiration happened to be a Gerhard Richter painting, but it just as easily could have been, say, a Kandinsky.

Floralescent

oil on panel, 16" x 16"

The title of this painting contains a double entendre, as the inspiration for it is a painter named Flora Yukhovich.  It's another in my abstracted botanicals series.

My Cup Runneth Over

oil on panel, 16" x 16"

This is the next in my abstracted botanical series of paintings, originally inspired by those garbage can bouquets in New York City created by Lewis Miller.

Mixed Breeds

oil on panel, 16" x 16"

This composition is for me a meditation on springtime.

Slick City at Sunset

oil on panel, 20" x 20"

This is an absracted cityscape that I worked on months ago, then paused.  Looking at it now, I'd say it's finished, or maybe it's just that I'm finished with it.  Either way, voila!

Running Late

oil on panel, 8" x 8"

Here's an improvisational piece in progress.  

In Transition

 

oil on panel, 8" x 8"

A mysterious little narrative piece I did recently.

Symphony in Orange and Green

 

acrylic on canvas, 24" x 24"

Another work in progress, I nearly gave up on this one.  It has turned around, though, and I may end up really liking it.

Tokyo Rococo

oil on panel, 12" x 24"

This is a work in progress.  The challenge will be when to stop.  Updated 8/3/2025:  Now it's done.

Floodlights

 

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

Another palette knife study of a somewhat abstracted cityscape in the rain.  Just playing with abstract elements within a cityscape.

Facade

 

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

This is the finished painting of an abstract that I started way back when, then consigned it to the time-out room forever.  Patience.

The Unfolding Universe

 

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

From flower to universe, an abstract study.

The Unfolding Flower

oil on panel, 12" x 12"

A painting of a rose in closeup as it unfolds its petals.  I've done this before but thought I'd try it again because of its abstract quality.  Plus, I was jonesing to paint in reds, a color I find challenging to get right.  

Fun 'n Games

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

This started as an experiment (don't they all?) in abstraction that took on a life of its own.  So, there you go.  

Little House on the Prairie

oil on panel, 12" x 12"

An abstracted landscape that ended up more abstract than landscape.  Fine with me.

The Overpass

acrylic on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

This is an abstracted landscape sketch, an aerial view of a freeway I did way back in 2020 that I'm pulling out of the archives for possible inclusion in an upcoming exhibit in SF whose theme is Portraits of the City.  I thought it apropos to this theme, and on second viewing, I like it.  Sometimes, painting + time = pleasure.