Sunday, July 28, 2013

Lion Sketch


oil on canvas, 6" x 6"

Here's a little piece that never made it to my website, a quick sketch I did a few years ago.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Bougainvillea Pond on Haidao Island

oil on canvas, 8" x 8"

A beautiful orange pond with bougainvillea bushes I was enamored with on Haidao Island, a tiny island in the middle of Erhai Lake, with the city of Dali on the distant shore.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Yamdrok Tso Lake

acrylic on canvas, 8" x 16"

Driving through the mountains of Tibet, the lake in the mid-ground is considered one of three sacred lakes in Tibet, loved for its turquoise color. 

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

On the Way to Shangri-La

acrylic on hardboard panel, 6" x 6"

This character is painted on the door of a temple on the mountain pass we traveled between Lijiang and Shangri-La in Tibet.  If anyone knows what this means, please tell me.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Palcho Monastery

acrylic on canvasboard, 8" x 16"

The first painting to emerge from my travels to China and Tibet, this monastery was in the town of Gyantse in the Nyang Chu valley of Tibet.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Dreaming of Guilin

oil on masonite panel, 12" x 12"

Here is another painting that preceded my trip to Asia.  I believe this to be in Guilin somewhere, although I never encountered this scene in my travels.  Guilin was magical and I hope to do a few from that region.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Rice Field

oil on masonite panel, 6" x 6"

This little painting I did before going to China but didn't have time to post it 'til my return.

Buy it here.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Freida

oil on masonite panel, 12" x 9"

This is my first stab at encaustic, the result of an exhilarating session with Bill Rushton.  That was fun!

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Dreaming of China

acrylic on board, 8" x 8"
NFS
This painting is not for sale because it no longer exists.  The image I've posted is the washout of a failed effort, which, when I viewed it the next morning with fresh eyes, found it had an appeal all its own.  Sadly, I wasn't content with that and now the painting is irrevocably altered, and not for the better.  Roy would be ashamed!