Studio update February 26, 2023/ UPDATE 3/26/23

Update 3/26/2023

I had to be away for a couple of weeks because of a serious illness in my family.  I am back working in the studio starting Monday.  Many new works are in progress.  Thanks for stopping by!

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 I've just returned from a trip to the pacific northwest.  I had the opportunity to work on a detailed sketchbook drawing of the oddly named "Lake 22" in the Cascades.  I'm glad to be home but miss that amazing landscape.  Hopefully I will be able to return this year.

I finished the drawing of the Wabi-Sabi shadow box before I left town.  I made this shadow box many years ago at Sundance.  It's a great study in textures.

Lake 22, sketchbook drawing

 

 

Wabi Sabi shadow box- Graphite on paper

Studio Update-February 7th

 I've been working long days to get some pieces finished.  I'm hoping to enter some of these in shows this coming year.  I welcome the quiet and solitude of February to work without distractions.  Here are a few new prints, drawings and works in progress.

"Owl's Head lighthouse"-18 x 24 inches.  This print was a challenge because of all the detail.  I also wanted to mix the greys myself because the lighthouse is so monochromatic.  I'm pleased with it.  So glad I went back and saw it in autumn, it influenced how I treated the background.

"Hendricks Head Lighthouse 2"- I love this lighthouse and its red roof!

 

"Shadow Box" Pencil drawing.  This is almost finished, but I wanted to share a progress photo.  I'll share the final drawing in a couple of days.  I enjoy doing these hyper-realistic drawings!

This is a sketch that I haven't decided where it will go.  I need to redraw it on a better piece of paper!  It might end up as a big drawing or something more.  It's huge!  It started out on one piece of vellum and I had to add another.  Right now, about 22 x 30.  Grand rocks in this scene!

And a big oops....

 I never take my tea anywhere near the art.  Today I did.  Sometimes you just have to start over.  I had even put the Chinese characters on the paint tubes.....Grrrrr....