My Fine Art Journal
Read about my artwork and experiences in the art world.
30 Paintings Day 20
It's day 20 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days! Searching for driftwood takes time. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of driftwood along the Pacific coast in Yachats but I'm searching for something special. I'll slowly meander my way along the coast for hours only to walk...
30 Paintings Day 19
It's day 19 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days! Even two years after the Pole Creek Fire in Sisters, Oregon I was able to find a pair of burned pine cones still attached to their branch. Since moving to Oregon I've been able to explore different wildfire effected areas. The...
30 Paintings Day 18
It's day 18 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days! Purple starfish along the Oregon coast are the inspiration for my painting today. I enveloped this smooth, black and tan piece of driftwood in a sea of purple encaustic wax based on the beautiful hue of these echinoderms. I've...
30 Paintings Day 17
It's day 17 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days! When I worked on this orange encaustic and driftwood painting today I was thinking about sunset on the Oregon Coast. There is a mellowness to Oregon beaches you miss in places like Southern California and I dig the calm. By calm...
30 Paintings Day 16
It's day 16 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days! The objects I pick up from the forest floor, the pine cones, the burned bark and the tree branches and pieces, are perfect sculptures to me. I treat them minimally in my paintings by only surrounding them with a sea of color to...
30 Paintings Day 15
It's day 15 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days! I made it halfway!!! I decided to take a deep breath and review my progress so far: PAINTING DETAILS (for the painting in the lower right corner): “In The Forest V” 6 x 6 inches encaustic and decomposing tree pieces on wood...
