I spent the week of June 16 in Ottumwa serving as the artist-in-residence for their Art in the Parks program. I began the day at 9am each day at Pickwick schools teaching a collage class to 4th–6th graders. I reviewed how to begin a design using simple shapes and explained about the variety of different […] more »
This design was inspired by a photo of a Bluetick hound, and from a similar dog I saw while shopping at a pet store. This painting is different from other collages in that I painted the background first, before I pieced the collage papers on top of it. more »
My original idea was for this painting to have three flamingos and be called Flamingo Fandango, but I had to scale back to fit within the preselected frame. I painted the background loosely by dripping and flinging the paint on archival board. more »
With this collage I began with a loose, contour drawing, and concentrated on bold colors and whimsical shapes. more »
With this collage I began with a loose, contour drawing, and concentrated on bold colors and whimsical shapes. more »
This was done from March 2006 sketch of two green red-headed lovebirds on branch with a gray background. more »
This painting is of a purple bird with yellow and orange variegated feathers on a branch with red eye and blue legs. more »
This was designed using my contour drawing of the dog and dragonflies. This is the first time I’ve painted the board background color first with a brush instead of using the hand-painted collage papers. I felt the previous background textures were too distracting and opted for a smoother, less busy texture for it. This technique […] more »
For this piece I worked from my contour drawing of a cat. I formed it into a blue cat and added spots and a party hat for fun. more »