The inspiration for this piece came about while we were on vacation in San Diego last summer. The color of these birds attracted my attention, it was so vivid. Everything about them inspired many sketches. I focused on the head of one bird. Its head and neck are very graceful. No background was planned, but I […] more »
This piece is a reinvention of one of my favorite subjects: chairs. A challenge with this composition was adding non-related elements, as well as harmonizing the colors. It all began with an elderly blue jay, who flew to our patio and just sat and sat. No movement. He perched on the water bowl for a […] more »
This rooster collage is the first one I have done on canvas and it has been on my mind for a long time. One of the reasons for working with the canvas is to have a piece of artwork that does not require picture framing; it can be hung immediately and enjoyed. The square format […] more »
I’m back doing the exotic animals. These birds were designed in 2007 and I’m finally getting around to completing the collage. I chose it for their colorful pink, long-necked bodies and legs, having some fun with changing some of the colors. They seem to be dancing and fluttering with movement. For the background, I decided […] more »
This is one of my many humorous birds in a series, along with the Love Birds, Cockatoo, Bad Hair Day, Flamingo and Ostrich. This old guy is sitting on an orange rock in the middle of a stream. For the accent color, I used a bright red in the feathers and the top of his […] more »
This is the fifth wild animal design in my series of Christmas Critters. This is a whimsical yellow giraffe with maroon spots, a blue eye, orange ears and mane wearing a hat. Sitting on top of his head is a teal gooney bird with an orange beak and multi-colored feathers, and also wearing a hat. […] more »
For this painting, I decided to do the background first instead of starting with the center of interest, as I usually do. In this case, the baboon. I liked his silly expression! And I decided that using complementary colors would make them pop better against the dark teal green. In collage, each color-value affects each […] 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 done from March 2006 sketch of two green red-headed lovebirds on branch with a gray background. more »