Private thoughts

oil on canvas 

locked heart

private joys

   private thoughts

         private words

 are some things 

         so intimate

               they shouldn't 

                   be shared?
                        -LaRue
                

setunai

Pastel on paper.

Something that gives your heart a squeeze though, whether it's those feelings of pain and loneliness you get when you are in love, feelings of loss, nostalgia and melancholy, or that feeling you get when you see a beautiful landscape or painting  and there is no equivalent word for it in English.

Some time for me

Prismacolor on Coquille Board.

Last painting of 2009

Greetings,

Here she is. (She needs a name). While you may have interrupted her sewing-- she doesn't mind. She really likes visitors.

For those who are interested in her make-up. This little oil exists on canvas and is made up of dozens of historical and modern techniques from impasto to glazing to dripping of liquid oil paint.

She and I wish you a rich and artful 2010.

Cheers,

        Painter

Please see my post: Needle and thread. Friday, October 30, 2009

Merry Christmas 2009

Kimono in blue

Pastel on paper.

Western eyes and Eastern depth meet and combine.

We see so much and see so little.

Everything has meaning.

Kimono (Purity)

My charcoal study for a Kimono series, based on the concept of Shabui.  While this doesn't translate well, it deals with the paring down of things to their essence.  Purity.

As always your thoughts and insights are welcomed.

-Painter