Still Lifes Coming Along

Here is another photo of two works in progress. You can see the changes from photos I took a while back.

Two Still Lifes in Progress

Coming along.... I am really starting to have fun with these two paintings.  They're oils measuring 20"x20" and I am especially enjoying working on the one with the parakeet in it.  A screen print by artist and friend Kacie Rushton, her print features a parakeet and was made on an antique book page.  She and her fiance, photographer JP Corr III, owned the model - a sweet little budgie named Buster who recently passed away.  Her print is so colorful and his expression so inquisitive - I couldn't stay away from using it in a painting!

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Here are a sample of some of my most recent paintings:

above: "O Time, Suspend Your Flight

(Black Swallowtail Butterfly + Imperial Moth)"

oil on canvas, 10"x8" 2009   SOLD

This painting includes a quote from French poet Alphonse Lamartine's "Le Lac. The translation, from french, is something along the lines of:

"O time, suspend your flight! And you, precious hours,

stop your course!"  

above: "Anticipation" acrylic on canvas, 18"x24" 2009

For more information about this piece,

please contact ArtSource Fine Art in Raleigh, NC.

(919) 787-9533

Earlier this fall, I was honored to have Anticipation be included in the juried N.E.W show at the Visual Art Exchange in downtown Raleigh. The oldest non-profit in North Carolina, VAE hosts an annual "N.E.W" (never exhibited works) show, said to be their most anticipated show of the year. I was honored to have my work chosen. 

above: "Stolen Moment, with Cardinals"

oil on canvas, 16"x20" 2009   SOLD

This painting, Stolen Moment, with Cardinals, was one of my first paintings completed in oil. I have been relishing in this medium, and am learning more everyday. Continuing with my Avian Series of paintings, this piece explores a dreamscape in which humans freely mingle with birds, where there is a connection with nature.