New Paintings for 2019

Continuing on from the idea of drawing people into nebulae and the stars, I have a couple more paintings that just got done. They were drawn/painted using a different technique and different materials than usual.  First I drew a very detailed black and white drawing using graphite and charcoal.  This was sprayed with a casein fixative.  Then I put the colors in using pastels.  This was again protected with the same fixative.  After several more layers of color, perfecting details and adding stars the paintings were given a final coat of varnish.

"Fly Free"  12" x 24"  graphite, charcoal, pastel and acrylic on canvas

"Shooting Stars" - short title  12.5" x 16" pencil, charcoal, pastel and acrylic on plywood

Long title is:  "A talented videographer wanders the streets of Brooklyn, looking for inspiration.  Turning a corner he finds himself surrounded by part of the Eagle Nebula and thinks, 'Wow, . . . . . !!"

The painting below is an intaglio print (black and white) on paper, glued to a canvas, colored with pencil and starred with acrylic.  It is called, "Dragon Prism" and is 8" x 10".

Different from the above - "Dark Wave Moon" is much larger and more abstract.  For almost a year I was trying to paint this canvas as a vertical sun with halo and storm clouds moving in but it just did not seem like the right painting.  So, a few weeks ago I splashed marble dust whiteness in a wave pattern over it, now in the horizontal.  After finishing the nebula paintings I decided to have fun with this painting and give it the wave colors of the water around Frankfort - the beautiful greens, blues and purples.  Here is what happened:

"Dark Wave Moon"  28" x 48"  oil, acrylic and marble dust on canvas

Check out Synchronicity Gallery in Glen Arbor after May 10th to see most of my new ones in real life.  I'll have two of last year's works at the Oliver Art Gallery in Frankfort for their June show.  Thank you for being here!