Scheduled Roses

My favorite kind of painting is one like this that is often called an intuitive painting. They are most often totally abstract but I like to make them more recognizable. Since I have been painting flowers for the better part of more than 40 years , I have a kind of vocabulary of flower shapes and leaves in my head and often can paint them without a reference in front of me. It is almost as if the paintbrush just takes over for me. Maybe like an artistic Ouija board!

Sidelines

My favorite compositions are close ups that run off of the page. This one qualifies. The white flowers are the stars of the painting because of the white value and their size but they work so well because of the snealy little red shape in the bottom left quadrant of the painting. A nice surprise; best supporting actress!

I’m Not The Only One

the title of this painting comes from the song “Imagine” by the Beatles, lyrics written by John Lennon. There is a reference to someone referring to someone as a dreamer , but the singer says but I’m not the only one.
. Sometimes we feel alone but more than likely there are others who feel exactly the way we do. This painting has flowers in it that are unique and not ordinary ar all. Being different can be lonely but there is always someone there to make it all right.

I Saw Her Standing There

For some reason, this painting reminded me of the Beatles  lyric “ she was just 17,if you know what I mean..... I saw her standing there”.  Those early Beatles songs are such classics; most people my age know all the songs by heart. The songs are deceptively simple but musical experts praise the complexitiy of their songs.
 I try to do the same with these simple jars of flowers. The shapes and colors are interwoven to create movement and pattern  in a composition that moves the eye in the picture plane without leaving.

Blue Agenda

October has slipped up on us . I had a successful solo show at the Memphis Botanic Garden and will participate in a group show at St. George’s School the first weekend of November. That is a little less pressure since there are several artists involved. I am also going to have cataract surgery sometime in the near future. The cataract was accelerated because of anothere eye surgery I had in December so it was expected. It is not scheduled yet because I have worn hard contact lenses for almost 50 years and the eyeball has to relax out of them before cataract surgery. I have had them measured 2 times- they just smile and say see you in 3 weeks to measure again! Patience.