Another failure? Not yet!

This weekend I enjoyed working on a dramatic vertical painting.  After getting the detail marks, main subject and iconic elements all in place...

I've realized that I need to go back with brighter colors & repaint the whole thing.

 It reads great from three feet away but you cannot see the subject matter from across the room.

Lets face it, you only get attention if the person notices you from across the room.

Back to painting!

as good as it gets

Dear viewer,
This is as good as this one is going to get. I'm glad I finally found a subject for this awesome background. I'm happy to take a small drawing I've done and translate it into color.
All that being said, I don't like it. This painting will go into the archives unfinished. The anchor and octopus need to be larger, the colors stronger. This painting is more like a first draft. I have to start over if i'm going to get something successful.
Keep you eye on this page for whatever I create next. Love you!

Heron Haiku

facing fine rain
on the upturned boat
a heron, hunched.
~ Martin Lucas


My husband bought me a book of modern haiku last year. It's so nice to read a few lines of poetry before I try to go to sleep. Sometimes a moment like this snaps a picture into my brain and I get to paint or draw it out.

Sunrise over Shepherd

There is a pink sunrise in March that is shockingly beautiful.  This is my attempt to paint it.

Much to my regret I did not get a proper reference photo. This is more impressionistic than I would have liked. Yes, there are three shades of black as the shadows in the foreground. #springbreak2019

Another color page

Some colorful things happened in March. Yes I'm working on some old paintings but I'm starting a new one today.

hand study #2

finished Drawings - hand study #1