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Baby Ivy

August 19, 2017

This effort is from an old photo of my aunt. I revered her during her life time and was happy that I found this photo as I’m still binging on pics of children…learning lots but as you can see I have so much more to learn about painting in general! These things take time and […]

Little Ivy

August 7, 2017

...keeping in mind no one smiled in photos until after WWII...

Final stab at this one…onward ho!

August 6, 2017

Well this is the final one, sheesh…so funny how each one changes a bit or even a lot! Not sure what I was trying to prove. Thinking that it’s a lot like the time I tried to make bread for the first time…how many loaves hit the bottom of the waste can with an heavy […]

Painting – the struggle continues

July 30, 2017

I found this wonderful photo of my mom and her two sisters on their farm near Edmonton Alberta in the winter. As you can see here, try as I might, I struggled terribly with her face where it seemed natural for me to begin. This first one shows that I couldn’t paint the sad little […]

Cappuccino – slowly

August 3, 2015

More palm fronds…another practice piece. It just means I am dipping my brushes.I really like painting portraiture, experimenting with a smidgeon of backlighting. I am trying to use up old materials as I practice…I pulled out this rather warped piece of 14 x 18″ canvas board…and feel fine using acrylics on it. My preference is […]

Zebra Mouth

June 29, 2015

Zebra Mouth• I guess you will find this painting a bit odd, not to me though. It represents the phenom of self mutilation for “beauty”. Plump up your lips, even though your face is covered in lines…I don’t know, would a zebra do this? This painting has been accepted into a new home. 12″ x 12″ acrylic […]