What is Painting and Why do you do it?

Every work of art is a communication, and can be viewed in the same way as music, It is composed, full of notes that express the whole, tied together with color and shapes, like instruments playing, creating wonderful sounds. Painting to music is what often inspires me. I often choose classical, or latin music like tango music to express the mood of the work.
Recently i was asked by a potential client "how long does it take you to paint a piece? associating time with the price of the painting...A painter is not a plummer who is paid an hourly wage. Time spent is not the issue when you are looking at art ...but about the essence of the painting and how it touches you. Painters paint because they must. Here's to happy painting in 2010 when i return to wonderful San Miguel de Allende to capture the city's vibrant colors and culture.

The House on Pleasant Green Road

This is a house...not real but it could be, with one of my favorite subjects, clothes on the line. When I grew up in Rome, Georgia, there were of course no dryers, just the wringer washing machines and I remember both my Grandmother and Mother hanging the clothes out to dry.

The House on Pleasant

Florida Plant

This is a plant that grows down her in Florida that I love. I cut off pieces of the plant and stick them in water, they sprout and then go into the ground, they are a climber and like to cling onto anything available.

More Small Paintings

 
 
 
 

End of 2009 Paintings

Painting has taken a back seat lately to the kitchen makeover so the past few days I have been working on small paintings for my website and a few more. The music I have been painting to is an cd I just found...oldies from living in Durham in the 1980's by a singer I heard at the Arts Center in Carrboro named Nanci Griffith, the album is Little Love Affairs' and she has one song I love called "Love Wore a Halo" If you have not heard her she is worth a listen...she is not touring in the usa anymore.
In some of these new works, I have used mixed media to create textures ie gels, including glass beads and the wonderful things Golden makes to add to your paintings. I also used paper to create some different surfaces...hope you enjoy, they can all be purchased by calling me or emailing me.