i really loved painting this one
“in the place of an old thought”
30″ x 30″ (fresco)   sold

is it pinkie or pinky?

“do you pinkie swear?”
16″ x 20″ (fresco)    sold

my son who is four has a recent fear that i’m going to lose him
or that he is going to lose me, i’m not sure which
but today as i was returning something to the neighbor
he was running full speed in a panic to catch up to me
as i turned to look at him and tell him to slow down
he wiped out on the gravel drive
i focused on his knees and hands as he stood up
they were scraped with dirt, but no blood
then he looked up at me half crying
and all i could see was a face covered with blood streams
i could see that the source of the blood was from a wound on the forehead
i took a deep breath and quietly walked him inside
grabbing the closest dish towel, i cleared away all of the blood without him knowing
there was just a tiny little puncture wound on his forehead
i said, very cheerily, “we need a band-aid!”
and he instanly smiled and ran to the bathroom
now, a few hours later, i’m very proud of myself for not flipping out
in the past the sight of blood has made me scream,
and i have even come close to passing out

now, not to sound like angelina jolie…

but i’ve been admiring this beautiful red color on my palette
i use traces of it in the skin tones of my figures
it really has a depth to it
…very much like blood
i decided to play around with it a little on a striped sock study

“thoughts in red and yellow”
16″ x 20″ (fresco)

i always love it when i stumble upon a master painter’s
multiple study of the same subject
my favorite artist, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
has done many of these
this is one of my favorites

“Paolo and Francesca” ca. 1814-1819

it is like one of those puzzles where you have to find the differences

i painted a small paper study over a year ago
titled, “an unseen full circle”
this piece was painted in the turquoise vintage dress series
for me, this one was different than all of the others
…in composition and in concept

without giving too much away,
the “unseen full circle” was about reflection
i had found unexpected clarity
after being on a multi layered journey
…asking innumerable questions,
about past, present, future

after months of searching,
a serendipitous flood of answers started to rise
thus “an unseen full circle” emerged

there has been recent interest in “an unseen full circle”
i revisited the study and photo reference
and realized the “full circle” has made another complete rotation in my life
I’ve just taken 4 weeks off from painting to reflect on the year’s past
in revisiting this study
i was moved to paint this piece in fresco
it has been an inexplicable experience
reflecting on personal growth, both technically and spiritually

“a circle perfected”
16″ x 20″   sold