I did these series over two years, specifically for a yearly fund-raising show at Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery.
In 2017, the series was titled “Nothing But Blue Skies”, and although the pieces were sold individually I had envisioned them hanging together in combination with each other, the skies and birds, as seen in these photos.
In 2018, following along with the same germ of an idea, I again did skies and birds. The skies are titled “A View From the Other Side”, and the birds are titled “North. South. East. West.”, and again I intend for them to hang together, as shown in these photographs, though the pieces are sold individually.
Nothing but Blue Skies (birds), mixed-media, 20172 series: North. South. East. West. and A View from the Other Side, encaustic/plaster/mixed-media, size variable, 2018North. South. East. West. (IV-West), plaster/encaustic/mixed-media, 8" x 8" x 4", 2018North. South. East. West. (IV-West), plaster/encaustic/mixed-media, 8" x 8" x 4", 20182 series: North. South. East. West. and A View from the Other Side, encaustic/plaster/mixed-media, size variable, 2018A View from the Other Side (IV), encaustic/mixed-media, 10" x 8" x 1.5", 20182 series: North. South. East. West. and A View from the Other Side, encaustic/plaster/mixed-media, size variable, 2018A View from the Other Side (IV), encaustic/mixed-media, 10" x 8" x 1.5", 2018Nothing but Blue Skies, encaustic and mixed-media skies, mixed-media birds, 2017North. South. East. West. (III-East), plaster/encaustic/mixed-media, 8" x 8" x 4", 2018Nothing but Blue Skies, encaustic and mixed-media skies, mixed-media birds, 2017North. South. East. West. (III-East), plaster/encaustic/mixed-media, 8" x 8" x 4", 2018A View from the Other Side (III), encaustic/mixed-media, 10" x 8" x 1.5", 2018A View from the Other Side (III), encaustic/mixed-media, 10" x 8" x 1.5", 2018Nothing but Blue Skies, encaustic and mixed-media skies, mixed-media birds, 2017North. South. East. West. (II-South), plaster/encaustic/mixed-media, 8" x 8" x 4", 20182 series: North. South. East. West. and A View from the Other Side, encaustic/plaster/mixed-media, size variable, 20182 series: North. South. East. West. and A View from the Other Side, encaustic/plaster/mixed-media, size variable, 2018North. South. East. West. (II-South), plaster/encaustic/mixed-media, 8" x 8" x 4", 2018A View from the Other Side (II), encaustic/mixed-media, 10" x 8" x 1.5", 2018Nothing but Blue Skies (birds), mixed-media, 2017A View from the Other Side (II), encaustic/mixed-media, 10" x 8" x 1.5", 2018North. South. East. West. (I-North), plaster/mixed-media, 8" x 8" x 4", 2018North. South. East. West. (I-North), plaster/mixed-media, 8" x 8" x 4", 2018Nothing but Blue Skies, encaustic and mixed-media skies, mixed-media birds, 2017A View from the Other Side (I), encaustic/mixed-media, 10" x 8" x 2.75", 2018A View from the Other Side (I), encaustic/mixed-media, 10" x 8" x 2.75", 2018Nothing but Blue Skies, encaustic and mixed-media skies, mixed-media birds, 2017Nothing but Blue Skies (skies), encaustic and mixed-media, each 5" x 5" x 2", 2017Nothing but Blue Skies, encaustic and mixed-media skies, mixed-media birds, 2017