cleaning the studio...

...and other adventures in art

The Daily Bird, Day 23

That bird on the bottom left looks more like an anchovy to me than a bird. And every time I look at this one in my studio I think the same thing. Nevertheless, I very much like the shapes enveloping and obscuring the birds in this one, all on the periphery of the...

The Daily Bird, Days 21 and 22

Day twenty-one of the Sanchez Art Center 50-50 show, 50 pieces in 50 days. Encaustic/Oil/Photo on Panel, 6" x 6" Day twenty-two of the Sanchez Art Center 50-50 show, 50 pieces in 50 days. Encaustic/Oil/Photo on Panel, 6" x...

painting is a jealous mistress

  I’m going to be cantankerous and withhold The Daily Bird today so that I can write about painting instead.  And don’t think I don’t have the Daily Bird done.  Here’s a thumbnail, with a larger image coming tomorrow. I’m spending...