Vintage

Vintage 14"x11"x1.5"

Vintage was my first experiment with using fabric as a sort of “stamp”. I had seen another artist do a similar thing only with plaster and a doily. It worked lovely and I have since been racking my brain as to other fabric options. I named this one vintage because it gives me the feel of something old - rusty, yet dainty. I love going through old abandoned farm houses. One in particular, in northern Iowa, was just like he people walked out of their life. The house was full of little pieces of life. When we went down into the basement, which was nothing but a fine dirt floor, we came upon a very old car. How it got there I have no idea. Almost as if they had built this old farmhouse around it. This painting feels like that old house to me. 

I painted this one and Summer’s window at the same time. Both, coming from that same experience. 

Dreaming

Dreaming 14"x11"x1.5"

Dreaming did not come to me until it was completed. I wasn’t sure where the paint was taking me the day I painted it, but it had the distinct feel of two separate worlds to me. In and out of reality, floating to the surface and not always sure. Edgy. This painting seems to resonate with men. Simple, yet complicated, it grows on me the more I watch it. 

Terra Firma

Terra Firma 11"x14"x1.5"

Terra Firma, like many of my paintings, was another experiment. I knew I wanted to try dividing the canvas and that was about as far as I planned. The colors I chose immediately lent themselves to something earthy, so mid painting I ran outside in the snow and snipped a piece off one of our bushes. I took a chance on watering paint down, dipped it in and literally slapped it down! It could not have turned out more perfect. In fact, you’ll see the same snippet in some of the other paintings I did that day because I was just having too much fun to stop. It’s a nice manageable piece, appropriate for smaller walls. I was surprised at the difference it made taking photos of it outside as compared to indoors, up against the reddish wall. I also placed it on a steel blue wall and a green wall, each time it looked different. You can’t go wrong with Nature.