6 x 6" oil and gold leaf on panel

6 x 10" pastel and metal leaf on paper

6 x 6 " oil and metal leaf on panel

6 x 6" oil and gold leaf on panel

OK. So ultimately, I just didn't like this piece. So I cut it down to 6 x 6 chunks and put leaves cut from photographic film on top.


18" x 24"
pastel and gold leaf on paper

hello again

It's been a long time since my last entry. But here are a few new things.

Pieces for the Studio Show

This this the Yucca pod drawing, that I listed a couple of weeks ago, finished.
Pastel and metal leaf on paper
22 x 33"
Here too is a new drawing of what I like to call a lantern tree. It isn't actually called that, I think the tree proper name of the tree is Bladder Berry, but lantern tree is more well - romantic.
It is also 22 x 33"
Pastel on paper.

Upcoming Art Show

I've been taking painting classes from Philomene Bennett at her studio with probably twenty-some other folks. As a finale to the session we are putting up a show in the studio. So, anyone who is reading this blog, you have an invitation. The upcoming group show is at Bennett-Merrick Studio
at 1331 Union Ave. in Kansas City, Mo
the west bottoms north of the 12th street bridge

May 28, 5:30-9:00
May 29 5:30 - 9:00
and May 30 noon - 4pm

Here are a couple of picts of the studio with people working and lunching in front of one of Philomene's large paintings.

Pastel on paper
approx 18 x 24 in
O.K. it's been awhile since my last post. But here is the product of that absent time.
This is, hopefully, one of a series of four, as I am starting to reintegrate color into my work.

charcoal, pastel metal leaf on paper
approx 18 x 24