With my studio located in the rear of my garden, the natural world is a recurring source of inspiration for my painting practice. Here are a few paintings that I completed between 2012–2014.
Dandelion, Front Yard Oakland/Nickel 7. This glorious weedy plant grew uninvited between my front yard and my neighbor’s. It embodied tenacity and beauty and I thought it was singing whenever I saw it, and may not have been a dandelion after all. Now in a private collection.
Morning Glory, Back Alley Oakland. Another painting from the Wild Things series, meditations on the weedy, somewhat invasive plants that visited my garden. Exploring translucency and opacity.
A painting from 2014. “Poppy/Icy Green Gold.” Oil/canvas, 30 x 24 in. Inspired by a patch of poppy pods reigning in front of my studio. The plants sprang up from self-sown seeds that had taken root from previous seasons. They grew to 4 feet or taller, and greeted me at the studio door. As I recall, these were of the “Drama Queen” variety.
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