7/23/25 watercolor/collage, 11.5x14.5” watercolor, colored pencil & collage on bristol
2:04 PM: i took what is now 7/23/25 watercolor/collageto the next stage today, collaging pieces of paper & a piece of map, and using blue watercolor around the figures.
moonlight, 32x38” oil & collage on portrait linen, as she looked at the en dof my painting day today
2:46 PM: i made further changes to the ever changing moonlight this morning, and started work on a new watercolor, which for the moment has no collaged elements and no watercolor; it’s just a colored pencil drawing for now.
7/23/25 watercolor, 11.5x14.5” colored pencil on paper
moonlight, 32x36” oil & collage on portrait linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day today
5:59 PM: moonlight has travelled a long road. yesterday i whited over the most recent version and started a new composition on the still wet surace. i took that a bit further today and will continue tomorrow.
2:16 PM: i decided to white over moonlight and, if you look carefully, you will see the start of a new composition, which will develop further tomorrow.
1:08 PM: this is the current state of the 9x12” 7/20/25 watercolor collage i started yesterday. the dark drawing of the two main figures with their backs to us were drawn using as a quill this 24” bamboo stick dipped in india ink. mikela found it while cleaning out our closets and was ready to toss it.
moonlight, 32x36” post-whiteover
the 24” bamboo stick mikela found, which i used as a quill for drawing with ink
7/20/25 watercolor/collage, 9x12” watercolor, gouache and collage on paper
zoom, 38x13” oil on portrait linen, as she looked moments ago
10:34 AM: first thing this morning, before having my breakfast, iadded alizerin crimson and yellow to the composition.
1:21 PM: this morninig i cut two 13x13” canvases and started work on one of them. this new painting is titled zoom, and is inspired by a photo i shot yesterday during a zoom mikela was on, relating to her work. i held the phone up high, so that we are looking down. i started this one on my painitng table rather than on the wall, and made a few additions once i tacked it to my painting wall. as well, there are elements from the earlier two paintings; in motion and in motion II.
zoom, 38x13” oil on portrait linen on day one
11:01 PM: an interior i painted in 2017 in oil on linen which hangs in my studio. i can’t recall the location of this interior, but i’ll research it and post when i find the answer.
2017 interior, 19.75x6.25” oi on linen
4:25 PM: i made this watercolor/collage today. it may need more work…i’ll see tomorrow.
7/16/25 watercolor/collage, 23x31 cm.
11:47 AM: this morning i made this watercolor/collage. it strated out as a view from above of 3 figures in a museum with a glass floor. it was flipped 360, so if you turn it upside down, you might be able to make out the 3 figures, but probably not since they’ve been painted & collaged over. included in the collage materials are pieces of black ink quill pen drawings, which i make every so often then cut up and save for collaging.
7/15/25 watercolor/collage, 23x31 cm. Canson watercolor paper
this is a plein air watercolor from 2020 made at cottonwood creek and then brought back to my studio, where i turned it into a collage.
polyptych #12 14.5x17” oil on linen mounted on board
1:01 PM: in addition to posting the paintings i’m currently working on, i’ll be posting works from our collection, one a day. this one: polyptych #12, was painted in 2022 and is part of a series inspired by photos of musicians.
