Thursday, April 2, 2009

Today's Paintings 4/2/09


Still Life with Roses and Peach
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas





Red Poppies on Blue Sky XI
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work features a new still life, and the newest edition in the Red Poppies on Blue Sky series, which is one of my signature series of paintings. One of my patrons has purchased two in this series--one for her home, the other for her office--because, as she says, "I only have to look at your paintings and no matter what I'm feeling at the moment it always brings a smile to my face."

Quote of the day: "A human being is a part of a whole, called by us 'universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." --Albert Einstein