Greetings friends, I am honored to be in the February show at the Attic Gallery in Camas WA. The show features abstract artists and runs through February. When I work on abstract paintings, I see the painting as a character, a personality, and my job as the artist is to reveal the intent or meaning of that character. This can …
Join Jenny as she joins other artists in celebrating 40 years of McMenamins’ art! From the McMenamins website: Meet the unique artists who transform each McMenamins pub, hotel, restaurant, brewery, and music venue into a visual journey that sparks the imagination and reflects local history. Jenny Joyce, Cleo Hehn, Eona Skelton, Myrna Yoder, and Lillian Ripley share the stories and …
Thoughts about Frieda Kahlo and Diego Rivera at the Portland Art Museum exhibition. I loved closely examining the paintings to understand their process, what brushes were used and how color was modeled and the designs of their work. They were both superb draftsmen, and could both draw beautifully. There were aquatints of details in one of Diego’s murals, and they were …
These days I usually buy pre-stretched canvasses, instead of building stretcher bars, stretching and priming the surface. But, I still want to double or triple the primer coat. This act of priming is my first encounter with the surface I want to use to create a painting. Touching, and brushing the canvas several times, feeling the texture and getting used to …
Occasionally the title of a painting can be the initial inspiration . All ready to be put down onto a surface. This rarely happens to me. Sometimes, when I was more of an illustrator, the title would simply identify the focus/subject, like the name of the person in your portrait. When I was creating a scenario inspired by historical events, …
My life as an artist has morphed recently. 7 years ago I broke a leg,and then had a fractured pelvis. All this which made it impossible to work on sites for Mcmenamins. I spent the time recuperating and focussing on my personal studio art. I rediscovered my abstract roots, (I studied art in the 1960’s,) and my love of …
Welcome to the ATTIC Gallery I am excited to announce that I have delivered 5 new oil paintings to the @AtticGallery,Camas, WA.I am thrilled that this beautiful gallery will be representing my paintings.This series that I am producing is in the realm of “Stream of Consciousness”.In the creation of these pieces, I am “following the prompts” simply seeing what needs …
Greetings folks, I am very happy to announce that these two paintings are part of The Spring Show at the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery. The gallery is located at 1237 SW 10th Ave., Portland, Oregon ,97205 and phone # is (503) 224-0674. These two new paintings are “THEY JUST KEEP COMING” (35”x44”) and “THE BIG HOUSE”.(22”x28”) Both are …
The Hoi Polloi” “The Hoi Polloi”Otherwise known as the common people As I have said, in recent years, painting has not been a process of planning and designing. I start by applying a texture, and then pushing and pulling it, lightening or darkening it as areas and shapes emerge. As I was finalizing this small oil painting,(12”x16”) the various …