A Candle Lit Cast

                                                     An original scratchboard drawing
                                                     10x8.5" unframed, - (mat size, 16x14.5")
                                                     $45.00, - (plus $15.00, pack and ship)

     Among the trove of my early watercolors and drawings, which I've been uncovering
lately, I have found a number of scratchboard drawings, which may be of interest, so
I will post some in my blog.  This one is a study of one of those artist's, plaster casts of
a well proportioned head, as seen by the light of a candle in a glass-crystal candle-holder.

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The Turquoise Vase and A Lost Key

                                                         An original watercolor painting
                                                         11x13" unframed, -(mat size, 17x19")
                                                         $125.00, (plus $20.00, pack and ship)

     This is one of those very early watercolors I discovered recently, which I referred to
in a previous post called Forsythia And The Silver Scyphus. Seeing it again now, after
so many years, it appears to have been carefully drawn, with close attention paid to the
details of the objects, and the folds of the fabrics.  And the colors are still as bright and
unfading as new work, because of its long, storage protection.

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The Frozen Radience

                                       An original opaque watercolor painting, on illustration board
                                       25x20" unframed, - (mat size, 31x26")
                                       $2,000.00, - (plus $30.00, pack and ship)

    Occasionally, before all of the Autumn  leaves have fallen, an early taste of winter
can strike us with what we sometimes call an October surprise, then we wake up in
the morning to discover our world coated and weighted down with shimmering ice
and snow.
     This is an impressionist painting which attempted to capture the feel of just such a
morning, when looking out over the sparkling white trees, shrubs and fields.

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    Giclee, fine-art prints of this painting are available.

Forsythia and The Silver Scyphus

                                                             An original watercolor painting
                                                             14.5x13.5" unframed, (mat size, 20.5x19.5")
                                                              $300.00, (plus $20.00, pack and ship)

     This little painting is one of a group of my very early watercolors, which I recently
pulled out of storage for the first time in many years.  To their credit, now that I'm
seeing them with experienced eyes, I can say that at least I was paying careful attention
to the accuracy of detail in drawing and color at that time.  And now, since they have
been in storage ever since the were painted, the colors are as bright as they were
when they were applied, six decades or more ago.
     I will probably show some more of these early things in the blog, during the next
few weeks.

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Reaching For The Light

                                                        An original oil painting, on a canvas panel
                                                        20x16" unframed
                                                        $1,200.00, - (plus $20.00, pack and ship)

     The setting of this painting is an old, root cellar, where an antique.salt-glazed crock,
with its lid set down on the table, stands among some scattered and forgotten, dried
onions. The onions have been trying to grow in the dim light, sending their serpentine
sprouts up and around, in a futile search for sunlight.
     The composition is primarily a focus on the patterns of bold, rhythmic lines.

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       Giclee, fine-art prints of this painting are available.

The Emerging Monarch

                                                       An original pastel on paper
                                                       18x24" unframed, (mat size, 24x30")
                                                       $900.00 - (plus $30.00 pack and ship)

     I once had the privilege of watching the entire transformation of a monarch
butterfly, as it emerged from its chrysalis and filled out its wings to take its first flight.
This abstraction of that transformation is an expressionist interpretation of that
amazing experience.

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The Barn Owl

                                                    An original pencil drawing on heavy paper 

                                                    12x18" unframed, (mat size 18x24")

                                                    $350.00, (plus $20.00, pack and ship)

     A blog follower recently asked if I had any more bird studies, and I was sure

that I must have more, because birds have always been interesting subjects for me, 

as they always have been for many artists, throughout art history.  So, I did some 

more digging and found some more, including this one of a secretive, barn owl.

                                                            (click on image to enlarge)