A Flamingo makes its Home on Pandora

Orange and blue painting in acrylic and mixed media. Central figure is a flamingo. I was messing around with acrylic inks and collage. Who does not love a flamingo? I added a fish from some very thin paper I found in my plan chest, and planted some trees made from interior design photos. It ended […]
A camel at Wells-Next-the-Sea

A recent assignment on a painting course I am following called Story Painting by Tracy Verdugo. This one was “When worlds collide”. I chose to mash up two beach scenes, one a recent socially-distanced trip to a beach with its lovely huts, and the other is a memory of Essaouira. Camels are hardy creatures and […]
Green mermaid

I decided to spend much of October and November of 2020 pushing my boundaries by following an eight week course in abstraction and storytelling by the peerless Tracy Verdugo. She has already helped me a great deal in previous, shorter courses both by freeing up my painting, and introducing me to new media, particularly newer […]