I love figs and I love farmers markets so I am working on painting what I love.  I also love doing it in my head  which just isn't the same as doing them in the studio and on the canvas.  So today it was a large fig on this canvas and it was great fun to abstract it but also keep the essence of the fig.  I can hardly wait to get back out there tomorrow.  I have a whole box of luscious figs to inspire me.  Yeah!

This is the start of a new painting.  Watch this painting develop.  I am struggling with what to paint but I know when this is the case one just has to get in the studio and start painting so that is what I am doing.  Tomorrow will definitely be studio day and I am looking forward to seeing how this painting will develop.  I see some very interesting things in this painting as it is so I want to be careful to not loose them.

I just love the creative process and the surprises that happen.  I am sure I have said this before but I was roaming thru images today and found this fun drawing.  It seems it takes some time to let the images simmer in my psyche before they resonate.  Now I am wondering about using this as the start of a painting.  Hummmm!

This time of year the colors here in the Sonoran Desert-Scottsdale-are absolutely breath taking.  I am absolutely in awe of the green prickly pears with the bright red flowers a top their pads.  And then there is the new pads with their fresh green of spring time.  As I was looking thru my drawings this one with with the red and green combo

Hopefully the image will speak for itself.  I am at a loss of what to say.  There is a simplicity in this drawing as well as a depth of layers.  Keep looking.

Ribbon Time

I love the magic of what happens when you draw the same scene time and time again.  No two drawings are ever the same.  I am always amazed and in awe of the creative process.  Enjoy this little drawing of a ribbon in a vase.