07/06/2008 19:55:42

What a nice welcome to Scuttlebutt! You asked about my using acrylics...mostly just with water. When working plein air, I use a slo-dry medium mixed in, or a gloss medium for glazing/layering effects. I like to work fast and am trying to achieve the look of oil without dealing with the environmental/health effects of oils. When I do use them, I have water-based oils that I find to be a good substitute. I'd like to get more abstract in my landscapes and I am blown away by Neutral I and II. Beautiful.

07/01/2008 19:35:54

Thanx for the kind words on my painting, I'm glad ytou enjoyed it. Great work, wonderful color!

06/29/2008 23:18:07

Maine is a big place, Bar Harbor is big too.  Acadia could easily consume your entire stay. I spent a week on the island and saw only parts.  Great place to paint.   Cadillac mountain is nice for a view, and there is a nice walk near Bubble mountain with a place to swim.  You have a partial toll road and traffic in some places, but there is a lot to see.

It is hard to balance getting to see a place and touring through an area.  either way you will miss out on something.  I feel less is more sometimes.

Anyway, have some lobster and blueberry pie for dessert. 

05/28/2008 12:36:46

Your varying titles is interesting. I hop around titles too. I get bores easy and have too many ideas. Against all recommendations, I can't complete a cohesive body of work or a series of more than 2 or 3. "Golden Apples" is my favorite, by the way.

05/23/2008 16:33:09

thanks. I mostly painted abstracts and about 3 years ago tried plein air painting and loved it. Now I am known as the plein air finger painter around here! AH! actually just recently sold one of my last brush pieces! All I have left now are the finger paintings. I am hoping to get my "wo-di" site updated soon. I have alot of work not on there and most of what is is sold! YEAH!!!
Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see more of your work!

05/23/2008 15:54:20

really like the simplicity in your landscapes and use of color. Welcome!

05/23/2008 15:09:10

That's pretty cool. I have never worked in gold leaf.  I have some stored someplace here in the studio, but, I would spend a good deal of time trying to find it-bought it along time ago.  Haven't used it.  But, your work looks like it has gold leaf in it - I like the combination of the gold and silver together.  Warm and cool side by side.  Now, I am on a mission to try and find where I put mine and to see what things I can make with it.   Thanks for the idea!

05/19/2008 09:55:40

Mystical work, very moving pieces. diane