My Work on The Artful Home

I just had a request to post a link to my work on The Artful Home! So here it is:

https://www.artfulhome.com/artist/6364.html

I only have five pieces left. Recently, I submitted some new pieces. It's taking The Artful Home longer than usual to post new work to their website because they have reecently gone through a complete redesign of their website, including the content management system. But I am hoping some new paintings will be uploaded soon.

Exhibit at the Alex Haleigh Gallery

The artists’ reception was held last night at the Alex Haleigh Gallery in Gardena. I had 10 pieces in this show including Bouquet, which was in the figurative show last May. The rest were abstracts, mostly in the Reclamation series. A lot of my friends came by, which meant so much to me. Thanks to everyone!

Click on any of the pictures to see a larger view.

Interplay and Happenstance, two of the “New Reclamations”, were displayed together.





From left to right: Marcia, Tamar, Linda and Kevin.


Mirth and Strata made it into the show.


From left to right: Sophia, Elizabeth and Jill. Everyone is standing in front of Within. My friend Jill came all the way from Florida for the exhibit! It was great for my friends to finally get to meet one another.


My friend Steve had three paintings in this show. Great work Steve!




Linda and Tamar pose in front of Happenstance, their favorite in the show (and mine, too!)




A live band, good snacks and lots of art lovers.


Other artists’ work in the show.


It was a very nice turnout. I had so much fun seeing my friends. Thanks everyone!

Bed, Bath & Beyond

I heard from a friend that my Sticks & Stones prints were in Bed Bath & Beyond this week. So I went to the store in Stevenson Ranch to see for myself. And sure enough, there they were! They’re selling for $39.99 each and they’ve been matted and recessed in the frame. It’s difficult to see them amidst so many other art prints, but they’re there, sort of in the lower middle area.


The photo below is a detail. I had to separate them because they are displayed on top of one another on the same shelf in the store.

My Two Latest

Recently completed, I have been meaning to post these for weeks. Some Circles further explores the idea I started with Dapple and continued with Strata. It's very watery-looking. Lots of layers. Then there is Mirth, a cheery little painting that I really like. When I look at Mirth, it doesn't look like something I would paint and maybe that's why I like it. It's a bit of an unexpected direction and color palette, but like I said, I really like this one. I'm going to hang it in my house for a while. They're both scheduled to go up on The Artful Home.

Both of these are the completed versions from my post dated July 14, "A Different Work Flow".

Some Circles, 24" x 24", acrylic on canvas, 2008


Mirth, 24" x 24", acrylic on canvas, 2008

More Orders for August

Well, August really is turning into a record-breaking month for me in terms of committed sales. Yesterday, I got a Purchase Order from an art consulting firm I’ve worked with previously. They seem to gravitate toward my Eclipse series, as that is what they commissioned from me last year. This time, they want me to reproduce Eclipse #1 and Eclipse #3. In addition, they have ordered Reclamation #18. Interestingly, in early ‘07, Image Conscious also requested that I reproduce Eclipse #3 . That painting is titled Passage and I still have the original. I just need to embellish it a bit to add back in the bubble wrap texture that Image Conscious specifically wanted left off. So I have one commission and two purchases. In addition to all this, the art consulting firm will be arranging to have reproductions made of the three pieces, 100 each. So in addition to the paintings’ purchase prices, I’ll also receive royalties on their reproductions. Aaaaah, it’s good to have work. This is actually making me feel like an artist today!

Eclipse #3 (2002), and Passage (2007)


Eclipse #3 was sold in ‘02. But I still have Passage. As you can see, the paintings are similar, but I’m going to have to glaze some yellow over areas of Passage and add back in the bubble wrap texture.

Reclamation #18, 12” x 12”, 2005


Eclipse #1, 20” x 20”, 2002


This one was also sold in 2002, so I have to reproduce it as faithfully as I can from my photographs of it. I’ll post its image side-by-side with this one when I’m finished so we’ll see how close I can get. Gotta go paint!

Wow, Another One Sold from The Artful Home!

Fandangle, 24" x 24", acrylic on canvas, 2008

Well, August has been a banner month! Fandangle makes the 5th painting The Artful Home has sold for me. I do believe this is a record. Anyway, I painted Fandangle earlier this year, it’s sort of "Jumble meets the Reclamations", but I like it. I always thought I might include it in the “Reclamation” body of work and try for an exhibition somewhere, but Fate has made other plans for it. It's on its way to Connecticut.

The two in the catalog sold…

Quadrants 1 & 2, 24" x 24" each, 2007


I originally painted these on spec for an art consultant who, it turned out, was not interested in them. Then Image Conscious was interested in making posters and off they went to San Francisco. Yes, they wanted to make reproductions of them! They kept them for a couple months and finally, when I called to inquire about their status, it turned out that they weren’t going to use them after all and they were sent back. I’ve had a couple of inquiries from the trade about them but nothing came of it. Then the Guild (now called the Artful Home) put them up on their retail site and there they sat for nearly a year. I have been rather surprised that they didn’t sell quickly because I think they are good. In fact, I made a whole set of layouts to extend the series but for whatever reason have never continued with them. I used the knife on these and I really like the effect. Some very interesting things are going on in these pieces. Anyway, I’m glad that someone has finally purchased them.