From the Studio (photo)
My series of portraits of my cats is continuing with this one of Kelsey, titled, “Basking”. I managed to catch a photo of him in great lighting and later took several more of his eye in this position. The surface is hot press Stonehenge Aqua. It allowed me to lift some hairs in the highlights and sculpt edges with a damp brush. I made a very light drawing on the paper using Winsor Newton non-staining Manganese Blue. I “erased with a damp brush.
NEWS SUMMER
Yellow Rose and River Reverie were voted into the top 100 of the Art of Watercolor Magazines Readers’ Choice Competition Issue 45
I presently have no workshops scheduled. Any future ones will probably be local. I do have 4 digital books, a hard cover book and 2 videos on this site for those who want to see information about how I paint, my materials and more. There is also painting information in the archived issues of the Seasonal Notes from other seasons. You can view a variety of my paintings on the gallery pages. Many of these are still available for sale. Contact me if you are interested in information about a particular painting.
Heavenly Hibiscus and Dahlia Duo, were voted as top paintings in The Art of Watercolor Magazine’s Summer Issue 46, Readers’ Competition. They received 118 and 73 of the top 100 votes respectively, of 10,567 votes cast.
NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Peony Aglow
May
Louisiana Watercolor Society 52nd International, New Orleans, LA Merit Award
Rhapsody
April – June
Watercolor Society of Alabama 81st National
Secluded
April – June
Hudson Valley Art Association 89th Annual Juried Exhibition, CT
Luminous
May-July
Transparent Watercolor Society 46th Annual, Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, WI
3RD Place Chevillion Memorial Award
Exultant
April -June
American Artists Professional League Online
Dusty
June-August
Watercolor USA 46th Annual, MO
Dashing Dahlia
June – July
Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Regional
Contemplation
Sept
Allied Artists Of America 109th Online Exhibition
Kelsey
June-Aug
54 Watercolor West Annual National Exhibition, CA
Southern California Artists Association Award
Sophie’s Iris
Aug – Sep
Adirondacks National; Old Forge, NY
Award