Close Examination: Artworks and Photos of Flag Irises
In April and May 2020, during the worst of the Coronavirus, I stayed inside and started painting irises from photos, not the way I usually like to work. These photos […]
Category Archives: Water
Abstract Patterns: Rippling Water
Every so often I become obsessed with the abstract patterns of ripples in the water. Here’s the latest batch, mostly from close to home as there’s a lot of water […]
Inspiration: Englishman River Falls
I made two sketching trips to Englishman River Falls; the first in 1994 with my friend and fellow sketcher, and the second a couple of years later when I drove over […]
A Collage of Nordic Music Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe
When I was looking up Georgia O’Keeffe in Wikipedia I found this painting called Blue and Green Music that she painted sometime in-between 1919 and 1921. from Wikipedia: Painted in her New […]
Paintings of Nuweiba, Where the Sand Dunes Lead into the Waters of the Red Sea
I was travelling in the Sinai Desert in early 1979. At the time the Sinai belonged to Israel and they had just signed a peace accord to hand it back […]
Waterfalls in Wales: Explorations of Moving Water
When we were in Wales last spring we spent some time exploring the ability of our point and shoots to do long exposures. Although not perfect the long exposures often […]
