Medium: Collage               Size: 4x6 (each)

Recently viewed a Henri Matisse collage at the Carnegie Museum of Art.  The piece titled The Thousand and One Nights" and is on display until July 15th, 2012.  Its a very large piece and inspired me to start making small collage pieces.

The two pieces here, both untitled were created with the thought of the Matisse project.  His piece worked with a lot of hearts so I included those in these two pieces as well.  According to the information card supplied by the museum, the Matisse artwork also shows the passage of time from day to night (white lamp on left (day) to black lamp towards right (night)).  I added a sun and moon to one of the pieces to show the time change as well, but I think mines a little more obvious.  The piece on the right is showing the ebb and flow of love and the ups and downs found in relationships, but for every down there is an up.

Medium: Oil Paints     "Twin Lakes Upper Lake" - 4x6

This was one of the first paintings that I created post-school.  I discovered a local painter, Ron Donoughe, who paints plein air.  I went to a local park with a small easel and came away with this piece.

It was the first piece I had make that I was happy with.  Most of the previous attempts at painting plein air were not very successful, but I still find it quite fun. I continue working a lot out near my parents house in the country, but want to switch to more urban areas.

Medium:Oil Paints    Sunflowers - 12x16

I did this piece a couple months back during an oil painting class at the Carnegie Museum of Art.  They subject was a group of long stemmed sunflowers in a large glass vase.  I decided to focus more on the flowers and the angles that they hung out of the vase.

The background was painting with a black gesso prior to the painting of the actual flowers.