OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND

Those dates for the Open Studio Tour are 

coming up fast, and I hope to see a

lot of you over that weekend. That's always
the very best part!

Tucson Pastel Art Center

February 2 and 3

2447 N. Los Altos Ave

10:00 AM to 4:00 PM both days

Los Altos is one block west of 1st Ave. 

Here are a few of my recent works.

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"Pink Roses"

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These pink roses will last forever. 

Pastel on dark gray PastelMat

The Secret Life of a Tulip

"Rising"

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The final painting (for the moment) in the Secret Life of a Tulip series. 

Who knew a tulip could be so incredibly sexy?

6 x 6 inch palette knife oil painting on Arches paper for oils, 

mounted on Crescent mat board.

The Secret Life of a Tulip

"Dreamtime"

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Palette knife oil painting on 6 x 6 inch Arches paper

for oils, mounted on Crescent mat board.

If you look closely at the interior of a tulip, you will

discover a lot going on. So amazing!

Prickly Pear Close-Up

"Prickly Pear Close-up"

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Palette knife oil on 6 x 6 inch Arches paper, mounted

on Crescent mat board. Absolutely love the delicately colored 

blossoms on prickly pear.

"Dreamtime"

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Another episode in The Secret Life of a Tulip

6 x 6 palette knife oil on Arches paper for oils.

This one felt soft and dreamy to me, somewhat tentative, as

if it were just awakening and stretching a bit.

Rising

"Rising" 

6 x 6 palette knife painting on Arches paper for oils.

The third in my series "The Secret Life of a Tulip"

This is my favorite so far. Who knew that tulips were so 

incredibly sexy? 

Awakening

"Awakening" 

 6 x 6 palette knife oil on Arches paper for oils.

I have really been enjoying painting on this paper; it stands up 

to the palette knife with no trouble at all. Some say it's too 

absorbent, but I don't have any problems - maybe because I use

the paint right out of the tube with no medium.

I hadn't thought about framing or mailing. Have discovered that to 

do either, the painting needs to be mounted onto a backboard. 

Though I'm not happy about the extra work involved, I bought

a sheet of Crescent mat board & some Liquitex fluid medium 

to use as a bonding agent - this was the advice I got from

a nice guy at Arizona Art Supply. I'll let you know how it goes.

In a Spin

"In a Spin" 

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Palette knife oil painting on 6 x 6 

Arches paper for oils

The first in a new series titled "The Secret Life of a Tulip"

A few weeks ago, an artist friend and I took a road trip to 

San Francisco to spend a couple of days with my younger son and 

his family. A highlight of the visit was "Tulipmania" at Pier 39.

Absolutely hundreds of tulips were on display.

I was wandering along taking photos of bunches of 

tulips, then noticed my wonderful daughter-in-law, Laurie,

with her camera and her nose right inside a tulip!

Soon we were all spying on the intimate details of

tulip anatomy and a couple of us were getting

excited at what looked like a fantastic new series.