Postcards From The Island
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
While on holiday here in Campbell River BC, I found a set of 24 watercolor pencils in a second-hand shop for only $2, and a pack of 4 x 6″ watercolor paper postcards for only 50 cents. During the next week (only while I’m here) I plan to paint small sketch-series of local sights.
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Scenic 2023
Monday, October 9th, 2023
Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Showing online in Exhibizone’s Scenic 2023 October 09 – December 9, 2023.
Barred Owl
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
Barred Owl, seen at Tualatin Nature Park, Beaverton, OR – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.
Lotus Blossom
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
Lotus Blossom, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.
Sunflowers
Friday, September 8th, 2023
Sunflowers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. White mat and white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.
Damselfly at Xi Niu He, China
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
Damselfly at Xi Niu He – Rhino’s Horn River, China, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
9th Annual Leaves & Petals
Monday, September 4th, 2023
Double Daisies and Red Geraniums, both 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper are showcased for three months in Fusion Art’s 9th Annual Leaves & Petals online exhibition.
Both have white mats and white 27H x 33W” wood frames with crackle finish.
Elk Falls Provincial Park
Sunday, September 3rd, 2023
Elk Falls Provincial Park 03, Vancouver Island, BC Canada, version 03, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. White mat and white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.
Creative Minds 2023
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
Cycad Leaf Fossil Chair, homage to the history of Earth, 29H x 29W x 29D inches up-cycled plastic vintage chair base, woven canvas strips, layers of plaster gradually cured, sanded and carved. Painted with acrylics, finished with varnish, and waxed to enhance colors. Functional art, very comfortable, durable. Now being showcased at Creative Minds – 2023 exhibition, August 15 – Oct. 15, organized by Exhibizone and powered by @Biafarin platform.
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The front of this chair is a rendition of the fossil of a Cycad leaf from the first species of palm-like trees that grew about 50 million years ago. The original Cycad leaf fossil was discovered in a Wyoming riverbed. The circumference on the back of this chair has an informal mosaic embedded with pebbles and authentic fossils of an extinct clam I found in a playground in the Dallas, Texas area. The extinct genus of shells called Myalina are estimated to be 345 – 225 – million years old.
Completing the back of the chair, the surface is textured along with patterns of the bark and leaf scars of a fossilized Paleozoic Lepidodendron, a primitive species of the very first trees on earth, reaching heights of 130 feet (40 m) tall, with leaves that grew flat directly along the bark around 400 million years ago.
In Full Bloom 2023
Friday, August 11th, 2023
Eucalyptus Flowers and Seed Pods, 20H x 16W inches acrylics on canvas with weathered-look wood frame, has won a Silver Award in the 2023 In Full Bloom Online Art Exhibition at J. Mane Gallery, August 14th through Sept.