blue – paintandsimple

Posted on July 30, 2018 by paintandsimple · 1 Comment

Snorkeler’s Cove

10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper

Play this sound track: “Look mom, an eel!, a school of so many fish” Now roll the surf in the background. It was a beautiful morning.

Plein air – Kauai

Posted on July 16, 2018 by paintandsimple

Occasion for Hope

10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper”The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.” -John Buchan

Posted on June 27, 2018 by paintandsimple

Wrangling Chicks

10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper

I have been playing with abstraction in my art. I find simplified color and detail to be so beautiful and pleasing to the eye. I love how a few swipes of color can suggest a chick.

Posted on April 22, 2018April 22, 2018 by paintandsimple

Grown in the Wild

12″x9″ pastel on sanded paper

“Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.” -Lorde

Posted on April 18, 2018 by paintandsimple · 1 Comment

“It’s not only the state flower but also a kind of floral trademark almost as well known to outsiders as cowboy boots and the Stetson hat. The bluebonnet is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland, the cherry blossom to Japan, the lily to France, the rose to England and the tulip to Holland.” Wrote historian Jack Maguire

The season is short, I plan to make the most of it.

Posted on December 1, 2013 by paintandsimple

Hay waiting to be cut – study in complimentary colors

I love to play with a limited palette, today was orange and blue in five values each.

Posted on April 24, 2013April 20, 2013 by paintandsimple · 1 Comment

Lupinus texensis

“Bluebonnets have inspired the poet’s pen, the artist’s brush, the cowboy’s dream, and the legislator’s eloquence throughout the broad spaces of Texas. Their royal beauty and enchanting fragrance have a particular message which speaks to the emotions with compelling directness.”