Many many spots

I hope you can see the many many spots on these orchids.  It completely fulfilled my urge to make spots, in fact, I got a little tired in the end.  Maybe it means that I'm sort of picking at something.  Something on my mind that I keep turning over and over.  It makes me wonder why the Australian aborigines paint completely in spots. 

More Mysterious Spots

What can I say,  more of the mysterious spots.  No, I still haven't figured out what they mean, but I'm sure it's very philosophical and poetic.  

Beginning of Orchid Week

I've been painting orchids lately.  I noticed that when I doodle, I usually make dots.  So I decided to paint orchids which have these wonderful marks on them.  What does that mean?  More specifically, what do I really mean?  It will come to me eventually.

Drowsy river not knowing where to flow

This is a last minute painting that I made just looking down at the shoreline of the river.  My easel was just a few feet away from the water.  I loved the way little waves lapped up at the shore and some of the rocks were under water and some broke the surface.  I wish I knew if I was on the left bank or the right bank.

Rio Grande Retake

This is another revision of the original painting posted a little over a week ago.  Sometimes, actually, most of the time, I realize that I have to let the painting sit a while and look at it again to see the mistakes.  Especially plein air painting when I'm also dealing with the weather, insects, wolves, etc.  what looks right at the moment becomes more clear later.

Under the Bridge take 2

This is a revision of the previous "under the bridge" .  It's not as lively but more harmonious, and I'm all about the harmony--everywhere, all the time.

You turn away from me

When I finished the painting of the St. Francis of Assisi church in Taos, I turned to the left and saw this beautiful sunflower facing away from me.  The sun was shining through the petals causing them to practically glow.  

Through the brush

We went up the mountain to a meadow to paint and I chose this view, which is actually looking through some overhanging branches to the meadow beyond.