30 in 30 - Day 18 - On Halloween Night

"On Halloween Night"

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Once again, the ink gods have spoken.  When I set out to do this ink painting, what you see here was not my intention. I was thinking about Halloween but I was also thinking about stripes. What I ended up with is an amazing web of Halloween colors. Let your mind go and the ink will follow.

30 in 30 - Day 14 - Blue Violet Storm

"Blue Violet Storm"

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I just love how this ink painting turned out.  I used four shades of blue violet and a cool gray to get this stormy effect.  Some of you may look at it and not see a storm at all.  The fact that we can look at the same image and get something completely different from it is one of the great things about painting with inks.

30 in 30 - Day 13 - Fire Ink

"Fire Ink"

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I had no idea what this ink painting would turn out to be when I started. Whenever I try to plan too much, I am never happy with the result.  Best to let the ink do the work. When I look at this I can smell the smoky air of a beach bonfire.

Going Going Green

This weekend we went to the Richard Jackson retrospective, Ain't Painting a Pain, the Orange County Museum of Art through May 5th, 2013. Jackson wants you to be uncomfortable with but at the same time experience the art.  My purpose here is not discomfort but to see how the different greens relate to one another in this space.

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