Green Point Tree
12"x18", acrylic on canvas

Point Betsie Trees
14"x14", acrylic on canvas

North Bar II
12"x12", acrylic on canvas

Elberta Marsh Clouds
12"x18", acrylic on canvas

Group Show, August 21& 22

Figure Show in Interlochen

I'm participating in a group show, The Figure Addressed, this month at Bird Lip Bay Gallery, 2665 M-137, Interlochen, Michigan, with my fellow artists from the Crystal Lake Figure Group in Frankfort as well as those from Traverse City's Figure on Saturday and Leland's Old Art Building group. All the work originated from our figure drawing time, and ranges from charcoal and ink sketches to large-scale finished oil paintings. The show will be up from today, July 3, through July 30, with an artists' discussion on July 18 at 4pm, open to the public, on why we draw the figure.

Frost Tomatoes
24"x 36", acrylic on canvas

Thanks to those friends (you know who you are) who have tactfully reminded me that it's been awhile since I last posted. I've been working on this big painting (big for me, anyway!) of tomatoes from my summer garden on the morning after the first frost, for the past few months, building slowly with glazes, one color at a time. I'm at a stopping point now. Maybe it's finished, or maybe a few weeks on my wall will change my mind. At any rate, I'm leaving it alone for awhile; I'll only add more to it if I really know what it needs. In the meantime, I'm stretching canvases, big and small, and making charcoal and pen-and-ink sketches for my next painting, a collection of hot peppers. This time, I plan to post a few in-progress photos so there's not another gap of three months in between posts.