Edge of Town Colorado

Edge of Town ColoradoMixed media (acrylic, paper, and graphite) 8" x 8" on cradled birch panel When I was young, I loved riding my bike through the suburban track housing where I lived, over to the edge of town where the apricot orchards and meadows had yet to be bulldozed. This painting depicts that carefree time of exploring my neighborhood. Today, those open spaces are gone as the entire area is fully developed and home to Google's headquarters.

and respect

At this point

What other ways can you link the competing demands in your life

which I layered over with colored paper

20″ x 20″

The salty brine of the deep blue Atlantic that I smell while enjoying the succulent taste of a warm buttered lobster roll

The analogous warm colors make the painting almost vibrate

Hand-carved stamp printed over rolled ink on Arches watercolor paper

and mood of the sea

(framed size 8" x 10")

Alpine Flower One is an original cyanotype on archival watercolor paper

I titled it Quarry because if you unearthed the previous layers