2006 – Learning about composition


This is Pink Plumeria before I whacked off 8 inches of it and made it square. It never was a very strong painting. Though I did have fun with color in the petals and learned about putting compliments in to create great darks. I used some of the quinacridone rose from the petals in the nooks and crannies of the leaves. It seemed to help. It’s still not one of my favorites.

2005 – Plumeria out of the plastic bag


This painting along with Bud the Dog, Blue Door, Roses for Annie and Full Circle were in a plastic bag stored under my bed for a a long time, maybe a couple of years. My girlfriend Brenda told me to get them out and get them framed! She said that I had something and I needed to at least have them on my own walls! She’s a big part of how and why I and this art am out from under the bed!

2004 – Full Circle – before it was framed


I had this paiting banging around in my life for so long before I protected it with a frame. I had it in the window sill of my studio, as part of an altar in the pink room. I had no idea that I was really an artist and that anyone would find this precious enough to keep inside a frame. It’s remarkable looking back that I painted this without any sense of the draw this painting would have on the world.

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