pink Plumeria
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We go regularly to Kauai to re-generate our energy and spirits. I took this photo on one trip and painted most of it on another. I spend lots of time painting when we are there; there are many more tropical paintings in me wanting to come out! Although initially drawn to the blossoms, it’s the leaves on the left part of this painting that really excite me now. They say to me: “thrive!” They are growth and strength and certainty.
Spring 2005 – 22″x30″ – Watercolor on paper
Southside Lily Pond II
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In October 2010 I did a new festival – the second one in La Jolla – where I met some wonderful people, Joan and Scott Brown. They really loved Southside Lily Pond, but the space in their home needed two pieces of art side by side. They asked me if I could paint a companion piece for it. I took on the challenge, not realizing that I was headed for a fall. I came home and searched through the images from the same day – these images were pre-digital, so I had to find the actual photos. I found this one and liked the idea of painting the same theme in a different scale. Same day, same pond, slightly different angle – the light is coming from another direction. It had a big ugly rock along one side which I replaced with more lily pads. When the Brown’s said they liked the image, I started to paint – but not for long. By November I was dead in the water (so to speak!). It was scary but I was just burned out and there was nothing there when I sat to paint. It felt like the ability and inclination to paint had just vanished. No matter how much I tried to force myself, it just wasn’t there. These first four years of making, showing and selling art have been at a fairly breakneck pace. It seems that the part of me that sources the creator needed a break. I’m incredibly grateful that it’s back and for the moments of joy at putting color on paper again. And I’m also very grateful for the Brown’s who were there in my heart and mind making sure I didn’t stay away too long!
February – March 2011 – 30″x22″ – Watercolor on paper
Southside Lily Pond
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When Joe and I go to Kauai, I take walking trips around Poipu with my camera, hunting for painting subjects. These waterlilies are in a resort garden. This image intrigues me because of the various elements it represents — below the water, above the water and reflections on the surface. The nature of this subject required me to be less literal, more interpretive. It was both fun and difficult. The fun part is watching it emerge. I had started this painting sometime last spring on a piece of paper half this size. I abandoned it about a third of the way through, knowing that it needed to be bigger. Now that it’s done, I see that it would have been great on even larger paper. That’ll be the next waterlilies.
June 2008 – 30″x22″ – Watercolor on paper
