Wilting Away

I did this painting after being inspired by a student in a painting class I was teaching recently. She was using an interesting combination of greens and violets and it seemed like a strange combination, but looked really interesting in an organic setting. I love making shapes appear to pop out or recede by using hard and soft edges to shade and glaze with watery layers of pigment.

Among the Leaves

This is the painting that was selected for the RSVP show at the Maitland Art Center this month. It's one of those that started with abstract washes and the forms suggested flowers and bugs so that's what it became.