Ocho

This one began with a red background. I used many of the same colors that I used on the first one in this trio. While one painting dried I worked on another one. There is nothing worse than smearing the dots.

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Siete

For months I have been stewing about how to complete my next three paintings from my series "Numeros." The canvases for these paintings were all 20” x 20”. Although I had a certain process for the previous ones, I didn’t want to repeat what I had done before. During the summer I thought about using some colors I had seen in the Japanese animé cartoon, “Ponyo.” Beyond that, I had to think about what I could do to make these next three pieces different.

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

For each canvas I used a specific background colors inspired by “Ponyo.” I then created meandering lines similar to ones I used in previous paintings in this series. While I was rotating my canvases, an idea hit me. Why not have the lines run horizontally rather than run vertically? I looked at my meandering lines and thought of all the line graphs that have been used to talk about the economic news over the last year. Anyway, this is the first of the three new paintings.

Seis

Well, here is the third painting I finished for the Poydras Home Art Show in 2008. It is the most experimental of the set of three. Again the background color was a challenge. What colors would pop? What colors would need altering to pop?

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Cinco

Moving onto the next painting in this grouping, here is “Cinco.” In this painting I experimented even more with my format. I made curving and isolated irregular shapes made up of dots. Some colors I mixed for the other paintings had to adjusted for the red background.

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Cuatro

When I painted the next three paintings I decided to break up shapes. The affect is not as noticeable in this one. The others, that follow, are more dramatic.

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Tres

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Dos

Each of the paintings in the "Numeros" series is named in order of completion. Thus, this one follows "Uno." And each year, since 2006, I have painted three new ones, with the exception of 2007. That experiment didn't pan out.

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Uno

Each fall Poydras Home has an large art show. An inventory sheet is sent out in advance for artists to list their art information -  including titles. Well, I'm usually not finished my art before I need to send in the form. So, I started naming some paintings using Spanish numbers. That is how I began my dot art painting series called "Numeros." Here is the first painting.

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Aflow

watercolor on canvas, 12" x 12"

Aburst

watercolor on canvas, 12" x 12"

Agrow

watercolor on canvas, 12" x 12"

Aglow

watercolor on canvas, 12" x 12"

Abloom

This is my second watercolor on watercolor canvas painting.

watercolor on canvas, 12" x 12"

Afire

In the spring of 2005, I purchased some 12" x 12" watercolor canvases. The canvases were covered with a special gesso for watercolor use. So this was a new experience for me. I normally had painted watercolor on paper. The biggest difference with watercolor canvas was the ability to easily pull up the paint. The trade-off was that if I accidentally wet an area the paint would come up too. Anyway, this is one of six pieces I made with watercolor on watercolor canvas.

watercolor on canvas, 12" x 12"