Picnic

This was a project from my Painting I class at Mississippi State. We were instructed to use dots of pure color and place complementary colors adjacent to each other. We were using the Seurat Post-Impressionistic approach.

I had enjoyed playing with Impressionism in high school art classes. When this project came along I was thrilled. Later on this carried over into my interest in the Aboriginal technique of using dots.

I used an old photo of my grandfather and his cousin picnicking on the levee for my composition.


oil on canvas, 27.25" x 35.75"

Australian Christmas

In 1994 I was invited to be in a Christmas themed art show. We were asked to select a country and look up information on how that country celebrated Christmas.

First of all it is summer down there at Christmas. The beach is a popular place to be. There is "Caroling by Candlelight" on the beach. So, I focused on the candlelight tradition. Painting in an Aboriginal style, I used dots to capture the effect of light. This is a piece that sold.


acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"

Origin of the Code Series

So, here are the first eight dot pieces painted . . . dots were an afterthought . . . the triangles were just TOO HARSH! . . . look above for the smaller pieces that followed.

Green Dreaming

This is a dot piece from 11 years ago.


acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"

The "o" Series

I evacuated to Memphis when Katrina was headed to the New Orleans area . . . these are works I completed while I was away.

ao

acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

bo

acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

co

acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

do

acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

eo

acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

fo

acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

go

acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

ho

acrlic on canvas, 5" x 5"

Sigma

Let's see who can guess what inspired this one, hunh?!?


acrylic on canvas, 6" x 6"