President’s Day. I thought I’d post three miscellaneous pictures from the weekend. The first was inspired by watching AMC’s presentation of “The Wolf Man Meets Frankenstein” or something like that. The second abstract image is a mixed media piece with watercolor, acrylic and ink. Lastly, Tumnus the faun at home. Poor guy has an inner struggle going on… Well, enjoy your holiday!

Today is the day Joan is coming from the newspaper to take pictures and interview me. Fun!

President’s Day. I thought I’d post three miscellaneous pictures from the weekend. The first was inspired by watching AMC’s presentation of “The Wolf Man Meets Frankenstein” or something like that. The second abstract image is a mixed media piece with watercolor, acrylic and ink. Lastly, Tumnus the faun at home. Poor guy has an inner struggle going on… Well, enjoy your holiday!

Today is the day Joan is coming from the newspaper to take pictures and interview me. Fun!

Someone said it was 24 below today, so I decided to stay inside and paint. Some flowers to make me feel like spring. An abstract for a sense of fun. And then I had this idea to cover sheets of watercolor paper with faces. I grabbed a kind of big brush and gave myself the challenge to paint small faces with a big brush. After the watercolor dried, I took a small brush and doodled in faces with ink. Then I cut the sheets into 4×6 pieces and will mount the panels onto cardstock. Let me know what you think! Pictured here are 3 examples of about 50 “face fragments.”

Stay warm. Be happy. Think of spring.

Someone said it was 24 below today, so I decided to stay inside and paint. Some flowers to make me feel like spring. An abstract for a sense of fun. And then I had this idea to cover sheets of watercolor paper with faces. I grabbed a kind of big brush and gave myself the challenge to paint small faces with a big brush. After the watercolor dried, I took a small brush and doodled in faces with ink. Then I cut the sheets into 4×6 pieces and will mount the panels onto cardstock. Let me know what you think! Pictured here are 3 examples of about 50 “face fragments.”

Stay warm. Be happy. Think of spring.

In November 2005, Great Northern Gallery hosted a concert by Eric Himan. Eric and Andy Moore played an awesome show at the Old Playhouse aka Betsy Bowen Studio. This “Eric Fragment” is from a painting I did from his show. The initial dream fragments were full size paintings that, for one reason or another, didn’t work for me, so I cut them up. This one illustrates that process quite well, I think. When I ran out of rejected paintings, I started painting sheets of watercolor paper specifically to cut up. At first I thought that seemed a bit contrived, then I realized that every painting is contrived. Hmmm. So there you have it.

If you haven’t heard Eric’s music, please do. His first, Self-titled and now sold out and retired CD, is available on iTunes. I Go On, All For Show, Dark Horse and One Night Stands: Eric Himan live are all available, and are well worth purchasing!

Eric’s song “No Urgency” was featured on LOVE ROCKS, a double CD compilation put out by the Human Rights Campaign. Great music to benefit a great cause. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

In November 2005, Great Northern Gallery hosted a concert by Eric Himan. Eric and Andy Moore played an awesome show at the Old Playhouse aka Betsy Bowen Studio. This “Eric Fragment” is from a painting I did from his show. The initial dream fragments were full size paintings that, for one reason or another, didn’t work for me, so I cut them up. This one illustrates that process quite well, I think. When I ran out of rejected paintings, I started painting sheets of watercolor paper specifically to cut up. At first I thought that seemed a bit contrived, then I realized that every painting is contrived. Hmmm. So there you have it.

If you haven’t heard Eric’s music, please do. His first, Self-titled and now sold out and retired CD, is available on iTunes. I Go On, All For Show, Dark Horse and One Night Stands: Eric Himan live are all available, and are well worth purchasing!

Eric’s song “No Urgency” was featured on LOVE ROCKS, a double CD compilation put out by the Human Rights Campaign. Great music to benefit a great cause. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

I will be having an opening reception in the gallery Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4. Since this is a new blog, I’ll let those of you in cyberspace know that my gallery, the Great Northern Gallery in Grand Marais, MN is housed in a 1948 Great Northern Railway caboose. I’m going to be featuring new paintings, primarily the Dream Fragments, as well as larger watercolor and acrylic paintings on paper, wood and canvas, and my new photo cards. All the card images are mounted on quality cardstock, come with an envelope, of course, and are each enclosed in protective plastic. Photo cards are $3 and the Dream Fragment cards are $5 each. Joan Farnum of the Cook County News Herald will be writing a story to announce this in the paper.

I will be having an opening reception in the gallery Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4. Since this is a new blog, I’ll let those of you in cyberspace know that my gallery, the Great Northern Gallery in Grand Marais, MN is housed in a 1948 Great Northern Railway caboose. I’m going to be featuring new paintings, primarily the Dream Fragments, as well as larger watercolor and acrylic paintings on paper, wood and canvas, and my new photo cards. All the card images are mounted on quality cardstock, come with an envelope, of course, and are each enclosed in protective plastic. Photo cards are $3 and the Dream Fragment cards are $5 each. Joan Farnum of the Cook County News Herald will be writing a story to announce this in the paper.

Dream Fragments

Not every word written makes it into the book. Not every dream is remembered. Sometimes during the course of the day, a dream memory comes back to me… just a fragment that brings the feeling of the dream with it. Are they landscapes or figures? Storm clouds over sawtooth mountains, misty valleys? A glimpse of a fin in the koi pond? Yes to all of the above and more. I dip my net into the collective unconscious and retrieve this wriggling detail to look at together. You bring the rest of the story.

These cards are fragments of original watercolor and acrylic paintings, suitable for mailing or framing.

See examples of Dream Fragments at my gallery site

Dream Fragments

Not every word written makes it into the book. Not every dream is remembered. Sometimes during the course of the day, a dream memory comes back to me… just a fragment that brings the feeling of the dream with it. Are they landscapes or figures? Storm clouds over sawtooth mountains, misty valleys? A glimpse of a fin in the koi pond? Yes to all of the above and more. I dip my net into the collective unconscious and retrieve this wriggling detail to look at together. You bring the rest of the story.

These cards are fragments of original watercolor and acrylic paintings, suitable for mailing or framing.

See examples of Dream Fragments at my gallery site