As part of my Southern Exposure series, I am drawing a series of birds. I have started with some of my favorites and am enjoying the change of wildlife subject.
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“Soft Cotton” 3×5 Soft Pastel, $95 in matte and frame
I am working on new backgrounds for my cotton bolls. Instead of a flat color, I am trying faded cotton and earth.
Empty Tub, 18×24 Soft Pastel
I finished this piece in a day, and then kept coming back to it adding colors and making adjustments. It shows a certain stiffness in the pose, but I intended it as a moment of frozen reflection, sort of like when you are reluctant to get out of the bathtub even after all the water has drained out.
Feather, 5×10 Soft Pastel
I like the odd simplicity of this piece, and the single bright red feather.
18×24 Soft Pastel, Untitled
A larger addition to the Blue Series. The final addition of peeling paint in the corner added a whole different feel to this piece.
“Arrangement”
12×16 Soft Pastel
The latest addition to my new “Blue Series.” It’s funny how art happens…one minute you’re painting bucolic fields, sheep and cotton and then one day you sit down and this comes out instead. It is surprising, but you have to let it flow. Art has a powerful ability to channel emotions and express them in unplanned ways.
“Untasted”
9×11 Soft Pastel
I am experimenting more with color and texture in this piece, one of a series.
“Wings”
9×12 Soft Pastel
I am branching out into the dog breeder world with pet portraits…this is a portrait of a prize-winning Boykin Spaniel, a treasured pet of one of my friends. They breed these spaniels and are located in Mountain Brook, Alabama. www.otmboykins.com
“Vigilance” 8×12 Soft Pastel
Everyone needs a release…a way to express how you feel, what you think…some outlet through which you can work out internal confusion. I find my release in art. As I drew this piece, I contemplated my life, my faith, my questions, my struggles and could feel my eyes looking into the light in hope that all will be well. It is hard to sacrifice, to search for authenticity, to love with a selfless love. In this picture, I sit for a moment in peace and breathe through my lingering thoughts…
