Kitchen Sink Art

When my kitchen was redone by the amazing Wilbur, he reused a cabinet which had had drawers, which, for a while, left a blank spot under the kitchen sink. After Wilbur made the missing piece I decided to make a painting on it. The subject is my granddaughter and my dogs. The artistic inspiration is Swedish painter Carl Larsson who also decorated his home with a lot of paintings. My Dad had a book about his amazing house. Also, a great house on the Moyaone Homes Tour, the "Flying Pig Cottage", had a painting under the sink.

The Flower Girls Hit the Dance Floor

The event inspiration was the wedding of the lovely Corinne with my granddaughter and great-niece as enthusiastic flower girls. There was beautiful light in the oceanside reception area. The artistic inspiration is Degas.

Painting Customized

This painting originally had a plain background - but my friend got me to personalize it to give to her son's violin teacher. Thus, a black and white cat, a StarTrek reference and the stained glass window were added. And now the background is light instead of dark.

Cousins

This is a painting of some of the Carlson family cousins. Hat tip to Innes for taking the reference photo at Thanksgiving. As soon as I saw it I thought it would make a good painting - I think because it reminded me of John Singer Sargent's painting Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (1883) (which in turn is thought to be inspired by Velazques' Las Meninas (1656)). It seems like every time I do a multi portrait, I have a lot of trouble with one of the figures. In this case, the Haven figure was very difficult for me.

Skateboard Park

I went to an art demo by Rogers Naylor yesterday and I thought I would complete a painting using his technique before I forgot what it was all about. I cheated a little here and there but managed to finish this one of a skateboarder at the Greenbelt Skate Park. Rogers has an ongoing art show right now at Susan Calloway gallery in Georgetown. People should check it out!

The Parade

This painting commemorates the only time I ever saw a parade go down the main street in Accokeek. At the time it was pretty exciting! I think the inspiration for a painting featuring flags comes from this Childe Hassam painting:

Naturally, the Accokeek version is a little scaled down.

Snowman

I'm sure I would have done some great paintings during the mega snow storms if I had had some canvases of the right size. Instead I worked on a snowman.