Category: Art

One of my paintings of Healdsburg, CA, my home town, is currently in the annual member show at Healdsburg Center for the Arts. It’s part of my “Night Life” series, which explores the bright lights in dark darks. In the show you’ll see my small work, “Summer Evening on Matheson Street,” shown here with other… Continue reading My Home Town

We had to say goodbye this week to our wonderful big black cat, Spike. There was a lot of crying going on. But I have some wonderful paintings of him. And, more than photos, they seem to capture his spirit. These are my faves:

The exhibit “Story Painters” now at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek includes some of Hung Liu’s dynamic paintings, combining compelling figures and her imagined environments. But the most amazing works were a pair of large-scale tapestries woven from two of her paintings. Here’s one example, although this web photo can’t reproduce the combination of… Continue reading Painting With Thread