Current studio works....cats & plein air sky works to edit....small works....

6x8, HERE COMES THE SUN, from CHAR in May....nudged some in studio....

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5x8, Western view from Paradise Winery last March, playing in studio with that exploded fried egg sun....

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12x12, experimenting with painting my original cat Stella, as a feral cat caretaker, it IS a subject I know well, but do not want a cutsie-image.  Approaching as in all painting subjects, forget about what IT is, paint color spots, attention to edges, see what develops....I SEE the base painting-scars on the left, bugging me, so I will build up a lot of paint on this, whatever the final painting is.

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12x12 stretched, deep, canvas, our beloved Stella with Hannah at about 7 years old, cootie catcher-toys, window seat....trying to keep it loose, HATE working from photos so rarely try....so doing it with glances, viewing from distance & thru mirror, glasses off....liking the looseness of child and cat, struggling with spots of ambiquous color of toys, and how the window, its blind above, foliage outside-