Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

"You See Me" 40x60, Oil on Canvas This was inspired by my time at Big Bend National Park back in November of 2015.  John Muir wrote, " One learns that the world, though made, is yet being made; that this is still the morning of creation..." Available in Dallas at Mary Tomas Gallery.

"Appulse" 48x60, Oil on Canvas The definition of Appulse is: a driving or running toward something (such as a place). I thought that fit the upsurge of air and how, at any moment, this would cause a rain that would, in turn, connect to the earth. I'm getting ready for an upcoming show at Mary Tomas Gallery here in Dallas called, "Horizons" which will showcase several landscape artists.

"Afterglow" 20x20, Oil on Canvas Getting ready for a wonderful show at Mary Tomas Gallery coming up in a few weeks. I hope to showcase a few new skies. I liked the inner glow I got with this painting and worked on the contrasts. I am captivated by the wisps and swirls that happen with moisture in the atmosphere. Such movement and beauty!

"To the Lowest Place" 48x60, Oil on Canvas   This is my final piece before the two woman show at Mary Tomas Gallery in January. I am so grateful that this big painting went so smoothly.   I find myself coming back to these images of rocks and water and find that there is still something there I want to touch on.  The grace, the beauty, the hard against the soft. The way water runs in the lowest crevices and cracks. For me, a metaphor of God's grace spilled into the darkest parts of our humanity.   Used a "quieter" blue this time, Ultramarine Blue with Paynes Grey.  I wanted the white to be the thing that grabbed the viewer. 

"Tendrils" 36x60, Oil on Canvas     I love the way clouds curl and thicken in spots and thin in others. I get excited painting back-lit clouds as they either keep the light filtered almost entirely or they thin to where little openings of light can come through. With this painting I wanted the background sky to be a true blue whereas the foreground clouds were grey mixed with blue.    I liked how it looked like tendrils curling in a valley of cloud.  Layers of cloud caused by the movement of the wind.   Oil on Canvas 36x60. Will be available in January at Mary Tomas Gallery  here in Dallas. I have a two-woman show with Mary Tomas called, "Into the Quiet." 

"Into the Quiet" 12x48, Oil on Canvas     Working towards a two-woman show at Mary Tomas Gallery in January. The name of the show is, "Into the Quiet." I love the way that makes me want to paint just by hearing that.    I used a soft layer throughout with darker browns and yellows as you went away from the light. I tried to keep everything loose almost like they were tree "ghosts" in the mist.

"Redemption" 36x36, Oil on Gessobord     I finished this 36x36 today, "Redemption" as if there is a figure in the waterfall washed upon the rocks of this hard world yet beautiful in the breaking and letting go.   I'm trying to get bigger with my work as I have a two woman show in January at Mary Tomas Gallery .