Trade Tumble
“Trade Tumble”
6 x 6” Watercolor and Ink on Clayboard
A final polish before being sent out into the world.
Value is a Fluid Concept
“Value is a Fluid Concept”
24 x 36” Watercolor and Ink on Clayboard
This complex artwork symbolizes the mystique behind valuation and barter. Value is forever changing; what something is worth is always determined by as few as two people: what more than one person is willing to pay…
This painting will be on display at the upcoming Artists of the Black Hills annual show at The Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City.
See Below:
ARTISTS OF THE BLACK HILLS ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Various Artists
Sen. Stan Adelstein & Lynda K. Clark Gallery
05.27.16 – 08.13.16
History of Trade Beads
“History of Trade Beads”
6 x 6” Watercolor and Ink on Clayboard
The history of objects that pass from generation to generation is one of complexity: immersed in complexity.
Coming in with the Surf
“Coming in With the Surf”
6 x 6” Watercolor and Ink on Clayboard
From what may have been lost for a time, yet lying just beneath the surface, an act of nature can expose and bring to light.
This little gem of a painting is actually one of my favorite from this series of work.
Circling the Globe
“Circling the Globe” 6 x 6” Watercolor and Ink on Clayboard
Glass trade beads made in one part of the world circumnavigate it many times over, changing hands as a form of currency and connection.
Blue Riverbed
“Blue Riverbed”
6 x 6” Watercolor on Clayboard
The unknown lies beneath the surface of a body of water and holds the answer to many mysteries. Underwater artifacts…
Again, a painting from an on-going series of underwater paintings.
Bead Bonanza
“Bead Bonanza”
6 x 6” Watercolor on Clayboard
The profusion of colored glass in this painting is more than the sum of its parts.
As you can see, I work in a series: I initially explored beads as subject matter years ago, and then about four years back, I revisited the subject matter, this time with a new medium, and I have yet to feel I have exhausted the ideas I wish to explore!
Thread of an Idea
“Thread of an Idea”
11 x 14” Watercolor on Clayboard
This painting is about what is just beneath the surface: a thread of an idea.
Hanks of Beads Submerged
“Hanks of Beads Submerged”
11 x 14” Watercolor on Clayboard
Trades beads, as a form of global currency, have circled the globe. They have been lost and they have been found.
I am drawn to trade beads as subject matter: they have much world history. A hank of beads is a long strand of one type of bead. Hanks are frequently broken apart and re-strung to create something new: as in life.
I’ve taken a little time away from blogging, not from painting. I have been working on a PhD in Art Education at the University of Arizona in Tucson! Go Wildcats!
Badlands of South Dakota
“Badlands of South Dakota”
6×6 Watercolor on Clayboard
Infinite colors and folds of the earth: the Badlands of South Dakota are like nowhere else!