Throwback Thursday

From My Illustration Days…

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“The River Test at Stockbridge” gouache on illustration board-
from a photo I took on one of our trips to England in the 1990s

Back in another professional life before I became a painter in oil I worked in gouache and also a mixed media technique I learned at Mark English’s Illustration Academy. I also used watercolor and pen and ink for some illustration class assignments when I was getting my BFA Illustration at the Academy of Art (then College) from 1987-1989. Since spring is on the way I thought I’d share four that have a landscape or plant subject…two that play it straight and a two where I, well, didn’t and went for a humorous touch.

“Pond and Foxgloves” gouache on illustration board-
from a photo I most likely took in England
“Scarecrow and Friend” Watercolor, pen and ink on paper; this was for a class assignment which I think was to do a robot being used in food production. I always loved doing the research part and this was no exception
“Another Vacation Spoiled by Mischievous Fairies” Mixed media (acrylic and colored pencil) on illustration board; Don’t ask. I have no idea what corner of my mind this idea came from but once having thought of it I had to do it. I must say, it was a lot of fun and is unlike anything I’d done before or since

TBT: “Pretty in Pink”

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Yes, I missed the “deadline”. Sigh. “Pretty in Pink” oil 16×20” 2005- Peruvian pink-backed pelicans that I saw at the Berlin Zoo in 2004. Loved the colors and their expressions!

Collection of the artist.

TBT: “Black Oyster Catcher”

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Black-Oystercatcher

TBT “Black Oystercatcher” a 12×24″ oil from 2007. Private collection.

I took lots of photos of this oystercatcher moving around on the rocks near Trinidad State Beach and than had fun painting both the bird and the water

TBT- “A Grand Morning”

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Grand-Morning
“A Grand Morning” oil 16×20″

TBT- On Thursday mornings I’ll be giving you a look at art I’ve created over the past twenty years. Today…”A Grand Morning” oil from 2007. A different part of the Grand Tetons in the fall. It’s currently hanging on the wall in our dining area.