A Midwinter's Night

"A Midwinter's Night"  18"w x 6"h, Siiviis Gallery, Duluth MN

After taking a blogging break for a few weeks, I'm back with a pretty purple painting titled A Midwinter's Night. This 18"w x 6"h piece features the silver moon casting it's bright light across the frozen birch landscape. The sky is a deep rich purple color, and the undertones of the painting are the same purple. In the deep winter you can find beauty, especially in the colors of the shadows on the snowy landscape. Winter is a time for me to reflect on my accomplishments and plan for a new year. What will 2016 bring? We'll just have to wait and see ... but I have a good feeling about this next year. I've been in a good rhythm lately, painting many large commissions and also a nice selection of small canvases like this one currently at Siiviis Gallery in Duluth, MN. Please stop back soon, and enjoy that midwinter night moonlight.

Lavender Sky Iris

"Lavender Sky Iris"  12"w x 12"h

Lavender Sky Iris is a new piece at Siiviis Gallery in Duluth, MN. Continuing on my recent theme in purple iris, this painting uses the color of the iris for the sky, ratcheting up the value of the color until white sparkles finish the negative spaces between the plants. While at first I struggled with this painting to distinguish the flowers from the background, I kept working on it, brightening the sky until it made me smile. :) Please contact Siiviis Gallery in Duluth, MN for more information.

Pushing through the Snow

"Pushing Through the Snow" 8"w x 10"h

I titled this piece Pushing Through The Snow in order to describe what the crocus are doing, which is something everyone that lives in the northland does every winter ... pushing through the snow. It's really neat that I'm posting these snowy spring themed works as the snow is melting. These flowers represent all of us in many ways ... colorful, unique, diverse, beautiful, steadfast, resilient ... wow, all these qualities and more find their place in a tiny little purple flower that isn't afraid of snow.
... this piece is available at Sivertson Gallery in Grand Marais, MN.