Jarlsberg with Lichtenstein

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Oddly enough, I did not realize that I had never posted this painting on the blog until my dentist who had come to the exhibition of my dailies asked me if it was still available. In running down the list of images in my blog file, I noticed there was a jump from #97 to #99. Sure enough, somehow I missed it. Dr. K. says this painting stayed in his mind because Jarlsberg is his favorite cheese. I think it also has something to do with the fact that Roy Lichtenstein, in painting this "Self Portrait as Cheese" painted himself in a doctor's jacket.

Holiday on Ice

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Here's this year's piece for TugboatBay.com's Christmas card offering. It's a celebration of all the people who keep the spirit alive even as they have to work through their holidays, away from family and loved ones. They keep the world turning for the rest of us.

Henbit and Buttercup Field

I particularly enjoy the fields along the roadside as I travel back and forth to North Carolina in the spring before the crops are planted. There is such a beautiful mix of complementary colors. There is the purple carpeting of a weed called henbit juxtaposed against the bright yellow buttercups. Woven through these are vibrant patches of green spring grass. Up close to the road, lining the ditches, is vegetation still wearing the rusty reds and oranges of winter sleep. Such a simple landscape, but rich in coloring.

Pop Cap & Pop Art XIII

Revisiting another iconic Jasper Johns work with my soda bottle caps. It's not easy to try to recreate the depth and layering of his color in oils when I'm trying to do it alla prima.

Pixie Caps

These are from the live oak tree right beside my deck in NC. They are tiny versions of the acorn caps that one finds on oak trees in New York. When I was little, my mother used to tell me that the caps were separated from their acorn nuts by pixies who lived in the woods so they could wear them as hats on their pixie jaunts. (I'm sure we're not the only kids who were told such things.) I used to draw little faces on my fingers and pop an acorn cap on each...instant finger puppet show.

I Loves My Meeses to Pieces II

This trio of Sophie's felt mice seems to be holding up pretty well. They seem to be holding a strategy session.