"Ruby Heart" 6x6 inches, acrylic on panel. The pink is resistance red. There are resistance green dots too; they show up on the original; the scan records them as white.

Resistance paints are iridescent, and they also shift subtly in color when viewed from a different angle.

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The Hatchling

Title: "The Hatchling"
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Genre: Figure, fantasy
Size: 8x10 inches

This is part of a series of the model in the same pose, holding something. In this one, she's embracing a young dragon, just hatched. Her hair, the dragon's tail, and the tree form a triad symbol. There are also triad symbols on her robe. The triad means different things in different cultures, such as mind, body, spirit; thought, feeling, emotion; creation, preservation, destruction; power, intellect, love. In my own thinking, a Dragon symbolizes creativity, power, and wisdom.

Calligraphy Heart: Love Conquers All

Title: "Calligraphy Heart: Love Conquers All"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas panel
Size: 6x6 inches
Genre: Abstract

Written and overwritten in calligraphy are 3 words: the classic saying,  "Love Conquers All. " Some parts are legible, some are not. Tiny hearts, dots, and iridescent touches add to the fun.

Sleeping Mermaid

Title: "Sleeping Mermaid"
Medium: Acrylic on panel
Size: 8x8 inches
Genre: Fantasy

Done from a live model at an art group session, and her dress just said "Mermaid!" to me, so I went with it.

Work in Progress, Detail

Work in Progress. Acrylic on stretched canvas. The finished art will be 8x10; this is a detail. I started it from a live model and got the head/shoulders done. The rest of the figure will be finished from a photo.   Working from life provides visual information that a photograph doesn't; while a photo simplifies shapes and values, so each is useful to work from.

Red onion, eye, tears, surreal

What's So Sad About A Big Red Onion? 5x7 on canvas panel

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This red onion was so gorgeous and so luminous, I was hesitant to paint it. Didn't know if I could do it justice. The eye is from looking in the mirror, and the tear, well tears are so wonderfully kitsch, I just had to do it. The idea of onions/tears appeals to me; this is the second teary onion one I've painted.