Time flies

It has already been three months since my last posting and I have completed three new oil paintings for the gallery--plus a few watercolors. Did someone say prolific?

First is one I call  Heron Discussion. We have a small statue of two birds on a tree stump and I have been looking at it for some time trying to come up with the inspiration for a story. Adding in a swampy area makes it come alive as though they are having a spirited conversation.

The second one is from our trip to the Galapagos islands in 2022. We were on an expedition cruise and one day, as we were exploring in a zodiac, I spotted penguins on a rocky islet. These two especially caught my interest. I named this one Penguin Mates.  

The third is something of an ode to some of the early 20th century painters who explored night scenes--especially one of my favorites, Edward Hopper. I had previously painted a young woman in a balcony scene and decided that I could paint her seated in a window with the viewers looking in from the darkened street. The pose spoke to me as lonely lost in thought. This one I titled Contemplating the Night.