Ma at 97

11" x 14" Watercolor

A Cabin in Dream Land

 

11" x 14" Watercolor

Early Morning in Pond Lane

10" x 13" Watercolor

Fly High

8" x 11" in Watercolor

In the woods

I have been taking watercolor lesson for more than a year now. I will start posting some of the painting I did.
This one is from the photo I took while vacationing in Mazama in east slope of  north Cascades of Washington. The log cabin we stayed in is in the woods where you can smell the fresh pine in the air.




11" x 14" in watercolor

Ths is paradise

Cat Austin has been with us for sixteen years and his heart has finally give in. We bid him goodbye yesterday while he was resting comfortably with my arm around him.
I painted this on a watercolor paper with 2 layers of gesso. This painting is a memory for Austin.











8" x 11" on gesso watercolor paper

My Shepherd is calling

After a long painful period of pinched sciatic nerve since Christmas, I finally getting better and pick up my paint brush. This watercolor is to celebrate Chinese New Year, the Year of Sheep. Chinese use 'Three Sheeps' to represent the spring season is in full form and a good year begins.






watercolor on Arches paper 9" x 12"

Chalk Creek, Colorado II

I am still very much attached to Colorado after moved away  many years ago.  I love the freshness of the air and the sound of the rushing water at Chalk Creek. This painting is done from the many photo I took.







11 x 14 Oil on gesso board

The winning piece

The 'self Portrait' painting I posted in February won the 1st place in watercolor category in AAIE 50th annual Jury Show early this month. This is a huge lifting experience. I appreciated all the support I have been received.

Chalk Creek, Colorado

The scene is the rushing water of Chalk Creek near Salida in west Colorado.  We lived in Colorado for 12 years. In year 2011 we went back to attend a wedding at Mt. Princeton Hot Spring Resort. The hot spring pools located in the midst of the rushing water.

 

 

 oil 11 x 14 on panel

Floral Study III

At our UUGAS weekly meet, my friend Martha brought a bunch of huge Dahlias for us to paint. I have never seen anything like that, bold and beautiful. This is what I came up with that evening.

UUGAS stands for" Upper Underground Artists ". We are a group of artists meet every week at Martha's attic room creating our own art piece.









6 x 8 oil on panel

Floral Study II

 6 x 9 oil on panel

Floral Study I

After finishing with the two paintings on the Hawaiian local flowers, I felt the need to do more study on flowers. Here is one.









 6 x 8 oil on panel

Blue Marlin

This is the last piece of the commission painting. After I finished this painting, I think sometime I'd like to go to Hawaii to watch a live blue marlin. Maybe just watching from the pier because I have a real bad case of sea sickness.






5 x 7 oil on canvas

Red Crested Cardinal

This is the second piece of the commission painting. I like how the bird come out with the red underground .








5 x 7 oil on canvas

Red Hibiscus

This is the third of the commission painting. The request is to put a red, a pink, a yellow and a white Hibiscus all in one painting. It took me some time to design how to achieve that. I come up with this with a little twist.






5 x 7 oil on canvas

Hawaii Plumeria

This is a commission work request by my friend Frank and Linda. They moved  to Hawaii last year and asked me to do four paintings from several pictures representing Hawaiian subject.This is the first one. 

             5x 7 oil on canvas.



Orange and a red jar

I did this study right after I came back from Qiang's workshop. The orange is from my back yard.













8 x 6 oil on board



Ladies Day

                                                                              

This is my recent painting at Hanna Adler's workshop. I have always admired her figure painting, so I choose to do this multiple figures scene. In the process I had many happy moments and grieves. But in the end it turned out good on my third try.
Watercolor 12 x 16

Red Apple in a green bowl

The second day of Qiang Huang's workshop, I felt more at ease and did this painting. Karen and I set this up for our setting. I really like this green bowl to go with the apple.

8 x 10 oil on board