Month: January 2015

This is the first new piece of 2015. It’s inspired by the color palette for  Artful Home, a catalog with which I work- for Spring 2015. In order to get me inspired in color, they often send me swatches of the colors of fabrics used in their Apparel selection for each season. From these colors,…

I set up a still-life this morning, using a Matisse-ish patterned tablecloth as the background. Between the pattern on the vase and the purple tulips, I think I bit off more than I could chew. The disperse pattern – almost free form- a HUGE repeat- made the “patterned” quality that I love so much in…

Today, in the spirit of Matisse, I set up a still life with too many elements.  For a 7 x 10″ piece of watercolor paper, I think this was too ambitious. Next time: more simple.

Happy 2015 to all! I am in the middle of reading “The Unknown Matisse”, by Hilary Spurling- a biography of the early years of Henri Matisse. A genius of color, pattern and composition. I have always loved Matisse, but to follow his life from birth to a young artist is so revealing, so personal- and…