Camouflage Insights

Camouflage Insights

7x5x1.5 inches

$175

I went to the Medicine Cards by Jamie Sams and David Carson to look up the meaning of fox to garner fuel to title this painting. Fox means camouflage and this is part of my shared vision series. Perfect as one of the faces is hiding behind greenery. So how often do you camouflage your incredible insights? Below is the description for Fox in the Medicine cards book.

"Fox has the ability to meld into its surroundings and be un-noticed; it is a powerful gift when one is observing the activities of others. Fox medicine means adaptability cunning, observation, integration, swiftness of thought and actions, quick decisiveness in the physical world.

Observe undetected without making others self conscious. Concern for family safety, if fox share its medicine with you is to become like the wind, there but unseen. It is wise to observe the acts of others. Learn to camouflage yourself with your surroundings. Leave and come back for practice. You can use silly tactics as a camouflage.

Reverse: Watch out for Wiley fox. Do not practice camouflage to the extent that you become a wall flower. Contrary fox may be trying to tell you that you have become too invisible in climbing to a place of recognition. Become fox and enjoy the playing ground of your life."

by David Carson and Jamie Sams

This piece is painted on 1.5 inch wood panel with painted sides with acrylic and acrylic mediums to give it a deep textural effect. This painting is wired and ready to hang or because it is 1.5" thick it will be stable standing on a shelf or table. Please visit Daily Paintworks if you would like to purchase this painting

A busy day of Celebration

The Artists' Guild of San Francisco had it's 50th year celebration on Saturday Sept 10th 2011. The Artists' Guild website.
Many artists & supporters of fine art worked hard to get this event together, they did a good job. It was a lot of fun with bands, free art, wine tasting, important people speaking and goofy MC's!

We had a great time.

Here I am on the right with the winner of the original art that I contributed to our Free Drawing

I also have some new collectors from the 2 shows we had in Union Square this week. 

More Musical Squares

It has been a busy summer with deck repairs, residing painting, lots of art shows and working on the Artists' Guild of San Francisco's upcoming 50th year anniversary. I am managing to do a few paintings and these are the two newest of the music series. Both 6x6x1.5 inches. Fun to hold and look at with lots of detail. I will be working on some larger paintings for a few weeks, but hope to fit in a few small ones.

If you are interested in purchasing either of these visit Daily Paintworks Gallery to see if they are still available.

Two more Critter Paintings

I am having fun revisiting the Cat and Dog theme.

Hungry for Her Reflection.

Mystical Happiness

Both of these are 6x6x1.5 inches

Acrylic on Birch wood Panel

The wonderful texture of these do not show up well on screen, but everyone wants to touch them.

They are wired and ready to hang or set on a ledge. The sides are painted Black

If you are interested in Purchasing these or other small paintings please visit

my online gallery at Daily Paintworks

Two Music Paintings

 This one is sold and living with a wonderful couple from Canada who run their own gallery. She is also an artist!

"Keys to Magic"

7x5x1.5 inches

$175

This painting makes me think of some of the components of music making: 

The various personalities involved from the musician to the spirits of music. 

Musical Instruments "playing off" of one another.

The individual personalities of the instruments themselves. 

A magical realm that leads to unexpected doorways.

This piece is painted on 1.5 inch wood panel with painted sides with acrylic and acrylic mediums to give it a deep textural effect. This painting is wired and ready to hang or because it is 1.5" thick it will be stable standing on a shelf or table. Please visit Daily Paintworks if you would like to purchase this painting

A busy week

This month we had a lot of make up shows and I was showing almost 2 days a week in San Francisco. I will be out of town with limited internet and phone access until next weekend August 6th, so I am not sure if I will have any posts this coming up week. I am posting some of the happy collectors of this month and their new paintings here.

Spirit of the Tea Party

8"x8"x7/8"

Textural acrylic on wood panel wired and ready to hang with painted wood sides.

When I watch Musicians play I get a sense of them going into another world . I think we join them there while they are playing. I certainly do and it makes me want to dance.

This painting is wired and ready to hang or because it is 7/8" inch deep on a birch wood panel.

"Melodious Elucidations"
This is a multiple layered, textured painting. It is painted on a wood panel and is 20"x16"x1.5" inches. 


This painting is about the co-creating going on amongst Musicians.


Please visit daily paintworks to purchase these paintings.

Pooch Smooch & Shadow Friend

Pooch Smooch

7x5x1.5 inches

$175

I painted these two paintings in honor of Cats and Dogs. I used to make a lot of Cat and Dog pins and I  miss making them sometimes. These are a good compromise I find. Small paintings with fine details. Richard Unger my hand Analysis Teacher says Big Hands like small details. I have big hands. I will use feline form from "Shadow Friend" for more cat paintings. It is a shape I designed originally for pins.

Shadow Friend

6x6x1.5 inches

SOLD

Two Paintings in Gold

Proud Cat

5.5x7.5 inches on paper

7.5x5.5 inches on paper

This painting has a two obvious symbols showing. Saturn and a guitar.

Saturn stands for structure, accountability and having ones ducks in a row.

The guitar stands for creativity. It is interesting how we need a certain amount of Saturn qualities to really get good at and have fun with our art. And how dull would Saturn type behaviors be without creativity involved? I called this painting life decisions because it can be difficult to choose a creative life over one that has more conventional security-security is another good Saturn word. I derive the meanings of Saturn from my many years of studies of Hand Analysis. 

And here is the proud owner of these two paintings, he bought them in Union Square, San Francisco at an Artists' Guild of San Francisco Show on July 14.

Winged Insight

7.5"x5.5" 

$140

A small painting in my bird series. 

This is painted with acrylic on paper. I painted it starting with random texture. One of my favorite challenges-random pattern transformed into something.

 If you would like a precut black mat that fits a 16x12 inch frame add $10 to the cost

Please email me directly or through daily paintworks to purchase this painting