RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #89 & #90

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #89 & #90 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014 These are two of my favorites.

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #87 & #88

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #87 & #88 oil on canvas 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #85 & #86

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD oil on linen 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #83 & #84

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #83 & #84 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #81 & #82

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #81 & #82 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #79 & #80

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #79 & #80 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #77 & #78

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #77 & # 78 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #75 & #76

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #75 & #76 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #73 & #74

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #73 & #74 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014 Water shield is the common name of the plant Brasenia schreberi. I am fascinated by the shapes and colors that it takes on in the early fall as I kayak among them on May Pond.

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #71 & #72

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #71 & #72 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #69 & #70

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #69 & #70 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014 I'm still having a lot of fun with these, working from material I gathered at May Pond, here in Barton.

RESURRECTION #67 & #68

RESURRECTION #67 & #68 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #65 & #66

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #65 & #66 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #63 & #64

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #63 & #64 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014

RESURRECTION - WATERSHIELD #61 & #62

RESURRECTION - WATER SHIELD #61 & #62 oil on linen 6"x6" 2014 I will now present a series of magnified views of the Water Shield plant (Brasenia schreberi). It grows in the local ponds of Vermont and evolves into fantastic patterns and colors in the autumn, only to eventually sink to the bottom of the pond where it regenerates new life. Hence, resurrection.

STUDIO VIEW - RESURRECTION SERIES

STUDIO VIEW - RESURRECTION SERIES - These are just 60 of my series of 6x6" oil on linen series of magnified decaying leaves. I call it the resurrection series because new life springs from the old.

NUDE STUDY

NUDE STUDY oil on canvas 18x24" 2014 My latest effort from the new Saint Johnsbury painting group

NUDE STUDY

NUDE STUDY 24"x18" oil on canvas 2014 Although I have been doing an awful lot the magnified leaf paintings lately, I still work in other areas, including a weekly attendance at the Montpelier painting group for a little practice in figure painting.

RESURRECTION #59 & #60

RESURRECTION #59 & #60 oil on linen 6"x6" 2013 These are the last in this series for a while.